Scoping Exercise of Education and Training in

End of Life Care in the North West

Joy DuxburyHelen EllisSue Yates

Mary MatthiesenDavid Pulsford

Kay SheikTerri Obrien

  To scope the extent to which educational

and training provision across health and social care providers meets End of Life Care strategies.

To identify any gaps in specified areas of education from varied perspectives

Aims

To make recommendations for education and training requirements that cover:

◦ the workforce skill mix and sectors including: Staff who spend the whole of their time

caring for those at end of life. Staff who frequently deal with end of life care Staff involved in providing end of life care work

across different sectors.

◦ the diverse needs of the workforce◦ meeting relevant standards◦ stakeholder perspectives◦ the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes to provide

high quality care

Method Scoping educational and training provision

Literature review Survey

Gap analysis

◦ Surveys◦ Mapping tool

Dissemination

◦ Workshop

Establishing baseline dataset

◦ Providers◦ Type/range of education and training.◦ Mode and amount of delivery◦ Academic level and accreditation of the education and

training◦ The geographical location of the provision◦ Target audience across health and social care workforce

in the Northwest.◦ Content◦ Underlying frameworks/guidance

A Scoping Activity

A telephone call for initial contact, to facilitate dialogue with regards to access and snowballing

Survey tool to reflect flavour of:

◦ Gold Standards Framework◦ NW EOL Care Pathway ◦ National End of Life Care Strategy ◦ Core Competencies for End of Life Care

Communication skills Assessment of the persons needs and preferences. Advance care planning Symptom control

Mapping of met and unmet priorities against mapping tool

Surveys◦ Staff/Patients/Carers

Survey Monkey Focus groups

B Gap Analysis

Focus Groups A cross regional stratified sample of staff

◦ Six focus groups to cover geographical areas

1 Merseyside 2 Cumbria & Lancashire 2 Greater Manchester; 1 Cheshire.

◦ Basic demographics◦ Training received◦ Experience◦ Setting

Focus Groups A cross regional sample of patients and

carers

◦ Six focus groups to cover geographical areas

1 Merseyside 2 Cumbria & Lancashire 2 Greater Manchester; 1 Cheshire.

◦ Basic demographics◦ Stage of illness/experience◦ Care setting◦ Social circumstances

C Workshop For educational, health and social care

staff, patients and carers

◦ Aim Review findings Initiate the dissemination strategy Provide opportunities to consider impact across the

workforce and the quality of end of life care provision Discuss the way forward Network

A map of education and training in end of life care across the northwest

A gap analysis that will be based on the North west end of life care model from varied perspectives

Recommendations that will inform education commissioning and governance

A final report and other appropriate summaries with recommendations for further work

Outputs

Ethics approval◦ R&D

Survey design Populating contacts database Recruitment

◦ Where, how and who◦ Access

Data collection ongoing Deadlines on track

Progress & Challenges