Information for commissioning end of life care

This publication is designed to support the commissioning of a whole-systems approach to end of life care, focussing on delivery of a high quality, individualised service to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual and social needs of all people in their end of life phase and their carers.

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NICE end of life care for adults quality standard

NICE quality standards are a set of specific, succinct statements and measures that describe aspirational but achievable care for adult patients across the NHS in England.

This end of life care quality standard includes 16 statements for the care of adults with advanced, progressive, or incurable conditions who are approaching the end of their life and are expected to die within the next 12 months.

Commissioning for personalization: from the fringes to the mainstream

This report explores how personalization is reshaping public services. It examines how far the personalization agenda has advanced and reflects on the issues thrown up by the implementation of personalized public services, with a focus on commissioning as a key site of transformation.

See also Early experiences of implementing personal health budgets below.

Commissioning for Carers

This document covers the commissioning of adult services that impact upon adult carers. These can include services for the people who carers look after.

Palliative and End of Life Care for Older People

This paper provides succinct information on issues in end-of-life care of older people, what makes a good death, improving end of life care, ethical and legal aspects of end of life care, end of life care and the geriatrician.

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Supporting people to live and die well: A framework for social care at the end of life

This framework, developed by the NEoLCP with the involvement of a group of senior professionals and other stakeholders in social care, sets out a direction of travel for social care at end of life.

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Social care and hospital use at the end of life

Summary of a Nuffield Trust report investigating the use and estimated costs of hospital and social care services for large groups of individuals at the end of their lives, in three PCT/local authority areas.

Variations in Place of Death in England

Published by the National End of Life Care Intelligence Network, this report summarises key information from the national End of Life Care Profiles to provide a comprehensive overview for England of variations in place of death by main cause, geography and demography.

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Making the case for public engagement

Involve and Consumer Focus have developed a toolkit to demonstrate how to make the case for engagement using monetary terms.

Issues facing end of life care commissioners

This paper from The King’s Fund looks at examples of personalisation of care, clinically-led commissioning and integration of care, what is already known and what lessons commissioners can learn.

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