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Part of NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ)

The National End of Life Care Programme made significant progress working with health and social care staff, providers, commissioners and third sector organisations across England to improve end of life care for adults.

We helped put into practice the Department of Health's End of Life Care Strategy (2008) and the NICE quality standard for end of life care for adults (2011). Working with our network of healthcare facilitators and social care champions, we worked to:

  • Promote high quality, person-centred care for all adults at the end of life, across all care settings and health conditions
  • Support people to live and die well in their preferred place.

Part of NHS Improving Quality from 1 April 2013

On 1 April 2013, NHS Improving Quality was established to bring together the wealth of knowledge, expertise and experience of a number of NHS improvement organisations. As a consequence the National End of Life Care Programme has now closed.

Elements of the programme's work have finished, while some continue within NHS Improving Quality. The continuing workstreams are:

The National End of Life Care Intelligence Network continues to operate as part of Public Health England from 1 April 2013.

Website, materials and publications

Content on this site will initially be available for up to three months from 1 April 2013. We therefore invite users to access and retain the materials they require.

Limited hard copy publications can be ordered as we run down all remaining stock. Please email jacqui@practicalprinter.com.  

About NHS Improving Quality

NHS IQ is hosted by NHS England and brings together elements of several former improvement organisations, while establishing a new vision and re-shaping the improvement landscape. The organisations are:

In addition, NHS IQ hosts:

  • NHS Interim Management and Support (IMAS)
  • Adult Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (development team)
  • Children and Young People's Improving Access to Psychological Therapies.

NHS IQ drives transformational change through the promotion of the NHS Change Model and its work is aligned to the five domains of the NHS Outcomes Framework:

1. Preventing people from dying prematurely

2. Enhancing quality of life for people with long-term conditions

3. Helping people to recover from episodes of ill health or following injury

4. Ensuring that people have a positive experience of care

5. Treating and caring for people in a safe environment and protecting them from avoidable harm.

Find out more about NHS IQ:

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