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End of life care
Information on the £12m investment over three years to improve care for people coming to the end of their lives.
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7 February 2008
Information is required by DH on PCT expenditure for hospice/specialist palliative care services for the year 2006/07 to identify the range of expenditure across PCTs. The information would be published alongside the End of Life Care Strategy. PCTs are required to complete and return the questionnaire by by 7 March 2008.
15 November 2007
Ministers have decided to publish the national strategy in parallel with Lord Darzi’s NHS Next Stage Review final report scheduled for June 2008.
8 June 2007
The National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) and the NHS End of Life Care Programme have published Building on firm foundations: Improving end of life care in care homes - examples of innovative practice. This document is designed to help care homes learn from each other’s practice to improve end of life care.
24 April 2007
PCTs are required to undertake a baseline review of end of life care services in preparation for the End of Life Care Strategy. These questions are designed to provide all the information commissioners may need in order to develop stronger commissioning for end of life, working with a variety of service providers.
Enhancing the Healing Environment Programme (EHE)
A new programme to improve Environments for Care at End of Life. This Department of Health funded initiative follows the success of the Kings Funds award winning Enhancing the Healing Environment programme in England.
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End of Life Care Programme
Supporting the End of Life Care Programme by sharing good practice, resources and information.
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