May 2026 update

Updates to the Place of Death and Care Home Factsheets have been paused.  The department is reviewing stakeholder feedback on these products alongside the review of metrics to support the Palliative Care and End of Life Care Modern Service Framework.

Please contact neolcin@dhsc.gov.uk  with any questions.

Patterns of care, England 2024

The factsheet for England describes patterns of care near the end of life related to 4 major conditions:

• cancer
• cardiovascular disease
• dementia
• respiratory disease

It also includes experimental statistics describing:  

• the number of people who died in 2024
• their causes of death
• demographic characteristics (age, sex, ethnic group, deprivation quintile)
• hospital admissions
• length of stay in hospital
• place of death 

Access the ‘Palliative and end of life care factsheet: Patterns of care, England 2024'. The data is available as a spreadsheet .   

Care homes

The factsheets for Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) includes data on:

• monthly trends in the number of deaths in care homes and care home residents who died elsewhere
• projections of future need for palliative and end of life care in care homes
• most recent care home bed rate
• care home staff vacancy rate
• care home residents with a recorded preferred place of death

Access the care home factsheet. The data is available as a spreadsheet.

Place of death

These factsheets are for ICBs. They provide trends in place of death in the most recent 3 years comparing the ICB to England, and includes the number and percentage of deaths:

• in hospitals
• at home
• in care homes
• in hospices (not community)
• in other places

Access the place of death factsheet. The data is available as a spreadsheet.