Upskilling Palliative Care Together
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Thursday July 11th is the big day for our Guideline Development Group on Fatigue as they will be presenting their work at our regional clinical audit meeting. Come and hear news from the comprehensive literature review; see the results from the survey of health care professionals and check out the all important case audit results… Read More
We know that discussions with patients and those important to them about cardiopulmonary resuscitation can be very challenging. Our new NICE accredited guideline on CPR Decision Making is published today on the Pallaborative North West website There is a helpful Quick Reference Summary and the full guideline which covers important areas such as general principles;… Read More
