Strategic planning
How ICBs can plan palliative and end of life care strategically to meet their legal duty as part of the commissioning cycle
This section sets out the actions that ICBs can take to:
Understand the population of children and young people who need palliative and end of life care in their geographical footprints.
Understand the extent to which provider organisations are already meeting this demand
Engage with children, young people and families to enable them to coproduce palliative and end of life care services.
In this section
Understanding the population
Understanding which children may benefit from palliative and end of life care, and sizing the need within your geographical footprint.
Understanding local children and young people’s palliative and end of life care supply
Engaging with providers to understand local supply and demand characteristics.
Health inequalities – and reaching underserved children and families
Understanding how existing inequalities affect children and young people and how to conduct an equality and health inequalities impact assessment when commissioning palliative and end of life care.
Engaging with children, families and service providers
Ensuring that commissioned palliative and end of life care is responsive to the needs of the specific population, by involving young people in the commissioning process, development of strategies and delivery of palliative and end of live care on a recurring basis.