Palliative and End of Life Care Strategy - Survey
Access to high quality, personalised palliative and end of life care which includes good bereavement care and care for children and young people, is a priority for Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB). End of life care impacts individuals, their families, children, carers and health care practitioners and is delivered across a pathway which straddles acute, community based, voluntary and social care.
We are planning on updating our strategy for palliative and end of life care. The strategy will set out how we intend to improve the quality of care for those with life limiting conditions and to support their carers and families over the next five years. It will reflect the government’s strategic direction, priorities, and national standards and guidelines, as well as the views and opinions of local people and communities.
Definitions
- Palliative care is defined by the World Health Organisation as an approach that improves the quality of life of patients (adults and children) and their families who are facing problems associated with life-limiting illness, usually progressive.
- End of life care is support for people who are in the last 12 months of life of their life. End of life care should help you to live as well as possible until you die and to die with dignity.
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Have your say - Survey
Our Palliative and End of Life Care Strategy is being developed for 2025-2030. The scope of the strategy includes adults, children and young people with any advanced, progressive life limiting illness. It is important that the new strategy is developed with local people and communities, as together we can improve compassionate, consistent and safe effective care for all.
Please share your views by completing the survey below. Your feedback will be used to inform the new Palliative and End of Life Care Strategy.
Who is the survey for? - We are keen to hear from a wide range of people across Herefordshire and Worcestershire, including those who live, work, care, or receive NHS services in these areas. We are particularly keen to hear from people receiving palliative or end of life care and those in the last year of life, as well as those caring for someone who is.
Survey link – Please use this link to share your views: https://
Deadline – Please share your views by 9am, Monday 3 February 2025. This survey should take approximately 8 minutes to complete.
How we will use your feedback - All responses will be anonymous unless you choose to give your details in Question 6. NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB) will collate and store the answers that you give. We will publish the anonymous findings to our website and will also share with our partners. Personal identifying information will not appear in any publications resulting from this survey. Your anonymous quotes may be used in this, and other relevant ICB reports.
