The new guideline for the Management of Ascites in Palliative Care is now available here It remains in draft form until it completes the review process after which it will be fully NICE accredited. Congratulations to all the members of the GDG who have ben working so hard to make this available for us

In 2021 the Resuscitation Council UK published an updated guideline for the management of anaphylaxis with some significant changes in recognition , management, observation and follow up. as this is very relevant to all health care professionals we thought Pallaborative members would be interested in this concise version of the updated guideline. Emergency treatment of… Read More

The National Audit of Care at the End of Life (NACEL) has published its latest report into death in mental health settings. Based on data collected between June and October 2021, it sets out the findings of the Mental Health Spotlight Audit and compares the results with the acute and community findings, where appropriate. The… Read More

Many Pallaborative members will already have accessed this report which was published in mid-July. this is the third round of audit results which took place in 2021 with data collected between June and October 2021. The report compares results to round two which took place in 2019. The report found that the possibility of imminent… Read More

You have just one week left to complete the health care professional survey and submit your data for the regional clinical audit on Management of Breakthrough Pain. Both surveys will close on Friday 5th August 2022. Don’t miss the chance to get involved. Your input really makes a difference and helps to influence the guideline… Read More

Thank you to Sue Oakes, from the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital for sharing this great piece of work which supports clinicians to consider advance care planning at different times in a patients illness/treatment. Advance care planning is more frequently used with patients who have cancer or other life-limiting illnesses. However, the COVID 19 pandemic… Read More

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a type of haematological bone marrow malignancy and the 18th most common cancer in the UK, accounting for 2% of all new cancer cases, yet, non-haematologists often lack familiarity with the pathology and initial investigations. We often care for patients with multiple myeloma and so wanted to share this article from… Read More

Bookings are now open for the very popular Searching the Literature workshop hosted by Pallaborative North West. Facilitated by Dr Sarah Fradsham, Consultant in Palliative Medicine at the Marie Curie Hospice in Liverpool and Angela Hall, Chief Librarian at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, this is a fabulous opportunity to help you find your way… Read More

Following on from the recent presentation of Mentimetre and how it can be used in the delivery of education we wanted to highlight another interesting resource that some members may not have come across Animaker lets you produce animated videos from scratch, even if you have no experience. There are plans which you need to… Read More

The provisional Pallaborative North West programme for 2023 is now available on the website It would be good to get the dates in your diary and share with your team members. There is a mixture of clinical audit, guideline development, education for palliative care specialists and quality improvement which we hope everyone will find useful… Read More