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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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