Search results for ‘Subject term:"palliative care"’ Sort:
Results 1 - 2 of 2
The role of hospice care in Scotland
- Authors:
- CAPER Kathleen, MACDONALD Eilidh
- Publisher:
- Hospice UK
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- London
Based on a quantitative survey of Scotland’s 16 charitable hospices, this report presents key statistics on the numbers of people with terminal and life-shortening conditions receiving support from hospices and information on the types of services they provide. It reports that 20,600 people were directly helped by charitable hospices in the year 2014-15. Services provided include: community specialist nurses providing hospice care at home; day care and outpatient services, such as counselling, music therapy and massage; bereavement support for families; and support to tackle isolation among older carers of people with terminal and life-shortening conditions. The report also highlights hospices contribution to Scotland’s health economy, with hospices spending over £55 million on caring for patients, their carers and families. It argues that hospices are ideally placed to support decision-makers to identify and support the palliative care needs of their local communities. The report calls for a more integrated approach to the commissioning and delivery of end of life care and for improved data collection and analysis relating to palliative and end of life care. (Edited publisher abstract)
A low priority? How local health and care plans overlook the needs of dying people
- Authors:
- McCAULEY Stephen, CAPER Kathleen
- Publisher:
- Hospice UK
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 14
- Place of publication:
- London
Drawing on the results of a recent freedom of information request (FOI), this report explores local health planning and needs assessments in relation to palliative and end of life care. Each of the 152 health and wellbeing boards (HWBs) and 209 clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in England were asked whether they had considered the needs of dying people in their local population needs assessments and strategies. It found that 34 per cent of HWBs who responded did not consider the needs of dying people when assessing the health and care needs of their local populations. In addition, 27 per cent of CCGs did not have strategies for addressing end of life care in their area, and over 71 percent did not have a strategy for children and young people living with life-shortening conditions. The report calls HWBs and CCGs to develop palliative and end of life care strategies in a more coordinated way, bringing together health and social care providers from different sectors, especially for services to support the those with increasingly complex care needs. (Edited publisher abstract)