End of Life Care

We all die, but we don’t all die well. The Modernisation Initiative End of Life Care Programme is committed to improving services in Lambeth and Southwark so more people have a ‘good death’.

The programme is ambitious and far reaching. We look at every aspect of end of life care, to see which services are good, where they need to improve and how they can be exceptional. We are researching the cost of end of life care today, to understand how high quality services can be provided efficiently tomorrow.

End of life care is for people with advanced, progressive, incurable conditions. It supports them to live and die as well as possible. Patients, carers, bereaved relatives and local residents are ‘experts by experience’ working with us across health and social care, voluntary and independent sectors to deliver exceptional end of life care.

The Modernisation Initiative End of Life Care Programme is a partnership between local people, acute and primary health and social care, voluntary and independent sector organisations to deliver exceptional services. It is funded by Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity, with support from the King’s College Hospital Charity and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Funds.

To find out more contact the End of Life Care team on Tel: 020 7188 0016.