Includes policy and guidance on different care settings for palliative and end of life care: care homes, communities, hospice, hospital and social care.
Care homes
Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Centre, Cardiff University, Hospice UK and Public Health England (2017) Results of a national survey of support to adult care homes in England: A specialist palliative care provider perspective
NHS (2016) The framework for enhanced health in care homes
Public Health England, National End of Life Care Intelligence Network (2017) The role of care homes in end of life care
Office for National Statistics Care homes and estimating the self-funding population, England: 2021-2022
Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) (2017) End of life care in a care home
Communities
General Medical Council Treatment and care towards the end of life: good practice in decision making
Local Government Association (2020) End of Life care Guide for councils
Marie Curie Compassionate communities. A civic and public health approach to end of life care
Murray Hall Community Trust and The National Council for Palliative Care Dying Matters (2013) An overview of compassionate communities in England
NIHR Compassionate Communities: A public health approach to palliative and end of life care - PEOLC13
The National Council for Palliative Care (2016) Each community is prepared to help: community development in end of life care – guidance on ambition six
Hospice
CQC (2018) The state of hospice services in England 2014 to 2017
Hospice UK Publications and Resources
NHS England (2017) Dementia friendly hospices – embedding a sustainable model to develop the skills, knowledge and confidence of Hospice staff across Yorkshire and the Humber
Nuffield Trust and Hospice UK (2022) Support at the end of life. The role of hospice services across the UK
Hospital
NHS England (2015) Transforming end of life care in acute hospitals: the route to success ‘how to’ guide
Royal College of Physicians (2016) End of life care audit – dying in hospital
Out of hours
Marie Curie (2022) Better end of life care 2022
Primary care
Macmillan Cancer Support (2020) Supporting QI activity in end of life care
Social care
Association of Palliative Care Social Workers (2016) The role of social workers in palliative, end of life and bereavement care
Care Quality Commission (2018) The state of adult social care services 2014 to 2017
Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) (2018) Growing innovative models of health, care and support for adults
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