End of Life Care
Collaborative Commissioning Initiative (CCI)
Contact Details:
Mireille Herbert – End of Life Care Lead
Email Mireille Herbert
North London Cancer Network
5th Floor East, 250 Euston Road
London NW1 2PG
Tel: 020 7380 9983 ext 8795
Fax: 020 7380 9153
Mobile: 07881 626 029
The Gold Standards Framework (GSF)
The aim of the End of Life Care programme is to improve end of life care for all patients, irrespective of diagnosis and to provide greater choice for patients in their place of care and death. The North London Cancer Network is working towards this aim by leading on the implementation of the Gold Standards Framework in care homes across the 5 PCTs. Implementation of the Gold Standards Framework in GP Practices is being led by the PCTs.
Gold Standards Framework in Care Homes
The GSFis a framework to enable care homes to deliver a ‘gold standard’ of care for all people nearing the end of their lives. “It’s about living well until you die”.
The programme has 3 aims
1. To improve the quality of care provided for all residents from admission to the home.
2. To improve the collaboration with GPs, primary care teams and specialists
3. To reduce the number of hospital admissions in the final stage of life, enabling more to die with dignity in the home, if that is their wish.
There are 3 stages to the programme which run over an 18 month timeframe:
1. Preparation stage
2. Training stage
3. Consolidation and accreditation stage
The attached document provides more information about the programme and what each stage involves
Care Homes participating in the GSF programme
In 2007/08, 16 care homes participated in the GSF programme. 6 homes have applied to become accredited GSF care homes and will be informed of the outcome in June 09.
In 2008/08, 29 care homes are participating in the GSF programme.
| PCT | Number of Homes from the 07/08 programme progressing to accreditation | Number of homes participating in the 08/09 programme |
| Barnet | 2 | 16 |
| Camden | 0 | 3 |
| Enfield | 3 | 2 |
| Haringey | 0 | 4 |
| Islington | 1 | 4 |
| Total | 6 | 29 |
For further information about the Gold Standards Framework in Care Homes programme visit: http://www.goldstandardsframework.nhs.uk/GSFCareHomes/ThreeStageTrainingProgramme.htm
Contact Details
Debbie Young – End of Life Care Project Manager
Email: debbie.young@uclh.nhs.uk
North London Cancer Network
5th Floor East, 250 Euston Road
London NW1 2PG
Tel: 020 7380 9983
Olwen Minford – Lead GSF Facilitator for Care Homes
Email: olwen.minford@uclh.nhs.uk
North London Cancer Network
5th Floor East, 250 Euston Road
London NW1 2PG
Tel: 020 7380 9983
Mobile: 07908 626620
There is a GSF Facilitator for each PCT. They are responsible for supporting the Care Homes that are participating in the GSF programme.
Barnet GSF Facilitator – Mark Powell
Email: mark.powell@barnet-pct.nhs.uk
Camden GSF Facilitator – Andrea Beetison
Email: andrea.beetison@uclh.nhs.uk
Enfield GSF Facilitator – post vacant at this time
Haringey GSF Facilitator – Dr Kate Rees
Email: k.rees@nhs.uk
Islington GSF Facilitator – post vacant at this time
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