Contacts
Contact:
Suzanne Wise
End of Life Facilitator
Organisation:
Barnsley Business Delivery Unit
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust United Kingdom
Email:
Case study:
22 December 2011
Barnsley preferred priorities for care pilot study audit
Key points
- NHS Barnsley launched the use of preferred priorities for care (PPC) in June 2010
- Within 12 months over 120 PPC documents were completed
- Of those who died with a PPC in place, 76% died in the place of their choosing.
NHS Barnsley launched the use of PPC in June 2010 and it was decided:
- To avoid using abbreviations within any professional or user documentation or information
- To use a register to record details of those who have completed a PPC document
- To attach a sticker with information provided on the PPC and any advance statements decisions documentation to link each document to the other.
To introduce the PPC into practice, a project plan was formulated and agreed with the Barnsley end of life care strategy group. One of the key milestones of the implementation plan was to produce an audit report in July 2011 to review progress and present to relevant governance groups.
To support the introduction of PPC a significant amount of training was undertaken, including a launch, study days, and community workshops. In addition a leaflet to support the use of the PPC was developed.
From June 2010 to June 2011 over 120 PPC documents were completed. Early evidence demonstrated that use of the PPC document benefited care home residents by establishing their preferred place of care and reducing unnecessary hospital admissions and the distress this causes.
The vast majority of people who had completed a PPC died in their expressed preferred place.
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