Supporting people to live and die well
Session overview
Description
This session introduces the NHS National End of Life Care Programme Framework for Social Care (Supporting People to Live and Die Well) and explores the role of social care in working with and looking after people approaching the end of life.

This session was reviewed by Tes Smith, and last updated in September 2024.

Session Introduction

By the end of this session you will be able to:

• demonstrate an understanding of the Framework for Social Care
• recognise the importance of social care in end of life care
• demonstrate an understanding of how social care can contribute to end of life care
• use the framework to identify some personal development priorities

The NHS National End of Life Care Programme 'Supporting People to Live and Die Well: A Framework for Social Care at the End of Life' (2010) document is intended to signal a change in how social care engages with, and delivers, end of life care [1](read details regarding the reference).

It represents an invitation to the social care and healthcare communities (and other stakeholders) to work to improve understanding of what works in practice and what resources and tools may be available, and to help build a network of champions who can drive forward the necessary change.

Of note, the document does have a section on end of life care pathways. This is now obsolete, and care in the last days of life should focus on the '5 priorities of care' developed by the Leadership Alliance for Care of Dying People [2](read details regarding the reference).