Latest news from SPPC
GMC consultation : End of life treatment and care: Good practice in decision-making
The General Medical Council is currently running a consultation on new draft guidance, End of life treatment and care: Good practice in decision-making. This will replace earlier guidance on Withdrawing and withholding treatment. The consultation runs from 27 March – 13 July 2009. Further information is available on the GMC website: www.gmc-uk.org/end_of_life_care
Syringe Driver Standard Documents
The Specialist Palliative Care Pharmacists Association has developed Syringe Driver Standard Documents for use across Scotland.
These are now available in our publications section.
Alzheimer Scotland publishes palliative care report: June 2009
Source: Alzheimer Scotland, June 2009
Winner of a Principles into Practice Award 2009, the Alzheimer Scotland Beyond Barriers Project set out to develop current care practice in care homes by supporting both staff and relatives to meet the palliative care needs of people in the later stages of dementia.
Beyond Barriers took an innovative approach, involving care home staff and relatives together in a training programme which put communication with the person with dementia at the core, and supporting staff to improve practice through action learning. A report summarising the impact and learning gained from the project is available at: http://www.alzscot.org/pages/beyond-barriers-palliative-care-report.htm
NHS Quality Improvement Scotland consultation on Draft Clinical Standards: Prevention and Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease
NHS QIS is currently running a consultation on these draft clinical standards. Standard 18 deals with palliative care. The consultation will run until 22 May 2009. For more information see the NHS QIS website: http://www.nhshealthquality.org/nhsqis/5389.html
Family companion guide for care pathway launched: May 2009
May 2009
ACT has launched a new publication to help families and carers of children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions understand what will happen following their child’s diagnosis. A Family Companion to the ACT Care Pathway for children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions takes parents though the care journey that they and their child will experience, step by step.
For further details see: www.act.org.uk
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