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Excellence in cost-effective inpatient specialist palliative care in the NHS – a new model

Authors :
Tim Peel
Paul Paes
Eleanor Grogan
Source :
Clinical Medicine. 16:7-11
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
Royal College of Physicians, 2016.

Abstract

There is little in the literature describing hospital specialist palliative care units (PCUs) within the NHS. This paper describes how specialist PCUs can be set up within and be entirely funded by the NHS, and outlines some of the challenges and successes of the units. Having PCUs within hospitals has offered patients increased choice over their place of care and death; perhaps not surprisingly leading to a reduced death rate in the acute hospital. However, since the opening of the PCUs there has also been an increased home death rate. The PCUs are well received by patients, families and other staff within the hospital. We believe they offer a model for excellence in cost-effective inpatient specialist palliative care within the NHS.

Details

ISSN :
14734893 and 14702118
Volume :
16
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Clinical Medicine
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....2785d19d8f2cc38aa5e4fce470aac0e3
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-1-7