End of Life Care is care that helps all those with advanced, progressive incurable
illness to live as well as possible until they die. It enables the needs of
both patient and family to be identified and support to be given to help
meet these needs.
End of life care includes management of symptoms, including
pain and provision of psychological, social, spiritual and practical support.
End of life care refers to the care provided during the last phase of life and
includes provision of bereavement support to family and carers after the
patient has died. Identifying when an individual enters the 'end of life'
phase can happen in a number of ways.
A set of core principles underpin the provision of high quality end of life care.
The Sub-regional Palliative and End of Life Care Group
exists to support the achievement of the best possible outcomes for patients by ensuring
access to a uniformly high quality of care and service provision across
the Network area. The group includes representatives from across the YCN
area and has an agreed 3 year work programme.
Follow the link to the Group page (above) for further information.
