BUPA Project

BUPA Giving awarded the Institute (MCPCIL) £1.08 million to undertake three interrelated projects involving:

• Implementation of the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP) into 125 BUPA Care Homes
• A national care pilot for implementing the LCP into dementia care
• A project to build the capacity of the workforce through palliative care education. 

The first project involves introducing the LCP to 125 care homes across the UK enabling the care homes to provide support and training to enable residents to receive palliative care using the LCP’s award winning techniques which have been shown to improve quality of life in the dying phase. Palliative Care improves the quality of life for patients and families who face life-threatening illness by providing pain relief, symptom relief and spiritual and psychosocial support from diagnosis to the end of life and bereavement in a holistic and innovative framework. Through multi-disciplinary working and the MCPCIL’s innovative collaborative approach, the LCP has begun to make a long lasting contribution to the care of residents and their families.

The pilot phase involves 20 BUPA care homes with Regional project leads working closely with care home managers and nominated Key Champions in each care home.

Together they are undertaking a standardised process of education and training to underpin implementation of the LCP into each care home. Further cohorts will join on a 5 monthly basis throughout the project. Evaluation (ongoing and summative) is a major element of this work.

It is exciting for the Institute to work alongside the care home environment to fully understand the challenges faced by this care sector and develop the learning related to care of the dying to meet the needs of the residents, relatives / carers, staff, in support of best practice in this field.

We continue to build, share and consolidate knowledge skills and attitude in support of best practice and performance management that is firmly rooted within a governance framework for care of the dying within BUPA.

“It has truly been a privilege to work alongside the BUPA Key Champions for this project, implementing the LCP for the dying resident. Without question, the motivation, passion and determination of the Key Champions has been a major influence in ensuring the initial success of this project.  We are confident that this level of commitment will help to ensure that the LCP becomes fully integrated into clinical practice, standardising high quality care for residents within their last hours and days of life.”  Janet Howard & Sharon Phillips,  BUPA Regional Project leads

The second and third projects will focus on improvements in care delivery through improvement in the knowledge and confidence of the care home workforce, enhanced education and training for both qualified and non-qualified staff which will result in the delivery of high quality care to patients residing in BUPA care homes. 

 

For more information about BUPA please visit www.bupa.com