In 2010 a baseline audit was conducted to establish what proportion of Day Hospice patients were aware of, had discussed or had completed a Preferred Priorities for Care document (PPC). The audit was done in preparation for piloting the PPC, as a tool for advance care planning. The aim of...
How effective is the preferred priorities of care document? RESULTS: The study identified five key themes associated with the use of the PPC document: communication skills; hopelessness; empowerment; admission avoidance; and multiprofessional working. CONCLUSION: The PPC document was seen as a ... ...
A robust audit trail has allowed the team to track the Preferred Priorities for Care (PPC) document that is used locally and collate the data on patient's place of death in comparison to their preference. 1007 PPC documents have been completed to date with 659 deaths so far. 1 (0.1%) ...
Conflicts of interest: the author is National Lead for Preferred Priorities for Care, NHS End of Life Care ProgrammeLes StoreyStorey L: Introduction to the preferred place (priorities) of care tool. End of Life Care. 2007; 1: 68-73.