National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, March 2017
This quality standard covers the clinical care of adults (aged 18 and over) who
are dying, during the last 2 to 3 days of life. It describes high-quality care
in priority areas for improvement.
Importnat note: This quality standard does not cover care before the last few days of life, such
as palliative care or ‘end of life care’ (often defined as care during the last
year or so of a progressive disease), or care after death. These are included in
NICE’s Quality Standard QS13 for end of life care for adults.
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