Hospitals
The GSF Hospital Training Programme is a leading, evidence-based service improvement programme in end of life care supporting hospitals to identify and deliver high-quality, person centred care for patients in Acute, Community, and Mental Health hospitals. Since its launch in 2008, GSF has helped hospitals proactively identify patients in their last year of life, assess patients clinical and personal needs, and plan care to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and reduce lengths of stay.
Why Choose GSF Training?
- Proven framework for high-quality care
- Provides evidence for CQC compliance with accreditation
- Improves patient and carer experience and reduces unnecessary hospital admissions and length of stay
- Enhances staff confidence and skills improving staff wellbeing and job satisfaction
- Fosters a compassionate organisational culture for the benefit of patients, families and carers and staff
GSF helps drive National Policy into Practice
- GSF aligns with the NHS Long Term Plan
- GSF aligns with NICE Guidance
- Ambitions for palliative and end of life care
With an increasing aging population, quality end of life care is more important than ever. Knowing what truly matters most to the people we care for will inform their personalised care support plan, to fulfil their wishes and preferences for the future.
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What’s Included in the Training?
8 Live interactive Webinar Sessions
Covering the GSF 7 Key tasks (Identify, Advance Care Planning, Plan Living Well, Plan Dying Well, Family and Carer Support, Compassionate Care with a Systematic Approach) delivered by an experienced clinical team, capturing step-by-step progress, offering guidance and support and sharing of best practice.
Exclusive Tools & Resources
Access to the members area with all the teaching materials, tools and resources - everything you will need for successful implementation.
Measurable Impact & Benchmarking
Track organisational progress, improve patient outcomes, and enhance staff knowledge and skill with intrinsic evaluations aligned to national standards.
GSF Accreditation Process
The GSF Accreditation Quality Hallmark Award is a nationally recognised kite-mark for excellence in care, co-badged by leading care sector organisations, including British Geriatrics Society and Community Hospitals Association and is an information source for Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection process.
On completion of the training, Wards can register for accreditation to receive the Quality Hallmark Award. Registrations for accreditation open in November each year and the awards are presented the following September. GSF Accreditation lasts for three years at which point you would need to register for re-accreditation. Wards that have re-accredited every three years achieve platinum status and can be nominated for Ward Of The Year.
GSF is sustainable. There are multiple platinum Wards across the UK.
There are four parts to the Accreditation Process:
1
Key Outcome Ratios & Patient Audit
Demonstrating achievement in core standards as a run chart over 8 weeks, including an After-Death Analysis of five death and five discharges to demonstrate that GSF is embedded in practice at patient level.
2
Portfolio of
Evidence
Documenting implementation of the GSF 7 Key Tasks, with supporting evidence and a sustainability plan.
3
Assessment
Visit
On-site assessment by the GSF Team to evaluate implementation, team engagement, and long-term sustainability.
4
GSF Conference
Attendance
Celebrating success and receiving the Quality Hallmark Award.
Ongoing Benefits of Accreditation
- Continued Access to the GSF members' area with up to date information and resources.
- Free Quarterly Micro-Learning Events for continued professional development and our quarterly newsletter sharing good practice.
Achieving GSF Accreditation improves the quality of care, team collaboration, and patient experience and improved outcomes, reinforcing your commitment to providing Gold Standard end of life care.
Impact of GSF in Hospitals
