Pallaborative North West
Find us at www.pallaborative.org.uk

Welcome to our web pages for Pallaborative North West.

We host an exciting programme of clinical audit, guideline development and education, useful for all health care professionals who care for people with advanced, progressive disease. Our clinical standards and guidelinefor palliative and end of life care are developed using a robust process and are NICE accredited.

We are delighted to work in partnership with patients and members of the public in producing our clinical guidelines. The Steering Group oversee our work and includes representatives from each of the participating localities across the North West.

For further information not found on this website  or to get involved please contact us : chair@pallaborative.org.uk. We would be delighted to hear from you.

How we can help

About Us

We are a collaboration of health care professionals working in specialist palliative care, patients and members of the public from across the North West of England , originally formed back in 1995. We are committed to improving the quality of care for people with advanced progressive disease and to ensure care is based on the best and most up to date evidence possible. A key strength is multi-professional involvement and the motivation and commitment of our members.

Guidelines You Can Trust

Our Standards and Guidelines for palliative and end of life care are now developed using a robust process which has been accredited by NICE. They are a great source of information with advice for a range of different symptoms and situations and can be used by all healthcare professionals.

Training Opportunities for all of your Team

Our Education and Training programme helps people improve their confidence and skills in clinical audit, searching the literature, reviewing evidence and a range of quality improvement activities. Our bimonthly regional meetings are a great way to stay up to date with the latest information and join discussions about developing standards for  care delivery.

Regional Clinical Audit with Local Impact

Our comprehensive annual clinical Audit Programme, is led by experienced clinicians and focuses on areas that are most important to patients and professionals. There is also  localised reporting specific to your team, organisation or locality benchmarked against regional results. A great way to drive improvements in care.

Links to Research

We want to contribute to grow the evidence base for palliative care and are using our work to develop research questions and proposals.

Embracing the Digital Age

Our website  (www.pallaborative.org.uk) has been built with a mobile first appearance, meaning that our material including all of the clinical guidelines, are easily readable on smartphones, tablets and desk top computers alike.

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The literature review presentation slides for the Use of Parenteral NSAIDS in Palliative Care from the 2023 Pallaborative North West clinical meeting are now available. Thank you to members of the GDG for the great work done so far on this important guideline.

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Remember that today is the clinical audit meeting of Pallaborative North West where the focus is on the use of parenteral NSAIDs in palliative care. A new topic and sure to be fascinating. We start at 1pm on line via MS Teams. Please check your inbox for the invitation link to join the meeting We… Read More

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You don’t want to miss our Pallaborative North West clinical audit meeting on Thursday 6th July 2023. Over the past 18 months the Guideline Development Group has been working extremely hard to determine how we can and should use parenteral non steroidal ant-inflammatory drugs in palliative care clinical practice. They will be presenting the very… Read More

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We are sorry to let you know that unfortunately we have had to postpone the Pallaborative North West meeting scheduled for Thursday 18th March . We realise that many colleagues will have been looking forward to it and so we will do our best to try and rearrange for some time in June if possible.… Read More

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Just to remind everyone that we have our March Pallaborative North West virtual clinical meeting on Thursday 3oth starting at 1 pm. We have two fabulous speakers sharing some of the innovative work they have been leading on with plenty time for questions and discussion. Dr. Sarah Fradsham, Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Marie Curie… Read More

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Wonderful to see almost 60 people at our clinical educational meeting today and a huge thank you to Dr. Laura Chapman for the really informative presentation on Substance Misuse as well as for sharing some of the very exciting projects happening at Marie Curie. If you missed the presentation you can access the link by… Read More

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Often in clinical practice patients with a history of substance misuse and complex symptoms can be very tricky to manage. Don’t miss your opportunity to listen to Dr. Laura Chapman, Consultant in Palliative Medicine and Medical Director at Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool provide us with an update on best practice and the latest evidence in… Read More

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The newly updated NICE-accredited Guideline for Symptom Control Medication in the Dying Person is now available on the Pallaborative website. Complete with all the latest guidance and supporting evidence we know this will be a great resource and hope that colleagues find it useful in clinical practice and education. Thank you to everyone on the… Read More

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Testimonials

What People Say

I have real confidence in the way we develop our guidelines and I use them every day in my own clinical practice. I wouldn’t be without them! Thank you to everyone who makes them happen.

‘The Pallaborative North West website is an excellent resource for Palliative Medicine trainees and all clinicians caring for patients with life-limiting illness. ​Participating in the regional guideline development groups helps healthcare professionals develop the ability to construct evidence-based guidelines

“I have been involved in a number of Guideline Development Groups as the lay representative, I find them fascinating and stimulating. As a lay member I have always been made welcome by the various groups. I find the commitment of the groups to be exemplary, they are special people”.

Taking part in developing guidelines with other health professionals and members of the public has really helped me to increase my knowledge and provide the best care possible to the people I treat and care for