A number of key priorities have been identified in line with the national End of Life Ambitions Framework and the Black Country Palliative and End of Life Care Strategy 2023-26.

Our priorities for 2023/24 are:

Priorities National Ambition Reference
Workforce development and retention

1. Each person is seen as an individual

5. All staff are prepared to care

Bereavement support (Compassionate Communities)

6. Each community is prepared to help

Pain management

(Compassionate Communities)

3. Maximising comfort and wellbeing

6. Each community is prepared to help

Community mortality reviews

2. Each person gets fair access to care

End of life patient priorities outcomes framework 

2. Each person gets fair access to care

Electronic Palliative Care Coordination Systems (EPaCCS)

4. Care is co-ordinated

Children's end of life service

1. Each person is seen as an individual