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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



Download: Improving end of life care in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): testing the case for change

For resources and publications specific to end of life care, please visit our resources page

More useful information can be found in our respiratory resources