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
Have you got the dates in your diary?
In 2020 we have a great programme of clinical audit, education and quality improvement specials lined up. Our meetings provide a great way to make sure you stay up to date with all the latest evidence in palliative care and also a great opportunity to stay in touch with colleagues from across the region. Check… Read More
Making QI Happen
Many of you will have been able to attend our Quality Improvement Special on 14th November 2019 where we were able to get practical experience of how we use the localised results from our clinical audits to drive improvements for patients in our locality. Dr Andrew Khodabukus from the Royal Liverpool and University Broadgreen Hospitals… Read More
All you wanted to know about cannabis…
Did you miss it? Thursday 14th was our Education and Quality Improvement special. We started with a great session from Dr Dan Monnery, Consultant at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre helping us to navigate our way through the minefield of what to advise patients about using cannabis. Over the past two years this has become an… Read More
Silver Jubilee Celebrations
As we start to look towards 2020 we have an exciting year ahead. We will be celebrating 25 years of our regional audit group. This is a real achievement and we are now looking at ways of marking this incredible milestone. Do get in touch with your ideas about how you would like to celebrate.… Read More
Take Home Messages from 2019
It was great to see so many people at our final meeting of 2019. As part of the programme we took the opportunity to reflect briefly on the key “take home messages” from our four regional clinical audits completed this year: Substance Misuse, Symptom Control and Critical Care , Fatigue and Anticoagulation Click here to… Read More
Brand new guideline-Palliative Care of People with Advanced Liver Disease
We have just published the brand new guideline Palliative Care for People with Advanced Liver Disease. You don’t want to miss this resource which covers many key areas including: identification, prognostication, and symptom management. There is invaluable comprehensive advice on which medications we should be using in people with severe liver impairment. We have updated… Read More
Running out of time
The deadline for submitting clinical cases and completing the healthcare professional survey for our regional audit on Anticoagulation is fast approaching. Don’t miss your chance to receive a localised report for your team or organisation. You only need to submit a minimum of 10 cases. Your bespoke report, bench marked against regional results, will help… Read More
Fatigue- did you miss it?
It was great to see so many colleagues at the regional audit meeting today- we think it was one of the best attended meetings for some time. The GDG had done a great job with their in depth review of how best to assess and manage fatigue in patients with life limiting illness. Their literature… Read More
