News Archive
New Publication Released 16 September 2010
Launched online today, and freely available to all, the British Medical Journal is spotlighting palliative care beyond cancer. Our very own Professor Ellershaw and Deborah Murphy have written, along with Steve Dewar, the Director of Research and Innovation at Marie Curie Cancer Care, an article entitled 'Achieving a good death for all'. To see the article in full, please click here.
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.
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
The cost of the course will be £80. 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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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.
MCPCIL's 5th Anniversary Celebration
The Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute celebrated its 5th Anniversary at the MCPCIL Joint Forum on 9th December 2009. This was marked with a cake and a photo opportunity which can be viewed in the February edition of the University of Liverpool's Precinct Magazine.
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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
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LCP News
The LCP Central Team at MCPCIL is aware that some of you will have seen the article in the Telegraph 03.09.09 and there was also a short piece referencing the work of the LCP in the Daily Mail.
The following information sheet should support you in any queries you have -
LCP - response 03.09.09 to recent media events re care of the dying.pdf
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
For the latest LCP news.
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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 model is a continuous quality improvement model within the Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool and we are committed to drive up quality for care in the last hours or 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 or days of life. Read the accompanying press release about the National Audit. Copies of LCP documentation can be accessed here.
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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
