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History

Consultation comments published

Consultation comments and responses (PDF 1.9 MB)

Published:

16 October 2019

Equality and health inequalities assessment

Equality impact assessment (PDF 212 KB)

Published:

16 October 2019

Declaration of interests

Register of interests up to 2017 (PDF 380 KB)

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16 October 2019
Register of interests 2018 and 2019 (PDF 190 KB)

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16 October 2019

Draft guidance consultation

Draft guidance consultation
Guideline appendix Equality impact assessment (PDF 182 KB)

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26 April 2019
Guideline appendix Declarations of interest 2017 (PDF 381 KB)

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26 April 2019
Guideline appendix Declarations of interest post GE (PDF 190 KB)

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26 April 2019
Guideline appendix Acknowledgements (PDF 225 KB)

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26 April 2019
Comments form (MSWord 67 KB)

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26 April 2019
Draft guideline (PDF 438 KB)

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26 April 2019
Guideline appendix Costing analysis (PDF 898 KB)

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26 April 2019
Evidence review Guideline Introduction and Methods (PDF 961 KB)

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01 May 2019
Evidence review Identifying adults in their last year of life (PDF 1016 KB)

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01 May 2019
Evidence review Early vs Late Referral (PDF 1.6 MB)

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01 May 2019
Evidence review Barriers to accessing end of life care services (PDF 2.43 MB)

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01 May 2019
Evidence review Coordinator and Lead Healthcare Professional (PDF 1.67 MB)

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01 May 2019
Evidence review Multi Professional Team (PDF 2.24 MB)

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01 May 2019
Evidence review Advance Care Planning (PDF 1.81 MB)

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01 May 2019
Evidence review Involving carers (PDF 1.53 MB)

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01 May 2019
Evidence review Carer support services (PDF 2.95 MB)

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01 May 2019
Evidence review Information sharing (PDF 1.32 MB)

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01 May 2019
Evidence review Review of Service provision and Identification of additional services (PDF 985 KB)

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01 May 2019
Evidence review Out of hours (PDF 1.9 MB)

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01 May 2019
Evidence review Additional Services and Inappropriate admissions (PDF 4.38 MB)

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01 May 2019
Evidence review Optimal transition Facilitating discharge (PDF 1.36 MB)

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01 May 2019

Stakeholder list updated

Stakeholder list (PDF 372 KB)

Published:

07 June 2019

Pre-consultation documents released

Economic plan (PDF 231 KB)

Published:

27 November 2017
Search strategies (PDF 9.38 MB)

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27 November 2017
Review questions (PDF 106 KB)

Published:

27 November 2017

Committee list updated

Committee member list (PDF 88 KB)

Published:

17 October 2017

Call for evidence

Call for evidence
Call for evidence response form (MSWord 70 KB)

Published:

15 September 2016
Confidentiality form (MSWord 68 KB)

Published:

15 September 2016

Committee meetings

Committee meeting: 6
Minutes 6 (PDF 317 KB)

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15 December 2016
Committee meeting: 7
Minutes 7 (PDF 246 KB)

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15 December 2016
Committee meeting: 1
Minutes (PDF 590 KB)

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29 September 2017
Committee meeting: 2
Minutes 2 (PDF 321 KB)

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29 September 2017
Committee meeting: 3
Minutes 3 (PDF 420 KB)

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29 September 2017
Committee meeting: 4
Minutes 4 (PDF 412 KB)

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29 September 2017
Committee meeting: 5
Minutes 5 (PDF 325 KB)

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29 September 2017
Committee meeting: 8
Minutes 8 (PDF 322 KB)

Published:

25 October 2017
Committee meeting: 9
Minutes 9 (PDF 310 KB)

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25 October 2017
Committee meeting: 10
Minutes 10 (PDF 424 KB)

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25 October 2017
Committee meeting: 11
Minutes 11 (PDF 412 KB)

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25 October 2017
Committee meeting: 12
Minutes 12 (PDF 321 KB)

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25 October 2017
Committee meeting: 13
Minutes 13 (PDF 405 KB)

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25 October 2017
Committee meeting: 14
Minutes 14 (PDF 317 KB)

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25 October 2017
Committee meeting: 15
Minutes 15 (PDF 304 KB)

Published:

25 October 2017

Scope published

Final scope (PDF 193 KB)

Published:

18 December 2017
Consultation comments and responses Table 1 (PDF 2.47 MB)

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18 December 2017
Consultation comments and responses Table 2 (PDF 1.36 MB)

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18 December 2017
Consultation comments and responses Table 3 (PDF 2.95 MB)

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18 December 2017
Consultation comments and responses Table 4 (PDF 1023 KB)

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18 December 2017
Consultation comments and responses Table 5 (PDF 4.27 MB)

Published:

18 December 2017

Draft scope consultation

Draft scope consultation
Comments form (MSWord 33 KB)

Published:

31 December 2015
Equality impact assessment (PDF 218 KB)

Published:

31 December 2015
Draft scope (PDF 233 KB)

Published:

31 December 2015

Scoping workshop

Workshop notes (PDF 1.13 MB)

Published:

31 December 2015

List of registered stakeholders

List of registered stakeholders (PDF 27 KB)

Published:

17 June 2015