Improving early recognition
Definition:
Early recognition of End of Life care needs across a population can be shown to bring benefit to the individual by facilitating improved choices about care.
Information:
The Cohort Model suggests that:
- Without the drive to early recognition only 480 out of the 2,000 adults who die each year will have these needs recognised before their last days - and just over half of these will be people with cancer (compared to less than a quarter of deaths having a sole cause of death as cancer).
- That with a drive toward early recognition that this number could double, with the consequence that improved choice at end of life will be facilitated.
How to use the model:
Use the Cohort Model to explore:
- How this early identification might impact on improving choice at the end of life;
- How many people might be added to an end of life care register or similar each year in a typical 200,000 population.
To use the Cohort Model to explore the impact of improved early recognition, follow the step-by-step guide in the Cohort Model tutorial.
Go to the Whole Systems Partnership Cohort Model
Case Studies
Case studies illustrating possible applications for the tools:
Community Supportive Care Pathway in Solihull NHS Care Trust