7 Day Services self assessment tool

"The 7 day self-assessment tool is an evolving development. Its aim is to enable organisations to baseline their provision of seven day services in order to understand local needs and support local decision making, by assessing your current level of seven day service provision, using nationally agreed definitions and the seven day services national clinical standards."

7 Day Services self assessment tool
National Clinical Analysis and Specialised Applications Team, NHS Improving Quality

Access the tool and all the resources here.

How to provide 24/7 joined up palliative care

"After years of disjointed end of life care services in England, an initiative in Bedfordshire shows how to coordinate services 24 hours a day." 

How to provide 24/7, joined up palliative care
S Picken, D Cakmak
Health Service Journal
16 April 2014

Read more here.