Background The palliative care registers were introduced as a quality and outcome
framework measure to try to improve the care of people at the end of their life. Research and …

The Gold Standards Framework (GSF), developed in 2000, has been an important resource
designed to strengthen the organisation and quality of primary palliative care. The aim of this …

Introduction In April 2013 the Palliative Care Partnership, a collaboration between a NHS
Community Palliative Care Team and a charitable Hospice at Home service was …

Abstract The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) assists services to improve the
quality of the palliative care they provide through the analysis and benchmarking of patient …

Introduction The Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care: a national framework for local
action (2015) and relaunched in 2021 for an additional five years. Developed through …

Background Primary care is pivotal to good end-of-life care and the routine introduction of
ACP discussions, though uptake is variable. In the UK most GP practices use Foundation …

Background Recognising the scope for improvement in palliative care services across
Leicester city, the commissioning group, the local hospice (LOROS) and Macmillan Cancer …

Background The Palliative Care Outcome Scale (POS) is a holistic, validated, Patient
Reported Outcome Measure (PROM). PROMs can enable evaluation of patient care, helping …

Introduction Palliative and End of Life (EoL) care is increasingly being reported as
inadequate. This is a particular issue in South-West England where there is an ageing …

Background The Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) is a validated tool used to assess
functional ability of palliative care patients. The PPS is mainly used in hospices, there is little …