2025 Good Practice Compendium Now Uploaded!

For NACEL 2024, 68 case studies were selected to showcase good work based on the narrative that was submitted from hospitals to the NACEL Hospital/Site Overview. Now for NACEL 2025, a further 69 case studies were selected to be added to this compendium and they are now available on the Good Practice Compendium.

All Project Leads and Deputy Project Leads received email notification on 27th April 2026 of their selection alongside certificates for this achievement. Organisations have been notified that an opt-out approach will be in place for sharing the Project Lead's name and email with colleagues who request and wish to connect regarding the work. Project Leads have until 28th May 2026 to reach out to the NACEL helpline and opt-out.

Upcoming Events

QI Webinar - Improving Patient and Carer Experience

Are you aware of the upcoming public release of hospital level data on the Patient and Carer Tool in August 2026.Join us for a QI webinar webinar looking at how to improve patient and carer experience in preparation for the release of the Patient and Carer Tool, showcasing a subset of NACEL data to the public. Guest speakers will be joining the NACEL Team. This live webinar is for healthcare professionals only but will be available for public view on the website after the event. This session will take place on Thursday, 18th June 12-1:30pm via Teams

Patient and Carer Tool Drop In Sessions

In 2025, a newly developed Patient and Carer Tool was developed alongside a group of bereaved relatives, showcasing some of the NACEL data to the public, by region or country.

In 2026, the tool will be redeveloped and will allow the public to see NACEL data for their local hospital. This means that your patients and their loved ones, amongst others, will be able to view some of your data via the NACEL website, a publicly available platform.

Join us for a drop in session focusing on Phase 2 of the Public Facing Tool which will take place on Tuesday, 2nd June 2026, 12:00-13:00 and Tuesday, 12:30-13:30, 21st July 2026 via Microsoft Teams. Register below:

Data Collection and Participation

Thank you for your contribution to NACEL 2026 so far. Above you may find the current participation figures as of 15th May 2026.

Reminder: The Staff Reported Measure element of the audit will close on Tuesday, 30th June 2026.

We encourage you to begin sharing the survey with members of inpatient staff who are likely to come into contact with dying patients and those important to them as soon as possible. Guidance and promotional materials can be found on our guidance page.

Unique links and QR codes have been generated for each submission registered for NACEL 2026. These can be found on your 2026 data collection pages within the Members' Area, below the Case Note Review. If your organisation has more than one submission, please ensure the correct link and QR code is used for each submission, as surveys should be collected for all submissions.

Please note that any submission with no Staff Reported Measure surveys received will be flagged as an outlier due to partial non-participation in line with the NACEL 2026 Management of Outliers Policy.

Please continue submitting data to all open data elements, including the Case Note Review and the Bereavement Survey. Ensure you are aware and meet all key dates.

Click below to view the data specifications for all elements

NACEL 2026 Feedback Form

The NACEL Team invites colleagues from participating organisations to complete a brief, 5-minute form to share your feedback on how NACEL 2026 has been progressing so far. This insight will provide valuable information as we begin scoping NACEL 2027.

We kindly ask that you complete this by midday on Friday, 15th May 2026. Complete the form below: