How You Benefit - The Evidence

Research studies and specific local audits demonstrate the following benefits:

1. Policy attainment - you will achieve several key policy targets (see

   How ADA relates to national end of life targets)

2. Increasing number of non-cancer patients included on practice registers

3. Fewer hospital crisis admissions and deaths. For example, the University of Birmingham study of phase 2 GSF care homes training programme showed reductions of 12% and 8% respectively

4. More people dying in their place of choice in primary care and care homes. For example, some practices using ADA to monitor the introduction of GSF more than doubled their home death rate compared with ONS data

5. Improved quality of end of life care through fuller adoption of GSF in practices related to a Locally Enhanced Service