Background It is known that some people experience excellent care in hospitals, hospices, care homes and in their own homes but the reality is that many do not. It is recognised that health and social care professionals want to ensure that the best care is delivered wherever the patient is. St Luke’s Hospice delivers and continues to receive requests from Adult Social Care (ASC) providers for Specialist Palliative and End of Life education and has used Project ECHO to fulfil these learning needs previously. ECHO supports knowledge sharing between staff, facilitating exchange of specialist knowledge and best practice.

Aim To establish and deliver a palliative/end of life care training program for staff working within care homes, supported living and domiciliary care across South Yorkshire who wish to improve their knowledge with the opportunity to meet other care staff and share good practice.

Method A learning needs questionnaire was developed and disseminated across social care contacts to establish the learning priorities for the workforce. Project ECHO has been utilised across the world to develop communities of practice in remote areas. Utilising the novel ECHO Methodology, a programme of six ECHO sessions has been designed to be delivered to address the knowledge gaps identified by the workforce. The six sessions are: (1) Physical care of the dying; (2) Advance care planning; (3) Symptom management at end of life; (4) Recognising dying; (5) Palliative care emergencies; (6) Bereavement support and communication.

Pre and post programme self-efficacy confidence and knowledge evaluation questionnaires will be completed to measure learning and establish future needs.

Results No results available as yet as delivery is mid-April to the end of June 2024.

Conclusion We hope to show increased knowledge and confidence in palliative and end of life care in the ASC workforce following attendance with the hope to deliver a future rolling programme.