Skills for Health has launched a range of resources developed as part of the Working Together, improving end of life care through better integration project.

The project, led by Skills for Care in partnership with Skills for Health and the National Council for Palliative Care, helped to develop these new  training materials which aim to increase awareness and understanding of the importance of professionals working together to support people at the end of their lives.

The pack, which has been released to coincide with Dying Matters Awareness week (18-24 May), is the result of the project’s conclusion that people involved in delivering end of life care (EoLC) find it helpful to talk to other workers and people with the experience of using those services, as it helps them understand how they could work together to provide better care and support.  

The project brought together a wide range of people from different backgrounds including professionals and people with experience of end of life care.  A network of people, identified as being committed to improving end of life care and known as “champions”, were brought together in a series of workshops to explore their own experiences and discuss what mattered to them.  

A number of common themes emerged from these conversations, which have been translated into a set of key messages. This work has formed the basis for all resources and films included within the training pack, now available to download here.