Analysis of the specialist palliative care services commissioned in patients own home
| Type of service commissioned | Number of CCGs who recorded its use |
|---|---|
| Hospice-led or hospice-at-home only | 27 |
| Hospice/hospice-at-home and 24/7 telephone line only | 10 |
| 24/7 telephone line only | 9 |
| Marie Curie/CNS nurses only | 8 |
| Hospice and community nurses only | 7 |
| Additional services (where CCGs recorded hospice care and/or phone line, they noted these services in addition) | |
| Community nursing services | 25 |
| Night services | 19 |
| Marie Curie | 18 |
| Macmillan | 7 |
| Supportive care at home services (with equipment delivery) | 4 |
| No specific details of out-of-hours services | 18 |
CCGs gave qualitative responses detailing the services they considered to be 24/7 services, and the most common responses have been summarised quantitatively here.