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National Care of the Dying Audit of Hospitals - Round 3 (NCDAH) Results
We are pleased to announce that the National Care of the Dying Audit Hospitals (NCDAH) Round 3 Benchmark Report has been published on 1st December 2011.
The National Audit is unique in the world, in both size and scope, collecting clinical data from over 7,000 patients whose care was delivered supported by the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP), from 127 Hospital Trusts in England.
Organisational data regarding provision of care for patients in the last hours or days of life was submitted from 131 NHS Trusts in England.
An Executive Summary of the Report is available by clicking here and a Press Release can be found here.
A Briefing Paper from the Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool (MCPCIL) to accompany the above documents is available here.
NICE Quality Standard for End of Life Care for Adults
The NICE Quality Standards Team is very pleased to announce the launch of the NICE Quality Standard for End of Life Care for Adults, available to view here.
What are NICE Quality Standards?
NICE quality standards are a set of specific, concise statements that act as markers of high-quality, clinical and cost-effective patient care, covering the treatment and prevention of different diseases and conditions.
Derived from the best available evidence, such as NICE guidance and other evidence sources accredited by NHS Evidence, they are developed independently by NICE, in collaboration with the NHS and social care professionals, their partners and service users, and address three dimensions of quality: clinical effectiveness, patient safety and patient experience.
NICE Quality Standards enable:
Health and social care professionals to make decisions about care based on the latest evidence and best practice.
Patients to understand what service they can expect from their health and social care providers.
NHS Trusts to quickly and easily examine the clinical performance of their organisation and assess the standards of care they provide.
Commissioners to be confident that the services they are providing are high quality and cost effective.
If you have any queries, please contact QualityStandards@nice.org.uk
Date for 2011 Diary
The next MCPCIL Annual Conference will be the 7th National Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) Conference, which will be held on Thursday 1st December 2011 at the Royal Society of Medicine, in London, UK (www.rsm.ac.uk)
Further details regarding the programme, abstract deadlines etc, will appear in the left hand column link titled 'Annual Conference', so please continue to check this area.
-------------------------------------------------3rd Round of National Care of the Dying Audit - Hospitals (NCDAH)
The MCPCIL is pleased to announce the 3rd round of the National Care of the Dying Audit - Hospitals (NCDAH). For further information, please click here.
Registration is now OPEN and registrations will be accepted from 7th January to 1st February 2011. To access the secure online registration form, please click here.
Planned Timetable for NCDAH 3rd Round:
| Registration | 7th January-1st February 2011 |
| Data Collection Period | April - June 2011 |
| Reporting Period | December 2011 |
| Regional Workshops (networking and action planning for improvement) | January / February 2012 |
These timelines are given as a guide only.
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GMC announces new guidance for doctors on end of life care
Treating patients towards the end of life can be clinically complex and emotionally challenging and often raises difficult ethical and legal questions. "Treatment and care towards the end of life: good practice in decision making" is new guidance produced by the GMC to help doctors deal effectively with this challenging aspect of medical care. The guidance was developed over two years and involved extensive consultation with doctors, patients and their carers, family members and health care teams and in publishing the new guidance, the General Medical Council seeks to improve end-of-life treatment and care for all patients.
To view the guidance in full, please click here.
The latest news about the Liverpool Care Pathway of the Dying Patient.
LCP National Workshops
Date for your diaries - we are pleased to announce the dates for our LCP National Workshops 2011 (which have replaced our LCP Foundation & Advanced Days).
- Friday 8th April 2011 - Foresight Centre Liverpool
- Monday 20th June 2011 - RSM London
- Friday 9th September 2011 - Foresight Centre Liverpool
Further information about the workshops is available here.
** Launch of LCP Generic Version 12**
LCP Generic Version 12 is launched on Tuesday 8th December 2009 following presentations at the 6th Annual LCP Conference at the RSM, London on 25th November 2009, and the National LCP Reference Group on 2nd December 2009.
LCP Generic Version 12 (Example) is available to view and print below:
LCP Generic Version 12 (example)
As you can see from the back page there are LCP Supporting Information which you can view below:
All registered LCP users, including all hospitals that participated in the National Care of the Dying Audit Hospitals (NCDAH) Round 2, will receive an electronic copy of the LCP Generic Version 12 on Friday 18th December 2009, via email. If you have not received a copy by 22nd December 2009 then please contact the LCP Central Team via lcp.enquiries@rlbuht.nhs.uk
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Media
Please see below LCP Briefing Paper March 2011
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Briefing Paper about Swine Flu and Care of the Dying
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National Care of the Dying audit, Round 2
The Second round of the National Care of the Dying audit – Hospitals is currently underway.
The Reports from this round 2 audit are due to be available in summer 2009
All participants will be invited to attend national workshops (free of charge) to hear more about the audit, and network with other colleagues regarding the findings and best practice models
Dates for your diary
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Liverpool, 30 September 2009
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London, 07 October 2009
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Belfast, 09 October 2009
Watch this space for further information regarding registration for the workshops.
2008 conference attendee
“The conference was a fantastic opportunity to share experience and knowledge and research capability so that we can truly make a difference to care of the dying across Europe - I look forward to your 2009 LCP Conference in London."
Conference Delegate - Doctor
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