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Follow-up to PHSO report: dying without dignity. First Report of Session 2015–16
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Public Administration Select Committee
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 25
- Place of publication:
- London
This is a follow-up to the ‘Dying without dignity’ report which identified systemic issues affecting the quality and delivery of end of life care and used case studies to show how patients—and those close to them—had been affected by poor care. This report outlines the key areas in which significant and fast-paced improvements are expected. These are: culture, behaviour and training; the provision of integrated, 24/7 palliative and End of Life Care (EOLC) services; and leadership and commissioning. It also invites the Government to set out how it will ensure that the necessary improvements to end of life care provision are delivered. The report highlights the need to ensure that progress can be assessed objectively and suggests that clear targets for improvement are needed to enable such assessments. It concludes that comprehensive monitoring and reporting of progress against targets will also be required, and the Government must set out where responsibility for improving and monitoring end of life care lies. (Edited publisher abstract)
End of life care strategy: quality markers consultation
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 29p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Information on: the End of Life Care Strategy - promoting high quality care for all adults at the end of life; how the Government's commitment on end of life care will be delivered; and other end of life care-related issues and programmes.
Living and dying well: a national action plan for palliative and end of life care in Scotland
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Government
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 38p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This publication is the outcome of an extensive process of collaboration across Scotland, including the involvement of all special and territorial NHS Boards, Scottish Government Health and Community Care national improvement programmes, the Scottish Primary Care Cancer Group, the Care Commission, the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care (SPPC), academic bodies, palliative care networks and key representatives of the voluntary sector, including voluntary hospices, national charities and umbrella bodies. The document is not intended to be a palliative care manual, but rather a plan to ensure that good palliative and end of life care is available for all patients and families who need it in a consistent, comprehensive, appropriate and equitable manner across all care settings in Scotland. It is intended for all health and social care policy makers, planners and practitioners, and is designed to produce achievable and measurable changes which will ensure quality improvement and enhance patient and carer experience. The document also identifies some changes which can be made in the short and medium term, and some which will take a little longer and will require further collaborative and developmental work, as well as additional input of time and resources.
How social care staff can support palliative and end of life care for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Public Health England
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- London
This factsheet provides information on how social care staff can support palliative and end of life care for people with learning disabilities. It focuses on what staff can do to improve the experience of people they support when they are coming to the end of their lives in relation to the six ambitions of the Ambitions for palliative and end of life care framework. It is the 12th in a series of factsheets which show how social care staff can support the health needs of people with learning disabilities. The leaflet also includes a link to a supporting slide set that can be used by social care staff as a training resource. (Edited publisher abstract)
End of life care: fifth report of session 2014-15
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Health Committee
- Publisher:
- TSO
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 53
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at the state of end of life care, highlighting great variation in quality and practice across both acute and community settings. The report argues that round-the-clock access to specialist palliative care in acute and community settings would greatly improve the way that people with life-limiting conditions and their families and carers are treated, especially if there were opportunities to share their expertise with other clinicians. The report sets out a number of action points for improvement, and in particular recommends that social care should be free at the end of life. The report suggests that all staff who provide palliative and end of life care to people with life limiting conditions should receive training in advance care planning, including the different models and forms that are available and their legal status. It also calls on the government to provide free social care at the end of life to ensure that no one who would like to die at home dies in hospital for want of a social care package of support. In addition, the report recommends: a senior named person in each NHS Trust to be given responsibility for monitoring how end of life care is being delivered within their organisation; sustainable, long term funding for the hospice sector; universal access to bereavement support for families; and further research into measuring the quality of end of life care and the priorities that matter most to people with terminal illnesses, their families and carers. (Edited publisher abstract)
Together for health: delivering end of life care. A delivery plan up to 2016 for NHS Wales and its partners
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Government
- Publisher:
- Welsh Government
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 23
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Sets out the Welsh Government’s expectations of the NHS in Wales in delivering high quality end of life care, regardless of diagnosis, circumstance or place of residence and provides a framework for action by local health boards, NHS trusts and third sector partners. The plan is split into six areas: supporting living and dying well; detecting and identifying patients early; delivering fast effective care; reducing the distress of terminal illness for patients and their families; improving information; targeting research. The document sets out delivery aspirations, specific priorities for 2013-2016, responsibility to develop and deliver actions, and population outcome indicators and NHS performance measures. (Edited publisher abstract)
End of life care strategy: second annual report
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 89p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In July 2008 the Department of Health published the End of Life Care Strategy - promoting high quality care for all adults at the end of life. This second annual report sets out the continuing progress in implementing the strategy, highlights the need for further work and identifies the action intended for this coming year. The report details the progress made in improving standards of end of life care in England over the past year. It includes sections on: meeting the challenges of end of life care; death, dying and society; the end of life care pathway; care in different settings; support for carers and families; the end of life care workforce; measurement and research in end of life care; and making change happen.
A strategy for children's palliative and end-of-life care 2016-26
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 34
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This document sets out the strategic direction for the palliative and end-of-life care of ill and dying children and young people in the North for the next ten years. It follows public consultation in early 2014 on 18 proposed recommendations aimed at enhancing the existing care and support for children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, as well as their families. The new care model set out in the strategy covers: support for families; holistic assessment and planning; right care, right place, right time; transition to adult services; end-of-life care; and bereavement care. Key objectives include: carrying out an initial multi-disciplinary assessment of the child’s and family’s needs as close to the family home as possible, including the identification of a keyworker; access to 24/7 multi-disciplinary community services and direct access to 24/7 crisis and specialist palliative care advice and end-of-life services, including access to medicines for symptom relief; every child with palliative care needs should have an agreed, comprehensive transition/discharge plan involving the hospital, community services and the family; all young people who transition to adult health and social care services will transfer to the most appropriate service, based on assessed need; the relevant professionals should communicate in a clear and honest manner with each child and their family so that they understand their condition, care and treatment options, and the implications of the various options; a range of bereavement support should be available in a timely manner to meet the specific needs of families who have experienced the death of a child. (Edited publisher abstract)
Government response to the House of Commons Health Select Committee report on end of life care
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 18
- Place of publication:
- London
The government’s response to the Health Select Committee’s report on end of life care sets out what has been done recently to improve end of life care, including: the 5 priorities for the care of the dying person; the Care Quality Commission’s inspection regime; and publication of the choice review and ambitions for palliative and end of life care. The response addresses the following areas: beyond the Liverpool Care Pathway; access to palliative and end of life care; competence of the workforce; advance care planning; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) Orders; community resourcing; free social care at the end of life; funding; bereavement support; measuring quality of care; research into palliative and end of life care; and leadership. (Edited publisher abstract)
Together for health: end of life care delivery plan: annual report 2014
- Authors:
- WALES. Welsh Government, NHS WALES
- Publisher:
- Welsh Government
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 42
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Brings together data and information on how services for those nearing the end of life are performing at a local and national level in Wales. It highlights the progress being made and identifies areas for future improvement. The extent to which key quality assurance measures are met is examined. These include: reducing number of deaths within 3 days of an emergency admission; reducing terminal admissions that are 8 days or longer; ensure that the number of places in a care or nursing home is in line with the needs of the population; advanced care planning; increase the number of patients referred to specialist palliative care, who have had a centrally recorded completed assessment; patient experience; and assessments for palliative urgent care referrals. The report highlights some important priorities that must be addressed at a national level over the next 12 months. These include: encouraging more people to make a will and share their final wishes with family and friends; supporting GPs to ensure that patients are being identified earlier as being in their last year of life; ensuring that systems are in place that supports more people to be cared for and to die in the place of their choice; ongoing implementation of the Welsh integrated care priorities guidance; and further development of iWantGreatCare in Wales. (Edited publisher abstract)