Daffodil Standards resources

Explore the Daffodil Standards learning resources; a free collection of guides, templates, and training materials designed to help GPs and practice teams reflect, learn, and continually improve the care and support they provide to people at the end of life.

The Marie Curie Daffodil Standards logo alongside the RCGP logo.

Resources

How to get started guide (DOCX file, 7.1 MB)

Introduction

Thank you for signing up to the Daffodil Standards.

The Daffodil Standards, also known as the RCGP and Marie Curie UK General Practice Core Standards for Advanced Serious Illness and End of Life Care, provide a framework for excellence in end of life care. The Standards cover eight core areas below:

  1. Professional and competent staff
  2. Early identification
  3. Carer support
  4. Seamless, planned, coordinated care
  5. Assessment of unique needs of the patient
  6. Quality care during the last days of life
  7. Care after death
  8. General practices as hubs within compassionate communities

Keep in mind

Whatever your starting level, keep it relevant to your practice, your staff and your patients – every improvement counts. Small steps and changes can result in significant improvements. Based on insights from GP teams, this guide presents clear, adaptable steps you can work through, at your own pace. By making small, practice-specific improvements you’ll keep momentum, support your staff and patients, and steadily grow consistently high-quality care.

We encourage you to 'tailor' the implementation of the Standards to your practice and your population.
For example, your practice team should continue to use any locally developed PEOLC tools that complement the Standards. Each practice team should use the Standards flexibly to suit the needs of your patients.

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