Sharing Current Scottish Practice
This blog provides an opportunity for people to share examples of current Scottish palliative care practice that might be of interest to the palliative care community more widely. If you know of work underway that might be relevant for sharing on our website, please get in touch.
Poster Abstracts of the Month: July
The SPPC Autumn Season 2021 featured an online poster exhibition of 36 posters, sharing work and research underway across Scotland. Each month, our blog focuses on the content of a few of these posters. This month, we focus on:
- People living in care homes benefit from proactive multidisciplinary team working
- ReSPECT3 Public Awareness Campaign
- Routine checking of Key Information Summaries (KIS) on admission to colorectal surgery
- SPOT: The Safer Prescription of Opioids Tool – Data Analysis
Poster Abstracts of the Week: May
The SPPC Autumn Season 2021 featured an online poster exhibition of 36 posters, sharing work and research underway across Scotland. Each month, our blog focuses on the content of a few of these posters. This month, we focus on:
- No-one dies alone, Ayrshire
- Nurse-led interventions for multimorbidity: a mixed-methods systematic review
- Opening the Door: connecting the hospice
- Outdoor hospice, in-patient care – benefits to health and wellbeing
- Palliative and end of life care in Scotland’s prisons: a mixed-methods evaluation
- Palliative Care Forum: an opportunity for learning and multidisciplinary reflection
Poster abstracts of the month: April
The SPPC Autumn Season 2021 featured an online poster exhibition of 36 posters, sharing work and research underway across Scotland. Each month, our blog focuses on the content of a few of these posters. This month, we focus on:
- “I’m sorry I haven’t a clue” Public perceptions of anticipatory (advance) care planning (ACP) - scoping review, public consultations and websites
- Improving compliance of the Community CNS Team, in completing NHS GG&C Anticipatory Care Plan on Clinical Portal
- Introduction and assessment of a structured specialist palliative care discharge letter
- ‘Just in Case’ medication supplied on discharge
- Learnings from a transition pilot from paediatric to adult palliative care services: during a pandemic
- No Barriers, Continuing to Care Virtually…
Poster abstracts of the month - February
The SPPC Autumn Season 2021 featured an online poster exhibition of 36 posters, sharing work and research underway across Scotland. Each month, our blog focuses on the content of a few of these posters. This month, we focus on:
- End of life Care Communication: developing an educational package for critical care nurses
- End of Life Care Together Highland
- Enhanced Palliative Care Helpline Highland
- Exploring the impact of weekly lunch and learn events within a hospital palliative care service
- For Young People, By Young People
- Hospice Hearty Meals
Poster abstracts of the month: January
The SPPC Autumn Season 2021 featured an online poster exhibition of 36 posters, sharing work and research underway across Scotland. Each month, our blog focuses on the content of a few of these posters. This month, we focus on:
- Bereavement Charter for Children and Adults in Scotland
- Can I Get a Connection? Taking Namaste Care training online
- Clinical Nurse Specialist Masterclass: A community of practice across Scotland
- Development of a tracking system for staff LFT testing for Covid-19
- Dying in the Cold: Being homeless at the end of life in Scotland
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