Recommendations
Recommendations from the information presented are that the local multi-disciplinary and multi-agency end of life strategy takes account of the following:
- The increase in population in the older age groups needs to be taken into account when planning and commissioning services for end of life care
- The voices survey or similar is embedded within the end of life programme to provide more regular feedback to the services to inform developments and quality improvements
- That there is a clear and continuing focus on the identification and recording of patients approaching the end of life within primary care
- The coordination services and registers for end of life care should develop to focus on the following:
- more equitable geographical distribution across the Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire areas.
- to support the needs of patients with non-cancer diagnosis
- A growing understanding nationally in relation to the end of life needs of BAME groups should inform the development of the local strategy
- The end of life strategy should develop to better meet the needs of those with non-cancer diagnosis.
Last updated Thursday, 11th May 2017