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Dying well at home: commissioning quality end-of-life care
Dying well at home: commissioning quality end-of-life care
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Baylis, Alex, author
Chikwira, Loreen, author
Robertson, Ruth, author
Tiratelli, Luca, author - Contributor(s):
- King's Fund (London, England), issuing body.
- Publication:
- London : The King's Fund, February 2023
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Advisory Committees
Home Care Services
Quality of Health Care
State Medicine
Terminal Care
United Kingdom - Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- More people are now dying at home rather than in hospital and this trend is set to continue. But are there the right staff with the right skills to support people in their home at the end of life, and is the health and care system prepared for changing levels of demand? This report presents the findings of research undertaken by The King’s Fund into what information is available on the quality of, and population needs for, end-of-life care at home at a local level, and how that information is used by commissioners. Based on a literature review and interviews with commissioners and recently bereaved families, the authors looked into how commissioners: (1) measure and monitor care quality; (2) use data to understand population need; (3) identify and address inequalities; (4) will need to evolve their roles to become more facilitative and strategic. The report concludes with recommendations for leaders of integrated care boards, national bodies and NHS commissioners. It signposts ways to have a better understanding of the changing nature of need, reshape supply in line with need and ensure integrated care boards have a clear overview of health inequalities.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (ii, 61 pages, 1 unnumbered page))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918734081206676 (See catalog record)
- ISBN:
- 9781915303073
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918734081206676