Aims to identify what proportion of community nurses’ daily work involves providing care for people in their last year of life. We are also interested in finding out if safety critical end-of-life care visits and contacts are being routinely deferred or cancelled due to capacity issues. This information will help to inform the decisions of service commissioners, managers, policy makers and future.
Background
This project aims to identify what proportion of community nurses’ daily work involves providing care for people in their last year of life. We are also interested in finding out if safety critical end-of-life care visits and contacts are being routinely deferred or cancelled due to capacity issues. This information will help to inform the decisions of service commissioners and managers, policy makers and future research.
Project Aims
This project aims to:
- Identify what proportion of community nurses’ daily work involves providing care for people in their last year of life.
- Establish the extent to which community nurses’ end-of-life work is being deferred or cancelled.
Project Activity
We are currently undertaking an online survey of UK-based community nurses’ self-reported end-of-life care work. Our analysis will identify what end-of-life work is done by community nurses, and if any safety critical care is being deferred or cancelled due to capacity issues.
Anticipated or actual outputs
This information will help to inform the decisions of service commissioners and managers, policy makers and future research. Our findings will be shared widely, including through a brief policy brief for these audiences and meeting with national policy makers.
Who is involved?
Dr Ben Bowers, University of Cambridge, ARC Deputy Theme Lead for Palliative and End of Life Care
