Palliative Care Institute Liverpool was founded in 2004. It is a partnership between The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Marie Curie and the University of Liverpool.
The Institute’s mission is to be a centre of excellence and an international leader in care for the dying from bedside to policy through service innovation and improvement, research and development, and knowledge transfer. It enables clinical excellence that makes a real and sustained difference to dying people and their relatives and carers, in order to influence those who shape and deliver healthcare for the dying.
Its strategic priorities are:
- Service improvement that drives up sustained quality and productivity
- Research and Development that makes a difference to patient care
- Knowledge transfer rooted in research excellence
- Clinical excellence in care of the dying
- International collaboration
