End of Life Care in Leeds
Healthwatch Leeds worked with Leeds Palliative Care Network to find out about people’s experiences of end of life care for their relative/friend in a hospital, community (including GP surgeries, Leeds Community Healthcare and private care agencies and care homes) and hospice settings. A total of 225 people provided feedback across all the settings.
End of Life Care in Leeds
We wanted to help Leeds Palliative Care Network to understand people’s experience of the quality of care their relative/friend received in the last days or hours of life. We wanted to look at experiences across different health care settings in Leeds, including hospitals, hospices, care homes and people’s own homes.
Recommendations
Continue to provide end of life training for staff to ensure there is a consistent approach across all services.
All providers to continue working together to support consistency of end of life care across community settings.
If a dying patient wishes to be cared for in a side room and one is not available, the reasons for this should be communicated to the patient and their family.