Don’t forget that at 1pm today- Thursday 21st January 2021- you can join colleagues in Pallaborative North West for our annual launch event with a look at the topics we have chosen for our clinical audit programme plus some top tips on remote consultations from Dr Helen Bonwick The event is on MS Teams Live… Read More
Challenges in Palliative Care. Launch of our 2021/2022 clinical audit programme
We will only be 12 months late but next Thursday 21st January at 1pm we finally get to hold our Launch meeting for 2022 and we really hope that you will be able to join us Key things to look forward to in the hour include We reveal the topics for 2022 . 2. Hear… Read More
Ascites clinical audit – last call for cases
Only two days left to submit your clinical cases for our regional clinical audit on the management of ascites. Remember you only need to submit 10 cases to guarantee your team a localised report which is really incredibly useful on many levels In our last audit on continuous subcutaneous infusions it was great to see… Read More
Meet Dr Tom Steele, our new Specialty Registrar Audit Coordinator
“I am excited to be taking on the role of trainee representative in Pallaborative. My first experience of the work of the group was being sign posted to the “purple book” and website on pretty much my first day working in a hospice and I remember how much I used the guidelines then, and continue… Read More
Palliative Care and COVID
It was amazing to have over 130 people join us for our Pallaborative North West meeting this afternoon. Although we can’t see each other, we know you are there! Congratulations to Gwen Waller, Clare Beard and Dr Karen Groves for two really stimulating and thought provoking presentations. If you missed today, the recording of the… Read More
Two days to go….
Only two more days to go now until our Pallaborative North West pre Christmas special where we will be sharing some experiences of COVID across our specialty. We have three great key note speakers and there is a chance to catch up on the plans for 2021. Using the Microsoft Teams Live format we really… Read More
Great opportunity for all trainees
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Turner-Warwick lecturer scheme for trainee physicians is now in its third year. Celebrating the life and achievements of the RCP’s first female President, Professor Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick, it has become a popular addition to the regional Update in Medicine conferences. Many of you may remember that earlier this year Dr Kat Moss… Read More
Ascites – time is ticking……
So just as we look forward to coming out of lockdown we wanted to also give you a gentle reminder about submitting your data for the regional clinical audit on ascites. You hopefully have seen our previous post about this but just to remind you that the closing date is 23rd December Remember that for… Read More
Ascites audit- data collection is now open
Really excited to let you know that the data collection for our first clinical audit of 2021 is now open. The Guideline Development Group for Ascites have had to wait a long time to reach this stage but have been working hard to complete all of the preparation including the comprehensive literature review Instructions about… Read More
Congratulations to Sinead Benson
Sinead Benson, one of the Clinical Nurse Specialists in the Palliative Care Team at the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, has been short listed for a Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership 2020 Audit Hero award HQUP is an independent organisation working in partnership with patients and healthcare professionals to promote quality in healthcare services by increasing the impact… Read More
