End of life care
- OHID's National End of Life Care Intelligence Network (NEoLCIN) aims to improve the collection and analysis of information related to the quality, volume and costs of care provided by the NHS, social services and the third sector, to adults approaching the end of life. This intelligence will help drive improvements in the quality and productivity of services.
- End of Life Care Profiles has been designed by the NEoLCIN to improve the availability and accessibility of information and intelligence around palliative and end of life care. It provides a snapshot overview across multiple geographies in England, to support commissioning and planning of local services. The core aim is to provide information for improvement, not judgment.
- Atlas of variation for palliative and end of life care is part of a collection of themed Atlases on healthcare, and is available on the PHE’s Atlas of variation website. The Atlas contains 29 indicators on need for palliative and end of life care, and the quality of care in hospitals and in the community. There is also an accompanying interactive data tool - Instant Atlas. This tool enables local comparison against peers.
- NEoLCIN and OHID's Health Economics team have published a number of products to support commissioning decisions for end of life care services. These include:
- The 'Understanding the health economics of palliative and end of life care' report. This includes a literature review and an introduction to the new economic tool.
- An end of life care analytical tool.
- The end of life care analytical tool user guide. This document provides a step-by-step guide to the tool.
- A palliative and end of life care profile
- These products will be of great importance for decision-makers. They will help them when they are considering the potential improvement, or indeed decline, in the quality and safety of care and patient experience, in conjunction with the net financial implication when considering the implementation of interventions. Moreover, they will assist stakeholders when looking at current capacity of care provision and whether it can adequately cope with a potential influx of primary, community and social care activities for end of life care.