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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.
Raising awareness of palliative care
Staff from the NHS Tayside Palliative Care Service have been busy over the summer working in the local community to raise awareness of palliative care services.
Staff set up a stall and provided information at various community events throughout Dundee, including Celebration in the Park, Lochee Festival of Life, and the Fintry Gala. The stall provided information on:
- Specialist palliative care and what services are provided locally
- Here 4U, the community volunteer support project
- Good Life, Good Grief, Good Grief
People were encouraged to write their hopes, dreams and aspirations on a Before I Die wall. The wall helped staff to initiate conversations, and encouraged people to stop and find out more. There were 114 contributions made to the wall over the three events.
Staff had conversations with 80 people about: palliative care services; thinking and planning ahead; and volunteering. People also picked up information and invitations to the Macmillan coffee morning to be held on the 28th September.
The event helped to bring information about palliative care services and available support to many people who were previously not aware of the service or the support that is available.
For more information about these events, please contact Elaine Colville.
Evaluation of ACP in Ayrshire
The University of the West of Scotland have produced an evaluation report of a project by NHS Ayrshire & Arran looking to evaluate use of advance and anticipatory care planning in North Ayrshire.
Focusing on patients with palliative care needs, a demonstration site was established in North Ayrshire in November 2010 to engage with local staff and promote the use of the ACP process. This was to be achieved principally through the provision of education and the development of documentation.
The overall aim of the demonstration site was to reduce avoidable admissions to hospital by April 2013. The evaluation report is available here: weblink
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