In addition to the absence of the specialist doctor, a clinical nurse specialist within Starship's paediatric palliative care ...

Doctors often prescribe strong medications to relieve pain, distress and discomfort in palliative care, but many of these ...

Palliative care for adults with neuromuscular conditions is an emerging field. Previous guidelines regarding myotonic dystrophy and palliative care have only mentioned end-of-life care and little else ...

With effective palliative care and support, colorectal cancer patients can maintain comfort and dignity throughout their ...

Background The Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines (SPCG) were transferred from their original website, to the Right Decision Service (RDS) in September 2023. This allowed integration and alignment ...

Introduction Policy- and evidence-based guidelines have highlighted the need for improved palliative and end-of-life care. However, there is still evidence of individuals dying undignified deaths with ...

The State government has finalised the guidelines for Phase I of the universal palliative care service delivery project announced by the Chief Minister, which envisaged palliative care services ...

What are we doing to support professionals? In order to ensure that they have the right guidance to support their patients a Palliative Care Clinical Practice Summary has been developed covering the ...