Palliative and end of life care
Information and resources for health and social care professionals to improve the quality of services and reduce inequalities in care.
The palliative and end of life care data, profiles and reports are produced by the National End of Life Care Intelligence Network (NEoLCIN).
The NEoLCIN historical reports and data are available on the UK Government Web Archive.
For enquiries about any of the reports or data email neolcin@dhsc.gov.uk.
Sign up for NEoLCIN email alerts to receive updates
Information and useful resources for people approaching the end of their lives and their carers is available on NHS end of life care.
Palliative and end of life care profiles
These profiles provide data updates, statistics and commentaries across multiple geographies in England. They support the interpretation of new data and provide core information for service improvement.
The data includes:
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needs assessment
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care homes and the community
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hospital care
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place of death
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mortality rates
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dementia
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underlying cause of death
Other related data and profiles are produced by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) to support palliative and end of life care service delivery. These are available on:
Data and intelligence
These data resources can be used by service providers, commissioners and policy makers in facilitating, scoping and implementing local services.
The Atlas of variation for palliative and end of life care pdfs are located in the ‘Themed Atlas’ section. They contain 29 indicators on the quality of care in hospitals, services and in the community.
A supporting NHS Interactive Atlas version enables organisations to view the data at a local level and see where they sit within the national landscape or within their peer groups. The Atlas includes maps, charts, time series data and associated statistics across all the indicators.
The latest information on the number and proportion of deaths by place of occurrence is published on Office for National Statistics.
The End of life care economic analysis tool helps commissioners make cost-effective decisions around implementing palliative and end of life care services.
Data analysis reports
These reports analyse data sets to provide support for service providers, commissioners and policy makers in scoping and implementing local services.
Resources
Information providing guidance and resources relating to people’s care preferences to support continuous improvement.
These reports also focus on service needs and the role of hospitals and local communities to improve end of life care services.
Further intelligence and guidance is available within the resource directory.
Updates to this page
Published 6 September 2019Last updated 3 December 2024 + show all updates
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Added 'Palliative and end of life care profiles: April 2024 update' and 'Palliative and end of life care profiles: December 2024 update' to the collection page.
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Added 'Palliative and end of life care profiles: November 2024 data update'.
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Added 'Palliative and end of life care factsheet: Patterns of care, England 2022' the collection page.
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Added 'Palliative and end of life care profiles: January 2024 data update' to the collection page.
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Added: 'Palliative and end of life care profiles: December 2023 data update'.
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Added in new link to the National End of Life Care and Intelligence Network sign up form.
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Added 'Palliative and end of life care profiles: October 2023 data update' to the collection page.
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Added 'Palliative and end of life care factsheet: Patterns of care, England 2021' to the collection page.
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Updated the NEoLCIN enquiries email address and how to sign up for NEoLCIN email alerts; added 'needs assessment' and 'hospital care' to what the 'Palliative and end of life care profiles' data includes.
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Added 'Palliative and end of life care profiles: June 2023 data update'.
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Added 'Palliative and end of life care profiles: January 2023 data update' to the collection page.
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Added 'Palliative and end of life care profiles: October 2022 data update'.
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Added 'Palliative and end of life care profiles: September 2022 data update'.
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Added 'Palliative and end of life care profiles: March 2022 data update' to the collection page.
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Added 'Palliative and end of life care profiles: February 2022 data update' to the collection page.
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Added 'Palliative and end of life care profiles: August 2021 data update' to the collection page.
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Added link to July 2021 data update.
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Added 'Palliative and end of life care profiles: June 2021 data update' to the collection page.
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Updated link to Office for National Statistics place of death data for Quarter 2 of financial year 2020 to 2021.
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Added Palliative and end of life care profiles: November 2020 data update.
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Added link to Office for National Statistics place of death data.
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Added 'Palliative and end of life care profiles: September 2020 data update'.
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Added link to Office for National Statistics place of death data.
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Added new link for ONS place of death data in Data and Intelligence group.
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Added 'Palliative and end of life care profiles: March 2020 data update.
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Added Emergency admissions in the 3 months before death.
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Added 'Older people’s hospital admissions in the last year of life' document.
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Added link to ONS place of death data.
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Added 'Older people who died in hospital: England 2017'.
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Added Palliative and end of life care profiles: November 2019 data update.
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