Partnership publications

This report was intended to be read in conjunction with the Core Standards for Nursing Homes registered to provide palliative care (issued by the Scottish Office in April 1998 under cover of NHS MEL (98)21). The report aims to explore further the place of nursing homes in the total spectrum of palliative care and also looks at the implications of the new standards for nursing homes themselves, for health boards as the registering authority and for all the other services with which nursing homes registered for palliative care must develop good links if they are to meet the standards expected.