Is it recorded in the notes? Documentation of end-of-life care and preferred place to die discussions in the final weeks of life

Table 1 Sampling by service

Service	Number of deaths (Jan 05 - Dec 06)	Sampling fraction	Number of sampled deaths/cases (random selection)
GSF GP Practice	38	50%	19
Heart Failure Community Matrons	30	50%	15
Hospital Specialist Palliative care service	307*	5%	15
Non-GSF Nursing Care Home	32	50%	16
TOTAL	407		65

*This service was based in a hospital but provided hospice care support as well. The focus here was on the hospital element and this figure represents the number of deaths in hospital only.

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