ArticlePalliative medicine2022
Integrating lived experiences of out-of-hours health services for people with palliative and end-of-life care needs with national datasets for people dying in Scotland in 2016: A mixed methods, multi-stage design.
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- Exploring the challenges experienced by patients and families using palliative and end-of-life care services: A qualitative focus group study.Palliative & supportive care · 2025Article
- Multiple points of system failure underpin continuous subcutaneous infusion safety incidents in palliative care: A mixed methods analysis.Palliative medicine · 2025Article
- Primary palliative care: Onwards and upwards!Palliative medicine · 2024Article
- Exploring perceived barriers to palliative and end of life care provision in South-West England: bringing together the perspectives of professionals, patients, and families.Frontiers in sociology · 2024Article
- 'The palliative care ambulance': A qualitative study of patient and caregiver perspectives of an ambulance service.Palliative medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundUnscheduled care is used increasingly during the last year of life by people known to have significant palliative care needs.
aimTo document the frequency and patterns of use of unscheduled healthcare by people in their last year of life and understand the experiences and perspectives of patients, families and professionals about accessing unscheduled care out-of-hours.
designA mixed methods, multi-stage study integrating a retrospective cohort analysis of unscheduled healthcare service use in the last year of life for all people dying in Scotland in 2016 with qualitative data from three regions involving service users, bereaved carers and general practitioners.
settingThree contrasting Scottish Health Board regions and national datasets for the whole of Scotland.
resultsPeople who died in Scotland in 2016 (
conclusionStrengthening unscheduled care in the community, together with patient and public information about how to access these services could prevent hospital admissions of low benefit and enhance community support for people living with advanced illness.
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