End of Life care is improving but there is still room for improvement.
That's the message from an audit of end of life care in hospitals funded by the Marie Curie Foundation and NHS England. This is the first audit since the withdrawal of the "Liverpool Care Pathway" in 2014 which, it had been found, was not been appropriately and compassionately applied in some cases,
Marie Curie Foundation comments: "Overall, the results show that there have been documented improvements in:
However, there is room for improvement, particularly in the provision of palliative care services 24-7; the audit also shows how some hospitals did well in many areas but not in others. "
You can also read comments from the Royal College of Physicians.
The full report is attached.
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Dying in Hospital Audit Report 2016 (PDF) | 2.09 MB |