Press release

E-learning Promises Breakthrough in End of Life Care Training

21 January 2010

Access to high quality end of life care training is set to be transformed with the rollout of e-learning resources for huge numbers of health and social care staff.

e-ELCA (End of Life Care for All) is one of the key elements in a programme to improve the skills of up to 2.5 million people working with dying people and their families – a key recommendation of the End of Life Care Strategy published in 2008.

The programme will be launched in London today (21 January) with around 50 highly-interactive learning sessions available for many care staff and doctors. Each session lasts around 20 minutes and includes features such as self-assessment tools, audio/video clips and case studies.
All are written by experts in their field and peer reviewed.

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