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The CQC is an independent regulator of health and social care in England. End-of-life care has been recently included as one of the eight core services the CQC routinely inspect in acute hospitals. Individualised care and effective communications with patients and families have been prioritised as the key indicators of good care. Based on their inspection for different types of services, a review on inequalities and variations in end-of-life care services for several priority groups (oldest-old patients, non-cancer patients, persons with dementia, etc.) will be released in Autumn 2015.

The BGS is a professional medical association to promote quality medical care for elderly and health in the old age. In particular, the BGS has extensively published papers on managing frailty (e.g., Fit for Frailty: Consensus Best Practice Guidance for the Care of Older People Living with Frailty in Community and Outpatient Setting) and end-of-life care. The BGS also works closely with the Gold Standards Framework on their acute hospital accreditation program and the Amber Care Bundle in order to sustain continual improvement on end-of-life care in acute hospitals.

The NICE produced a number of guidelines and quality standards on palliative and end of life care of adults suffering from a repertoire of diseases, including cancers, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic heart failure, and on a range of aspects such as use of opioids for pain relief, person-centred care, etc.

The Lien Centre for Palliative Care is collaboration between the Lien Foundation and the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School. Being the first of its kind in Asia, the Centre aims to build the capacity of palliative care professionals to provide quality and innovative care based on empirical evidence in Singapore and Asia at-large. The Centre has been commissioned by the Ministry of Health, Singapore to publish the Report on the National Strategy for Palliative Care in 2011.

The Foundation has been established in 1990, and proactively advocate for end-of-life care as well as life education among various professions in Taiwan. The Foundation has also played a major role in driving the legislation for protecting patients’ rights for dignified death and refusal to resuscitation, rendering Taiwan the first place in Asia to have such legal protection.

The webpage provides information of hospice care in the Unite States of America, focuses on mesothelioma patients. Topics include: When to Consider Hospice Care, Hospice Care Options for Patients, Support for Caregivers, Paying for Hospice Care, Hospice Care Resources and Stories from Survivors Entering Hospice.