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Benchmarking analysis
— needs resourcing, outputs and outcomes of palliative and end of life care | | Author(s) | Peter Tebbit |
| Corporate Author | National Council for Palliative Care - NCPC |
| Publisher | National Council for Palliative Care, London, November 2009 |
| Pages | 26 pp |
| Source | National Council for Palliative Care, The Fitzpatrick Building, 188-194 York Way, London N7 9AS. E-mail: enquiries@ncpc.org.uk Website: www.ncpc.org.uk |
| Keywords | Terminal care ; Pain ; Death ; Needs indicators. |
| Annotation | The 'End of life care strategy' published by the Department of Health (DH) in 2008 sets out the information that should be readily available on end of life care, on which the National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) contributes this document. The starting point for benchmarking is the Index of Differential Population Need for Strategic Health Authority (SHA) and PCT populations published in 'Population-based needs assessment for palliative and end of life care: a compendium of data for strategic health authorities and primary care trusts' (2008). 'Benchmarking analysis' aims to fill gaps in the 'End of life care strategy' by presenting headline data on institutional care and the financial resources available at SHA level. Source data is presented on: indices of comparative palliative and end of care need; specialist palliative care bed provision and its use; care home capacity; numbers of deaths and place of occurrence; and expenditure on specialist palliative care services by NHS and voluntary services. Each table is accompanied by explanatory notes, comments on interpretation of each index, and commentary on the variation in need between areas. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-091216002 B |
| Classmark | LV: CT7: CW: IK:3RI |
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