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Death and dying are inevitable. The quality and accessibility of this care will affect all of us. The needs of people of all ages who are living with dying, death and bereavement, their families, carers and communities, must be addressed, taking into account their priorities, preferences and wishes.
Based on a two year data collection from sites covering both adults’ and children’s services, NHS England is developing a currency for palliative care which focuses on patient need. The aim of the work is to provide a transparent basis for palliative care commissioning. In October 2014 the NHS England Pricing Team published the first […]
NHS England’s National Clinical Director for End of Life Care marks the start of Hospice Care Week: This is Hospice Care Week and it’s a great opportunity to raise awareness of the contribution that hospices make to patient care and experiences. It’s also a chance to join the conversation taking place nationally about dying, death […]
NHS England’s National Clinical Director for End of Life Care introduces an important new nationwide roadshow kicking off in Birmingham: Immediately after the NHS Expo this year, I published a blog entitled ‘Being ambitious for palliative and end of life care: who’s responsible? The answer is, of course, we all are. Life inevitably ends […]
Based on a two year data collection from 11 sites covering both adults’ and children’s services, NHS England is developing a currency for palliative care which focusses on patient need. The aim of the work is to provide a transparent basis for palliative care commissioning NHS England’s initial thoughts on the currency model have been published […]
Based on a two year data collection from sites covering both adults’ and children’s services, NHS England has produced a development currency for palliative care which focuses on patient need. The aim of the work is to provide a transparent basis for palliative care commissioning. In October 2014 the NHS England Pricing Team published the […]
September 2015 saw the publication of the national policy document “Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care: a national framework for local action”. This came from the National Palliative and End of Life Care Partnership, made up of statutory bodies including NHS England, the Association of Adult Social Services, charities and groups representing patients […]
Contents Background Care delivery by children’s hospice and palliative care community services Preventing delayed transfer from hospital Preventing avoidable admissions to hospital Respite care Staff/carer wellbeing Resources Publications approval reference: C0021 25 June, Version 1 Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) standard operating procedure Children and young people with palliative and end-of-life care needs who are cared for […]
Case study summary NHS Walsall Clinical Commissioning Group commissioned the role of Dementia Support Workers to provide specialist evidence-based advice, development sessions and support to care home staff across Walsall. Their role is to actively promote best practice approaches to dementia and end of life care. They work with care home staff, residents and their […]
This template has been provided to support practices undertake a retrospective death audit as part of the End of Life care Quality improvement module for 2019/20.
The Six Steps to Success Programme has been developed in the North West by the Cheshire and Merseyside Palliative and End of Life Care Network and the Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Cumbria Strategic Clinical Network. The programmes aim to enhance end of life care through facilitating organisational change and supporting staff to develop their […]