"Care of the Dying should become a quality performance indicator in support of the governance and performance management framework of all organisations at executive level"
John Ellershaw, Clinical Lead - LCP, Professor of Palliative Medicine,
Director MCPCIL.
Whatever happened to care of the living; should that not, also, be paramount?
About the LCP
The LCP is an integrated care pathway that is used at the bedside to drive up sustained quality of the dying in the last hours and days of life.
What is there to ‘drive up’ sustained quality of the living through all the days of our lives; should that not, also, be paramount?
Care - full stop - should become a quality performance indicator in support of the governance and performance management framework of all organisations at executive level!
Why does care of the dying take precedence over care of the living, other than that it is the cheaper option…?
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