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.