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Palliative care in acute hospitals – a new vision

Author(s) -

Paul Paes,

John Ellershaw,

Andrew Khodabukus,

Ben O’Brien

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

future healthcare journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2514-6653

pISSN - 2514-6645

DOI - 10.7861/futurehosp.5-1-15

Subject(s) - palliative care , commission , acute hospital , acute care , nursing , medicine , end of life care , quality (philosophy) , medical emergency , business , health care , political science , finance , philosophy , epistemology , law

This article explores new and innovative ways of delivering palliative and end-of-life care (EoLC) within the acute hospital setting. Severe financial pressures in the NHS and social care, combined with the increasing clinical complexity of patients, have raised concerns about the quality of EoLC in hospitals. The creation of hospital palliative care units (PCUs) and other improvement initiatives will be described across two large acute hospital trusts which resulted in a rating of 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for their delivery of end-of-life services.

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