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Nursing and Midwifery Council Guidance for the Care of Older People
This guidance is aimed at working nurses, but also has implications for pre- and post- registration education and training, and can be used as employers as a benchmark for delivery. Carers and other healthcare professionals may also find this guidance useful and relevant to their work. Available online at : www.nmc-uk.org
National Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Audit 2008
The Royal College of Physicians has published a series of five reports emerging from the National COPD Audit 2008:
- Report of the National COPD Audit 2008 – resources and organisation of care in acute NHS units across the UK (PDF)
- Report of the National COPD Audit 2008 – clinical audit of COPD exacerbations admitted to acute NHS units across the UK (PDF)
- Report of the National COPD Audit 2008 – Patient Survey (PDF)
- Report of the National COPD Audit 2008 – UK Primary Care Organisations:Resources and Organisation of Care (PDF)
- Report of National COPD Audit 2008 Survey of COPD care within UK General Practices (PDF)
The reports and further information on this UK wide audit are available on the RCP website: http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/
Marie Curie Cancer Care launches Delivering Choice project in North east
Marie Curie Cancer Care has launched its seventh site in the Marie Curie Delivering Choice Programme, in Northumberland, Tyne and Wear. The three year project will cover a population of 1.5 million people and is designed to enable patients with terminal illnesses to have choice over their place of care and death.
For more information see:www.mariecurie.org.uk/
RCP publishes National Guidelines on Advanced Care Planning
The Royal College of Physicians has published national guidance on advanced care planning. This guideline was prepared by the British Geriatrics Society, Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Nursing, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Royal College of General Practitioners, British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine, Alzheimer’s Society, Help the Aged and the National Council for Palliative Care.
It is primarily aimed at professionals in England and Wales and will be relevant to all doctors involved in ACP, especially geriatricians, psychiatrists, general practitioners, general physicians and acute medicine specialists. For more information see: www.rcplondon.ac.uk/clinical-standards.
National Guidelines on Advanced Care Planning
The Royal College of Physicians, in collaboration with the British Geriatrics Society, Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Nursing, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Royal College of General Practitioners, British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine, Alzheimer’s Society, Help the Aged and the National Council for Palliative Care, has published national guidance on advanced care planning for professionals in England and Wales. Available online at: http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/clinical-standards
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