Triggers for palliative care: Improving access

"This report explores the evidence around access to palliative care for people with terminal illnesses other than cancer."

Triggers for palliative care:  Improving access to care for people with diseases other than cancer
Marie Curie
June 2015

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Liver Disease Profiles

"The liver disease profiles provide an invaluable resource relating to one of the main causes of premature mortality nationally; a disease whose mortality rates are increasing in England, while decreasing in most EU countries. The local authority profiles will support the development of Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and work of Health and Wellbeing Boards presenting local key statistics and highlighting questions to ask locally about current action to prevent liver disease."

Liver Disease Profiles
Public Health England

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Annual Report of the CMO: On the state of the public’s health

"I strongly believe that data and scientific evidence should be at the heart of policy making and advice to government. Data should be used to inform our prioritisation of action and to evaluate the effectiveness of such action; scientific evidence should be used to determine what actions should be taken." 

Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer, Surveillance Volume, 2012: On the state of the public’s health
Department of Health
March 2014

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NHS Atlas of Variation in Healthcare for People with Liver Disease

"The NHS Atlas of Variation in Healthcare for People with Liver Disease uses data sets in the form of maps to reveal the extent of variations in services and outcomes."

NHS Atlas of Variation in Healthcare for People with Liver Disease
NHS RightCare
March 2013

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Caring for people with liver disease: a competence framework for nursing

"Delivery of high quality care that produces better outcomes for patients needs a high quality workforce: skilled and competent practitioners who are fit to deliver care in the future health and social care system."

Caring for people with liver disease: a competence framework for nursing
Royal College of Nursing
February 2013

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