South Tyneside Palliative Care Strategic Alliance Darren Archer Senior Commissioning Manager, NECS

Vision A person can make the last stage of their life as good as possible because everyone works together honestly and consistently to help me and the people who are important to me, including my carers.

Foundations Personalised care planning Shared records Evidence and information Involving, supporting and caring for those important to the dying person. Education and training 24/7 access to care Co-design Leadership.

Metrics No. on register No. of cancer patients on register No. of non-cancer on register Care home patients on register Died in usual place of residence Died in place of choice Advance Care Plan (ACP) Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR) Carers assessment Bereavement support offered/taken Deaths on palliative care register. Systematic collection of patient and family experience.

Primary Care Regular update sessions. Demonstration of effectiveness – quality and cost of care. Close co-operation across health and social care commissioning. Development of data packs for primary care relating to quality and quantity of EOL care.

Secondary and community care. Facilitation of discharge from the acute setting e.g. planned discharge from hospital. Centralised co-ordination of care provision in the community. Guaranteeing 24/7 care. There is a need to deliver stability in community care for this to be at its most effective. Make effective use of intermediate, OoH and community services.

Hospice Care Extend our reach and enable hospice quality care to be delivered in any setting. Tackle inequality and widen access to hospice care. Work with communities building capacity and resilience to care at EOL. Empower a strong, dynamic and responsive hospice sector.

Working Groups Group 1 Recognising the palliative patient Angus McLellan Group 2 Achieving preferred place of care Vicki Pattinson & Sharon Rooney Group 3 Last days of life Ann Paxton & Anna Porteous Group 4 Education and training Avril Robinson