In 2023:
We started recruitment for strategic end
of life leaders to help drive transformation
in palliative and end of life care.
Some people living with cancer may need end of
life and palliative care support. Having access to
good end of life care is a vital part of ensuring best
practice personalised care and we know there is
more to do to ensure that everyone, whoever they
are and wherever they live in the UK, has access
to this.
To support this, we are currently recruiting senior
strategic roles in palliative and end of life care
across the UK. These new roles will focus on
working collaboratively to improve equity of access
and raise palliative and end of life care on local
health and social care agendas.
A new in-house Leadership Academy is also
being developed to support these posts with the
knowledge, skills and behaviours they need to
maximise their impact during their two years of
funding and beyond.
We developed a palliative and end of life care
toolkit for professionals and the wider cancer
workforce who regularly assess, manage and
influence decision-making for people with lifelimiting
illness. It has a wide range of tools,
resources and interactive online modules
that include:
• Pain management in palliative and end
of life care.
• Common palliative and end of life care
symptom management.
• Communication in palliative and end of life care.
• Palliative care emergencies.
• Person-centred care at end of life.
We gave better support at the end of life.
We continued our work in social investment for
palliative and end of life care. The aim of this
programme is to find new and innovative ways to
transform services that support people at the end of
their lives.
In 2023, we had ongoing investments in projects
in Oxfordshire, Harrogate and the Highlands in
Scotland. These investments aim to enable more
people to be cared for and die where they choose
and to reduce unnecessary time they spend in
hospital in the last 12 months of life. In 2023 we
reached over 3,600 people as they approach the
end of their life, enabling them to spend more time
in a place of their choice rather than in hospital.
Support the delivery
of good end of life care.
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