RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Palliative care in acute hospitals – a new vision
JF Future Healthcare Journal
JO Future Healthc J
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP 15
OP 20
DO 10.7861/futurehosp.5-1-15
VO 5
IS 1
A1 Paul Paes
A1 John Ellershaw
A1 Andrew Khodabukus
A1 Ben O’Brien
YR 2018
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/5/1/15.abstract
AB 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.