End of Life Care: what should we be doing?
The Department of Health in its Outcomes Strategy on Asthma and COPD recommends the following as key elements of care:
Objective 4: To enhance quality of life for people with COPD, across all social groups, with a positive, enabling, experience of care and support right through to the end of life.
2.3 People with COPD and asthma and their carers told us specifically that they want:
- to know that if they are approaching the end of life their preferences for care will be discussed with them and every effort will be made to meet their needs and their preferences
More information:
For more information on this workstream contact:
Hannah Wall
National Improvement Lead
Lung Improvement Programme
NHS Improvement
Mobile: 07920845437
Email: hannah.wall@improvement.nhs.uk