Dying Matters to us In a recent audit led by the Royal Susi explains you “Ultimately, when lose someone close to you, you College of Physicians of “End remember the people around you in Life Care dying in , – hospital” hospital at that time and it is important the Trust achieved scores to those who work at the Trust that we between 82% and 96% are remembered for our compassion, compared to the national and our care, for the patient and for average of 56% to 84% across 5 the families. indicators. End of Life Governance Group “Our includes clinical, pastoral and support Mindful that every patient is someone’s staff. The group focussed on what we loved one, the Trust has invested in thought was important at the end of a end of life care training across clinical life and the care we would person’s and support staff. There is a close want to see given. That is the standard relationship with local community we set ourselves: what care would we health and social care providers want for ourselves or our family.” (including GP and district nursing, palliative care teams and hospice care It should also be noted that the Trust providers), to give patients who do has good Hospital Standardised want to die at home, the chance to do Mortality Ratios (HSMR) which means so. that fewer people die at the hospital than would be expected according to Susi Lund is the of Life Trust’s End the last reported annual data for Care lead. She puts the Trust’s 2015/15. performance in this emotive area down to our on delivering staff’s focus We are delighted to be identified as a excellent quality of end of life care. national leader in delivering end of life care in Next day RACOP appointments for the elderly Please consider referring elderly patients to the Rapid Access Clinic for Older People (RACOP) whenever possible, rather than sending them to A&E. Referrals can be made by telephone conversation with the registrar or consultant covering RACOP from 8.30-16.30 via switchboard (0118 322 5111) and then asking for bleep 510. In this way patients can be seen on the next working day if necessary.
Dying Matters to us In a recent audit led by the Royal College of Physicians “End of Life Care – dying in hospital” , the Trust achieved scores between 82% and 96% compared to the national average of 56% to 84% across 5 indicators. Mindful that every patient is someone’s loved one, the Trust has invested in end of life care training across clinical and support staff. There is a close relationship with local community health and social care providers (including GP and district nursing, palliative care teams and hospice care providers), to give patients who do want to die at home, the chance to do so. Susi Lund is the Trust’s End of Life Care lead. She puts the Trust’s performance in this emotive area down to our staff’s focus on delivering excellent quality of end of life care. Susi explains “Ultimately, when you lose someone close to you, you remember the people around you in hospital at that time and it is important to those who work at the Trust that we are remembered for our compassion, and our care, for the patient and for the families. “Our End of Life Governance Group includes clinical, pastoral and support staff. The group focussed on what we thought was important at the end of a person’s life and the care we would want to see given. That is the standard we set ourselves: what care would we want for ourselves or our family.” It should also be noted that the Trust has good Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios (HSMR) which means that fewer people die at the hospital than would be expected according to the last reported annual data for 2015/15. We are delighted to be identified as a national leader in delivering end of life care in Next day RACOP appointments for the elderly Please consider referring elderly patients to the Rapid Access Clinic for Older People (RACOP) whenever possible, rather than sending them to A&E. Referrals can be made by telephone conversation with the registrar or consultant covering RACOP from 8.30-16.30 via switchboard (0118 322 5111) and then asking for bleep 510. In this way patients can be seen on the next working day if necessary.
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