Acute hospitals and secondary care

We know that over half of all deaths take place in hospital, despite the majority of people not wanting this. We also know that the estimated total cost of acute admissions ending in death in 2010-11 was over £520m.

We're working with organisations across the country to transform end of life care in acute hospitals. Providing support tools, guidance and training, we're monitoring the scale and pace of improvements. Find out more on the Transform Programme web pages.

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