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Tag Archives: Withdrawal of Medication Food and Fluids
Improvements to Care in the Last Days / Hours of Life (Department of Health)
Summary This report assesses progress made against commitments in the “One Chance to Get it Right” report, which was released just over a year ago as a response to the Independent Review of the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) on improving … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, NICE Guidelines, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, RCN, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Agreed Care Plans, Ambitions for End of Life Care, Association for Palliative Medicine (APM), Availability of Specialist Palliative Care (Including Out of Hours), Capacity and Advance Decisions, Care Homes, Care Homes End of Life Care Programme, Care Planning, Care Quality Commission’s Inspection Regime, Chaplaincy, Chaplaincy Involvement in Education and Training, College of Health Care Chaplains (CHCC), College of Health Care Chaplains: End of Life Care Resource Group, Community Health Services, CQC Inspections: Community Health Services, CQC Inspections: Hospices, CQC Ratings: End of Life Care - Acute Hospitals, CQC's Thematic Review of Inequalities and Variation in End of Life Care, Duty of Candour, Dying Well Community Charter, e-ELCAs (End of Life Care for All: Online Learning Modules), Education and Training, Electronic Palliative Care Coordination System (EPaCCS) Lessons Learnt Report, Embedding the Priorities for Care in Commissioning, Emergency Admissions Unit In-Reach 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NICE Consultation on Draft Guidelines for Care of the Dying Adult (BBC News / NICE)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has released draft guidelines concerning the care of adults potentially entering the last days of their lives while in the care of the NHS. The guideline covers people dying from … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged BBC Health News, Care of the Dying Adult, Draft Guidelines for Care of the Dying Adult, End of Life Care, End of Life Care for People with Dementia, End of Life Care Pathway, End of Life Care Strategy, Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP), Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP), Liverpool Care Pathway: Poor Implementation, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Nutrition and Hydration, Pain Relief, Palliative and End of Life Care, Palliative Care, Personalised Care Planning, Personalised Carer Support, Shared Decision-Making, Tick Box Culture, Treatment at End of Life, User Complaints, Withdrawal of Medication Food and Fluids
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Liverpool Care Pathway Will Be Phased-Out Due to Poor Implementation (BBC News / Department of Health)
Summary An independent review, led by crossbench peer Baroness Julia Neuberger, is expected to recommend that the Liverpool Care Pathway (intended to support patients as they approach death) should be phased out in England within 6-12 months. ” …the review team, which … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, Department of Health, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Baroness Julia Neuberger, BBC Health News, End of Life Care, End of Life Care Pathway, End of Life Care Strategy, Independent Review of the Liverpool Care Pathway, Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP), Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP), Liverpool Care Pathway: Poor Implementation, Review of the Liverpool Care Pathway, Treatment at End of Life, Withdrawal of Medication Food and Fluids
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More Care, Less Pathway: a Review of the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP)
Summary Baroness Julia Neuberger’s report presents the recommendations regarding the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) and end of life care. Patients should only be placed on the LCP, or a similar approach, by a senior clinician in consultation with the healthcare … Continue reading →