GPs in Bromley can refer into the monthly palliative heart failure MDM if they’re uncertain about a patient’s diagnosis and whether there is a need for sub cut furosemide to help direct correct treatment.
Email kch-tr.br-bromelyintegratedheartfailurenurses@nhs.net and the referral will get processed by the MDT co-ordinator for discussion.
From St Christopher’s Hospice
Guidelines On The Management Of Delirium In Palliative Care Settings (PDF)This resource is aimed at professionals working across the palliative care sector and in migrant centres and related organisations.
Continue reading “‘Do you see us?’ – No Recourse to Public Funds”Report by Caroline Nicholson and Heather Richardson
Continue reading “Age-attuned Hospice care”End of Life Journal was a free, online, peer-reviewed journal that published articles on all aspects of nursing practice relating to end-of-life care.
The journal was primarily aimed at generalist nurses working in hospital, community and care home settings. Many articles will also be of interest to the palliative care nursing audience as well as members of the wider multidisciplinary team.
The journal focused on care for patients with both malignant and non-malignant disease and their family and friends.
Anticipatory prescribing refers to charts and, where appropriate, medications that are left in a person’s usual place of residence for use by visiting clinicians should problems arise with uncontrolled symptoms.
There has been controversy over the best practice for clinicians to adopt following the widely publicised Gosport Enquiry.
