COMMUNITY end of life care at a hospital trust has been given top marks by a health watchdog.
Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have rated East Lancashire Hospital Trust’s community end of life care provision 'outstanding' following an inspection.
Watchdogs praised it for being personalised to patient’s individual needs and taking into consideration the whole patient’s circumstances, including financial.
CQC inspectors also reported a truly multidisciplinary approach to end of life care involving stakeholders (patients)’ and praised the trust for its ‘culture of continuous learning and improvement.’
Christine Pearson, director of nursing and executive director with responsibility for end of life care at the trust, said: “At East Lancashire Hospitals, our staff are successfully integrating hospital and community NHS services and we’re delighted this has been recognised by the CQC with their ‘outstanding’ rating for end of life care in the community.”
“This hugely positive CQC report is the result of an excellent team effort, and we are very, very proud that community end of life care in East Lancashire is rated ‘outstanding’."
Community end of life care in East Lancashire is provided by acute (hospital) and community specialist palliative care teams working side-by-side with community nurses, primary care services, local hospices, nursing and care homes to provide a seamless service for patients and their relatives and carers.
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