Rationale: to determine the total number of patients who received specialist palliative care in the community including Outpatient Clinics during the reporting month. This is a count of the number of patients who received specialist palliative care in the community during the reporting month. Specialist palliative care in the community is care provided to patients in their normal place of residence i.e. their home, nursing home, community hospital, outpatient clinic etc. All patients in receipt of specialist palliative care in the community on the first day of the month and all new patients who receive a first in-person contact during the month are included with each patient counted once only in the reporting month. If a patient is referred in one month and seen in the next month they are to be recorded as referred metrics completed for the patient in month of referral and treatment metrics in the following month.

Count the total number of patients who received specialist palliative care in the community (home care) during the reporting month.

Not applicable.

Reporting is aggregated at the national, Community Healthcare Organisation (CHO) and Local Health Office (LHO) level.

Data is sourced by the specialist palliative care community teams who collate locally and forward to their Community Healthcare Organisation (CHO). The CHO submits the validated data to the Business Information Unit (BIU) Community Healthcare Team.

Public reporting.

www.hse.ie/eng/services/publications/performancereports/ www.hse.ie/eng/services/publications/kpis/2024-palliative-care-services-nsp-metadata.pdf www.hiqa.ie/areas-we-work/health-information/data-collections/hse-performance-reports-palliative-care

Unable to locate full specifications. Some details are available here: www.hse.ie/eng/services/publications/kpis/2024-palliative-care-services-nsp-metadata.pdf