Guidance, pathways and quality standards

• Care of dying adults in the last days of life (NG31) - NICE
• Improving supportive and palliative care for adults with cancer (CSG4) - NICE
• Palliative care for adults: strong opioids for pain relief (CG140) - NICE
• End of life care for adults quality standard - NICE
• Treatment and care towards the end of life: decision making - GMC
• Clinical practice guidelines for communicating prognosis and end-of-life issues with adults in the advanced stages of a life-limiting illness, and their caregivers - The Medical Journal of Australia

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Library resources

A-Z list e- journals 
 
 

Browse the Library catalogue for palliative care titles. 

Search databases AMED, British Nursing Index, CINAHL, EMBASE, HMIC, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and Health Business Elite. 

All your NHS Open Athens resources in one place 

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Elsewhere on the web...

• Transforming Integrated Palliative & End Of Life Care HEA4197 - This 20 credit interactive, clinically based, module is aimed at frontline clinicians, of all professions, providing core level
  palliative care. It will be of particular interest to District Nurses and General Practitioners, hospital ward nurses and trainee/SASS doctors, hospice nurses and doctors, allied health professionals whose work encompasses interaction with those approaching the end of life. We can now confirm that the second module HEA4219 Transforming End of Life Trajectories will be starting in September 2018 and will run until December. We would advise anyone interested in applying to do so as soon as possible through the Edge Hill link https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/health/cpd-modules/transformimg-end-of-life-trajectories-hea4219/ and confirm agreement and funding arrangement with your manager. Please note that it is also possible to enrol in a new Post Graduate Certificate in Integrated Palliative and End of Life Care which includes HEA4197 Transforming Integrated Palliative and End of Life Care and HEA4219 and an optional module which will be taken after discussion with the Programme Lead. If you are interested in applying for the whole certificate, please see the link www.edgehill.ac.uk/courses/integrated-palliative-and-end-of-life-care/
• ​E-learning for Healthcare – e-ELCA End of life care for all -  an e-learning resource designed to enhance the training and education of all those involved in delivering end of life care to those individuals who have been diagnosed with life limiting illnesses and are usually within the last 12 months of their life.
• The Palliative Care Outcome Scale (POS) is a resource for palliative care practice, teaching and research.  
• Dying Matters is a coalition of 32,000 members across England and Wales which aims to help people talk more openly about dying, death and bereavement, and to make plans for the end of life.
• eHospice - the latest news, commentary and analysis from the world of hospice, palliative and end of life care.
• End of Life Care Horizon Scanning Bulletin - a roundup of best practice for service provision.
• Palliative and End of Life Care - North West Coast Strategic Clinical Networks.
• Hospice UK - the national charity for hospice care.
• Royal Society of Medicine (Palliative Care Section) - To promote a scientific approach to and understanding of the palliative management of patients, their families and carers.
• National End of Life Care Intelligence Network - improve the collection and analysis of information related to the quality, volume and costs of care provided by the NHS, social services and the third sector to adults approaching the end of life.
• The National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) is the umbrella charity for all those involved in palliative, end of life and hospice care in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
• Together for short lives - speaks out for children and young people who are expected to have short lives.
• Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool - programmes, projects and activities that drive up quality for care of the dying through service redesign, evaluation, innovation, service improvement and culture change.
• Palliative Care Journal Club -  brings you the latest journal articles on Palliative Care.
• Palliative Care Research Society - promoting research into all aspects of palliative care and to facilitating its dissemination.

Evidence based information

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Palliative care journals

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End of Life Care e-learning

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