CROWN COMMERCIAL SERVICE · Awarded contract
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Evaluation of End of Life Social Action Fund by Lancaster University

Awarded 06 Nov 2014

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Awarded06 Nov 2014
Value£123,367.00
RegionUnited Kingdom
CategoryResearch & Development
Ended 10y 4mo ago1y 8mo term
Awarded 6 Nov 2014Expired 29 June 2016

CROWN COMMERCIAL SERVICE awarded a contract to Lancaster University for a contract variation and extension to evaluate the Social Action End of Life Support Fund, which invests up to £1 million in projects using social action to support people at the end of life and their families.

The evaluation aims to assess the impact of social action models on end-of-life experience by measuring patients' loneliness, satisfaction with social support, and wellbeing, as well as family and caregivers' stress and anxiety, and to examine the impact on wider health and social care service use.

The contract value is £123,367.

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