Palliative Care

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

Library resources

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

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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.
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.
Hospice UK - the national charity for hospice care.
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.
Together for short lives - speaks out for children and young people who are expected to have short lives.
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

THE CLINICAL SEARCH ENGINE

Palliative care journals

End of Life Care e-learning

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