Well done to Dr Tom Steele who is the Winner of the SAS Doctor Abstract Prize at the Palliative Care Congress in Telford happening in March 2020. Entitled ” Caring for dying patients in critical care settings: survey of palliative care and critical care practices and perspectives” the work fought off stiff competition to claim… Read More
Success in the Turner Warwick Lecture Scheme
Congratulations to Dr Kat Moss and members of the Anticoagulation Guideline Decelopment Group who have had suucess in their submission to the Turner Warwick Lecture scheme for 2020 The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Turner-Warwick lecturer scheme for trainee physicians is now in its second year. Celebrating the life and achievements of the RCP’s first female… Read More
Share your experience
If you want to share how the audit and guideline work has helped you in your clinical practice we would love to feature you on our testimonial page. Just a couple of paragraphs or something that is a bit longer- its your choice,. A great opportunity to share with others the difference it makes. Please… Read More
Only six days to go…….
Time is running out to have your say about the challenges in palliative care that you think we need to focus on in in our 2021 programme Below is a link to our annual survey Pallaborative North West 2020 Survey for Priority Topics It only takes 5 minutes to complete and we would be really… Read More
Continuous Subcutaneous Infusions… Data Collection Underway
Data collection for our second clinical audit of 2020 – Continuous Subcutaneous Infusions- is now underway. The survey remains open until the 28th February 2020. Your Clinical Leads and Steering Group representative should now have circulated details of the survey and the links that you need to submit your clinical cases.. If you haven’t heard… Read More
Getting it Out There!
Congratulations to the Guideline Development Group for Symptom Control and Critical Care. They have had an abstract accepted for poster presentation at the 2020 Palliative Care Congress 19-20 March in the Telford International Centre You can access their abstract here Symptom control medication for patients dying in Critical Care: systematic review of the literature and… Read More
Save the date…..
As many of you know 2020 is the 25th year of our regional audit group. Getting to the quarter of a century mark is a fantastic achievement and definitely something to celebrate! For this very special anniversary we are going to hold a Celebration Conference Summit. This will be on Thursday 10th December 2020 and… Read More
Intractable Cough
It was great to start our 2020 programme off with a new topic and good to see so many colleagues able to join us for our regional audit meeting on 23rd January. Chronic or intractable cough, is such a distressing symptom for patients and carers and can prove very challenging to manage. The Guideline Development… Read More
Hope You Can Make It?
Next week is our first clinical meeting for 2020 and we will be focusing on Intractable Cough. We are delighted to be welcoming Dr Martin Ledson, Consultant Physician in Respiratory Medicine and are looking forward to him sharing his experience and expertise. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear the latest evidence on how best to… Read More
Clinical Priority Topics for 2021. Time to Choose
With the start of a new year it is time for us to think about priorities for regional clinical audit and guideline development in 2021. As before we are inviting members to let us know what topics we should be focusing on. Below is a link to our annual survey and it only takes five… Read More
