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What's important to me
— a review of choice in end of life care | | Corporate Author | Choice in End of Life Care Programme Board |
| Publisher | Choice in End of Life Care Programme Board, London, 2015 |
| Pages | 72 pp |
| Source | https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attac... |
| Keywords | Dying ; Terminal care ; Rights [elderly] ; Case studies ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | The Choice in End of Life Care Programme Board was commissioned to provide advice to Government on improving the quality and experience of care for adults at the end of life, their carers and others who are important to them by expanding choice. This report identifies the issues people approaching the end of life are currently facing. It offers a blueprint for how greater choice in end of life care can be achieved. It looks at the context and challenge of providing end of life care. It summarises the findings of a consultation exercise with over 1,000 members of the public and professionals which looked at what kind of choices people wanted to make about their end of life care. The report makes evidence-based recommendations on what a 'national choice offer' should look like. Short case study examples are included throughout. The review also recommends that: 24/7 end of life care for people being cared for outside hospital should be in place across England by 2019; everyone in need of end of life care should have a named senior clinician responsible for their care and preferences and their own care coordinator; a clear Government policy to make access to social care for people at the end of life fast and free; and more honest and open communication about end of life issues, with better support for health and care professionals and increased awareness raising amongst the public. A final section provides advice to Government on the steps that will need to be put in place to deliver choice in end of life care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150529006 B |
| Classmark | CX: LV: IKR: 69P: 3F |
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