National Bereavement Survey (VOICES): End-of-Life Care Quality in England

A survey conducted by the Office for National Statistics for the Department of Health, last updated in July 2026. It assesses the quality of care delivered in the last three months of life for adults who died in England. The data aims to identify variations in care quality across different regions and patient groups.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional disparities in end-of-life care quality based on the survey's geographic breakdown.
• Identify variations in care quality for different patient groups based on the survey's demographic assessment aims.
• Benchmark healthcare service performance for the last three months of life based on the survey's core quality metrics.

Strengths

• Produced by the Office for National Statistics, an official government agency.
• Explicitly designed to assess care quality across regions and patient groups, providing a structured comparison framework.
• Released under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, facilitating reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

National survey conducted on behalf of the Department of Health.

Time Range

Covers deaths in England; specific survey years are not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:11.125451; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England, with analysis by PCT (Primary Care Trust) Clusters.