Guide for commissioners on end of life care for adults

NICE has published its guide for commissioners of end-of-life care services, the latest in its series of good practice guides to support commissioners in designing high quality, evidence-based services to improve outcomes for patients and to help the NHS make better use of resources.

Access the Guide for commissioners on end of life care for adults

The guide includes an end of life care commissioning and benchmarking tool to help users determine the level of service that might be needed locally and to help cost and identify potential savings associated with commissioning end of life care services.

This commissioning guide should be read together with the following NICE guidance, quality standard and national guidance: