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The GSF Centre in End of Life CareEnabling generalist frontline staff to provide a gold standard of care for people in the last years of life: "End of Life Care is everyone's business" |
The Gold Standards Framework was founded by Professor Keri Thomas OBE on 2000. It is the UK’s leading training provider for generalist frontline staff in caring for people in the last years of life. For over twenty years, GSF has helped teams in all settings provide more proactive, better supportive care, enabling people to live well until they die. Many thousands of doctors, nurses and carers have received GSF quality improvement training, improving the care of several million people over the years. We are proud to have awarded GSF Accreditation to health and social care organisations across the country who have demonstrated that quality end of life care is embedded within their organisations. Many organisations have also gone through Re-Accreditation, receiving the GSF Platinum Award, demonstrating sustainabiility. The GSF Quality Hallmark Award is a kitemark for quality care!
GSF helps put policy into practice
GSF both influences national policy developments, and helps put policy into practice on the ground supporting grass-roots change in line with NHS Long Term Plan, NICE Guidance, Enhanced Health in Care Homes, DH EOLC Strategy, Ambitions Care Quality Commission (CQC), and Skills for Care etc. (see Evidence Base). The aim is to enable a ‘gold standard’ of care for everyone, with any condition, in any setting, given by any care provider and at any time in a persons’ last year of life to ensure people live well before they die, and to die well in the place and the manner of their choosing.
What is GSF in practice?
GSF is a practical systematic, evidence-based end of life care service improvement programme, identifying the right people, promoting the right care, in the right place, at the right time, every time. The training is for generalist front-line care providers.
GSF is all about quality care - quality improvement with training, quality assurance with standards of care and quality recognition with recognised accreditation award.
How can you access the training?
The current training programmes are listed below, click on the programme to download the information flyer.
Upcoming Training Dates |
Programme | Start Date |
Care Homes Training & Accreditation Programme - Delivered by St Benedict's Hospice | Thursday 25th August 2022 |
Care Homes Training & Accreditation Programme | Tuesday 4th October 2022 |
Domiciliary Care Training & Accreditation Programme | Tuesday 11th October 2022 |
Care Homes Training & Accreditation Programme - Delivered by Cornwall Hospice (local care homes only) | Tuesday 11th October 2022 |
Hospitals Training & Accreditation Programme | Wednesday 12th October 2022 |
To book a place on one our upcoming training programmes, please complete a Registration Form below, give us a call on 02077 893740 or email info@gsfcentre.co.uk
Registration Form for Care Homes and Domiciliary Care Training
Registration Form for Hospitals Training
Accreditation and the Quality Hallmark Award
Once organisations have completed the training and embedded their learning into practice they can apply for Accreditation and receive the Quality Hallmark Award. The Accreditation Award lasts for three years, after which organisations need to apply for Re-Accreditation. We are proud to announce that we have Platinum Status organisations who have now been Accredited for more than 12 years! To see a list of Accreditated Organisations, please click here: Accredited Organisations
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If you would like any further details or you cannot find the information you require, please contact us on info@gsfcentre.co.uk or 01743 291891 or 02077 893740
For all international enquiries please click on the international icon to be redirected to the GSF International website where you can find further information and contact details
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