The commission will consider the future of hospice care and provide suggestions as to how hospices may wish to adapt for the future. It will run for a period of 18 months starting November 2011, generating strategic options for hospices who wish to consider their future position and offerings – to ensure maximum benefit to people facing the end of life.
Aims of the commission
Opportunities exist across the UK to improve the experience of people who are approaching the end of their life, and that of their families and carers.
Help the Hospices believes that hospices have a significant role to play. We have established the commission so that hospices are informed about the opportunities available to them to make this difference in the future.
The commission is also considering how hospices need to develop over the next three to five years to be prepared for the challenges facing them in the future. It is acknowledged that there is no single optimum model for hospices, so a menu of options will be offered instead.
Areas it will consider
The commission will focus on:
- drivers for change
- opportunities for innovation in response to these drivers
- the consequences of innovation and change
- learning from the existing wisdom and experience of hospices to guide future plans.
It will also identify options in relation to the various roles hospices may wish to adopt in the future to best serve their communities, reflective of local needs, their own capabilities and those of others in the local area.
