PRISMA

European priorities for research and measurement in end-of-life (PRISMA)

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PRISMA is a major three year coordinating action project funded by the European Union under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) delivering an integrated programme coordinating research priorities and practice about end-of-life care across Europe and Africa through:

Sharing practice
Coordinating research
Identifying key priorities for end-of-life care.

National public opinion surveys in England

King’s College London's pan-European survey aims to find out people’s preferences and priorities for end-of-life care. The findings will help improve care for patients in the future. The national survey in England started on the 22nd May. More details.

What's currently happening

Following our next all-assembly meeting, an international meeting regarding palliative care will take place in Florence, hosted by FILE and supported by PRISMA.

Additional current work includes:

Bringing together experts across Europe regarding best practice in nursing homes and end-of-life care
Delivering a POS-S symptom card for healthcare professionals
Disseminating our on-line survey findings regarding outcome measurement in end-of-life care
Finalising our final conference

Delivering quality

As a consequence, PRISMA is delivering quality outcomes for:

Patients and their families
Clinicians
End-of-life service-providers
Service-users
European citizens
Researchers
Those involved in policy.

PRISMA’s full title is Reflecting the positive diversities of European priorities for research and measurement in end-of-life care (Health-F2-2008-201655).

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