Experiences of palliative and end of life care in Sheffield
Work is underway to improve palliative and end of life care services in South Yorkshire. As part of this, we were asked by South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) to find out people's views and experiences of care and support at the end of life, to help them shape these services for people in the future.
Through a survey, community conversations, and one to one interviews we heard from 172 people about services in Sheffield. This includes people who are receiving end of life care, their families and friends, and people who've been bereaved in the last two years.
This report describes what they told us.
What did we learn about?
The report contains information about a whole range of services people use at the end of life, as well as the wider support they and their families might have. This includes:
- Experiences of health services such as GPs, pharmacies, hospitals, and hospices
- Experiences of social care and community organisations such as care homes, respite care, charities, and faith organisations
- Advance care planning, for instance whether people were supported to choose where they wanted to die
- Getting the right support, including what support was put in place, and the way support was delivered
- Support for carers while supporting their friend or family member, as well as after they died
- Ideas to improve palliative and end of life care
Read the report
To find out about people's experiences of palliative and end of life care in Sheffield, read the report below.
If you need these documents in a different format, please email info@healthwatchsheffield.co.uk or call 0114 253 6688.
