Liverpool John Moores University undertook an evaluation, beginning in October 2006, to assess attitudes and perceptions of staff, the role and appropriateness of the Gold Standards Framework (GSF) and Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) in the individual care of patients with dementia.  This resulted in a research report

This work was commissioned by NHS Northwest in 2006 (commissioning group also referred to as Greater Manchester End of Life Care Team), funded by Department of Health national monies (Dec 2003) identified for the NHS End of Life Care programme which began in November 2004.