LCP Reflective Data Cycle
The Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) is an evidence-based document, developed with the aim of guiding the care of the dying patient and their family/whânau.
The LCP provides an opportunity to continuously improve quality of care using the 'LCP Reflective Data Cycle' (Taylor, 2005).
| Aim | To provide locally driven continuous quality improvement for the dying and their families/whânau. |
| How | For the "LCP Reflective Data Cycle" to be completed 6 monthly within each implementing area |
| Who | LCP resource nurses and/or administration staff - with support from their manager and training/ education from the LCP Facilitator and National LCP Office Administrator. |
| Resources | Time - dependent on amount of data. access to computer, skills, training and education. |
It is recommended that a sample of LCP's be analysed locally, leading to locally driven action plans, which will be fed back to the LCP Resource group with the aim of providing continuous quality improvement for the dying and their families/whânau. "Analysis of individual variances has the potential to highlight issues that can be addressed" (Ellershaw & Wilkinson, 2003).
The National LCP Office - NZ is working toward the development of a national database to facilitate LCP data collection as a means of benchmarking end-of life care nationally.
For more information, please contact National LCP Lead - NZ or National LCP Office Administrator
References.
Ellershaw, J., & Wilkinson, S. (2003). Care of the dying: A pathway to excellence. Oxford: Oxford University press.
Taylor, A.J. (2005). The Liverpool care pathway Reflective Data Cycle (unpublished report). Daventry & South Northants Primary Health Care Trust.