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Supporting Children and Families within the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP) Programme
We are pleased to announce the launch of a suite of leaflets to support children and families when a loved one in the family is close to death. The leaflets were the result of a 2 year project led by Alison Germain, the Children and Young Persons Counsellor at Marie Curie Hospice in Liverpool. The leaflets cover a range of age groups from toddlers through to teenagers and were developed to support children in this difficult time. To read more about this project, please click here.
New guide lights to way to better end of life care in acute hospitals
Acute hospitals focused on 'curing' patients must also recognise their role in improving end of life care for patients and their relatives, according to The National End of Life Care Programme's publication The route to success in end of life care - achieving quality in acute hospitals published on 29th June 2010. This publication is part of a series of practical guides to improving services in different care settings. For further information please click here.
GMC announces new guidance for doctors on end of life care
Treating patients towards the end of life can be clinically complex and emotionally challenging and often raises difficult ethical and legal questions. "Treatment and care towards the end of life: good practice in decision making" is new guidance produced by the GMC to help doctors deal effectively with this challenging aspect of medical care. The guidance was developed over two years and involved extensive consultation with doctors, patients and their carers, family members and health care teams and in publishing the new guidance, the General Medical Council seeks to improve end-of-life treatment and care for all patients.
To view the guidance in full, please click here.
**New Publication**
We are pleased to announce our Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Andrew Dickman's new publication Drugs in Palliative Care, published in March 2010.
Beginning with an overview of pharmacology and prescribing advice, this detailed yet concise handbook then continues with over 150 monographs of palliative care drugs. It will appeal to a variety of healthcare professionals involved in palliative care provision.
Andrew also has the article, 'The place of the pharmacist in the palliative care team' published in the May/June 2010 issue of the European Journal of Palliative Care, vol 17 (3) starting on page 133.
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LCP News
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
Dates for Your Diary
Monday 21 June 2010
'Supporting Children and Families within the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP) Programme'
This one day event will be held at the RSM in London on Monday 21st June. To dowload a flyer, please click here or for an overview of the programme and for details on how to book a place please follow this link to the RSM website.
'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.
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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
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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