Publications:
Draft Spiritual Support and Bereavement Care Quality Markers and Measures for End of Life Care
28 May 2011
These draft Spiritual Support and Bereavement Care Quality Markers and associated measures follow the same pattern as for the established Quality Markers.
The content has been drafted on the basis of specially commissioned literature reviews and with the help of expert working groups. Reports of both reviews can be found on the Department of Health website:
Spiritual care at the end of life
Please note:
The quality markers for bereavement and spirituality have now been incorporated into the NICE quality standard for end of life care for adults (November 2011). In particular the following quality statements of the standard apply:
- Statement 6: People approaching the end of life are offered spiritual and religious support appropriate to their needs and preferences
- Statement 14: People closely affected by a death are communicated with in a sensitive way and are offered immediate and ongoing bereavement, emotional and spiritual support appropriate to their needs and preferences
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