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LCP National Workshops
Date for your diaries - we are pleased to announce the dates for our LCP National Workshops 2010 (which have replaced our LCP Foundation & Advanced Days). These will be held in the Foresight Centre at the University of Liverpool (www.foresightcentre.co.uk)
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Wednesday 17th February 2010
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Tuesday 18th May 2010
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Wednesday 29th September 2010
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Wednesday 17th November 2010
For more details, and to book a place on a course, please contact Jan Barnard, Learning & Teaching Administrator - jan.barnard@liverpool.ac.uk
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Wednesday 13th January 2010
** LCP Generic Version 12 **
LCP Generic Version 12 was launched successfully on Tuesday 8th December 2009 following presentations at the 6th Annual LCP Conference at the RSM, London on 25th November 2009, and the National LCP Reference Group on 2nd December 2009.
LCP Generic Version 12 (Example) is available to view and print below:
LCP Generic Version 12 (Example)
As you can see from the back page there are LCP Supporting Information which you can view below:
All registered LCP users, including all hospitals that participated in the National Care of the Dying Audit Hospitals (NCDAH) Round 2, should now have received an electronic copy of the LCP Generic Version 12 via email in December, if you have not received a copy please contact the LCP Central Team via lcp.enquiries@rlbuht.nhs.uk
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Monday 7th December 2009
BMJ Editorial - End of Life Care in the Acute Hospital Setting: An update of the Liverpool Care Pathway does much to tackle recent criticisms.
BMJ 2009;339:b5048 doi: 10.1136/bmj.b5048
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Monday 26th October 2009
Please find below the article that appeared in the Daily Telegraph on 21st October 2009. Chief Executive of Marie Curie Cancer Care, Tom Hughes-Hallett says:
"Marie Curie Cancer Care is fully behind the correct use of this pathway......... while debate and criticism are valuable I believe it is important we need to scotch some myths.... the pathway offers guidance on what to do, it's not a straightjacket - the clinicians provide care to fit the needs of the patient. The LCP is only as good as the teams using it and that is why we are in favour of mandatory training with regular updates."
Read the full Daily Telegraph article here.
Following ongoing media events, please find below the most recent statement from the LCP Central Team:
LCP Central Team statement in response to continuing media coverage regarding care of the dying
National Care of the Dying Audit of Hospitals - Round 2 results
14th September 2009
We are pleased to announce that the National Care of the Dying Audit Hospital (NCDAH) Report is released today. The National Audit is unique in the world in both size and scope, collecting data from 3893 patients whose care was delivered supported by the LCP, from 155 Hospitals across all Strategic Health Authorities in England. The LCP Framework is a continuous quality improvement framework within the Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool and we are committed to drive up quality for care in the last hours and days of life.
Professor John Ellershaw, Director of Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool (MCPCIL)
Deborah Murphy, Associate Director of Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool (MCPCIL).
The second round of the National Care of the Dying Audit of Hospitals (NCDAH) published today, shows that the majority of patients on the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP) are receiving high quality care in the last hours and days of life. Read the accompanying press release about the National Audit. Copies of LCP documentation can be accessed here.
Care of the Dying in the national press
If you have any further concerns regarding the article or queries that have been put to you, please do not hesitate to contact us -
Email: lcp.enquiries@rlbuht.nhs.uk
Message of support: Association for Palliative Medicine
Marie Curie Cancer Care
National Council for Palliative Care
LCP
Find out more about Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP).
About the Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute
The Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool (MCPCIL) is a partnership between Marie Curie Cancer Care, the University of Liverpool and The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
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