Exploring the costs, consequences and efficiency of three types of palliative care day services in the UK: a pragmatic before-and-after descriptive cohort study

Table 1 Composition of three Palliative Care Day Services (PCDS) centres in the UK

	Centre 1	Centre 2	Centre 3	Notes
PCDS Operation in 2015				A
Days in operation per week	5	3	5	A
Sites where PCDS in operation	3	1	1	A,B
Places available per day	15	12	15	A
Attendance rate	75%	56%	60%	A
Staff in 2018/19 (Proportion of FTE)				C
Manager - social worker			1.0	D
Manager - nurse	1.0			D
Manager - allied health professional		0.6		D
Associate Specialist Doctor	0.4			D
Nurse consultant	0.2			D
Social worker	0.6			D
Palliative care nurse			1.0	D
Occupational therapist	1.0	0.6	0.2	D
Physiotherapist	1.0		0.2	D
Registered nurse	1.0	0.6	1.0	D
Rehabilitation assistant		0.6		D
Health Care Assistant	1.0			D
Secretary	1.0			D
Volunteers in 2018/19 (Proportion of FTE)
Complementary therapists	2.0	0.2	0.4	D
Drivers	3.0	3.6	2.4	E
Hospitality	3.0	1.8	2.8	E
Hairdresser		0.25		E

A. Operational data from a mapping exercise of the three centres in 2015 - see [13]; B. Centre 1 operates 3 days a week at the main site and at two satellite units running one day a week each; Centre 2 now operates 5 days a week, with a satellite unit running two days a week; C. Staff and volunteer numbers providing from the three centres in 2018/19; D. From [32]; E. minimum wage rate for 2017/18 applied (£15,269 per year): source Office for National Statistics; FTE full-time equivalent

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