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National End of Life Care (EoLC) Knowledge Hub / Palliative and End of Life Care Resource Hub (NHS England / National Council for Palliative Care)

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England and the National Council for Palliative Care have produced the Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care hub / website. This aims to become the “one stop shop” for discovering information resources relating to the “Ambitions for … Continue reading →

Government’s Plans For High Quality End Of Life Care (Department of Health / CQC / BBC News)

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The government is introducing care plans for people at the end of life, with a view to ensuring consistently high quality, compassionate care. Altogether, there are six commitments to end unacceptable variations in end of life care by 2020. … Continue reading →

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Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Communication Failures in Hospital End-of-Life Care (BBC News / RCP)

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The latest Royal College of Physicians (RCP) audit has estimated that one in five families may not be consulted when hospital staff decide not to revive their relatives and issue “Do Not Resuscitate” (DNR) orders. “Guidelines issued by the … Continue reading →

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Further Room For Improvements in End of Life Care (BBC News / RCP)

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary End of life care in the UK has previously been assessed to be possibly the best in the world, but a Royal College of Physicians audit report identifies local variations in the quality of hospital care for the dying. Full … Continue reading →

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Five Year Forward View’s New Care Models: Updated Support for UEC and ACC Vanguards (NHS England)

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England has released an update to the initial support package for new models of care vanguards, which now reflects the needs of all 50 vanguards. In particular, this document addresses the needs of the latest 21 vanguards; i.e. … Continue reading →

Improvements to Care in the Last Days / Hours of Life (Department of Health)

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This report assesses progress made against commitments in the “One Chance to Get it Right” report, which was released just over a year ago as a response to the Independent Review of the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) on improving … Continue reading →

Recommendations for Improving End-of-Life Care (BBC News / House of Commons Health Committee)

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The House of Commons Health Select Committee has issued a report which makes a range of suggestions for improving end-of-life care. Many people still die in hospital, rather than their preferred place of death. It is proposed that social … Continue reading →

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