Sharing Current Scottish Practice

Poster Abstracts of the Month - October

The SPPC Palliative Care Poster Parade is an online collection of posters showcasing best practice and new initiatives to improve experiences of living with serious illness, dying and bereavement in Scotland and further afield. All of the posters are available to view on the SPPC website, and each month we’ll highlight a few in the the SPPC e-bulletin and in this blog. This month we highlight these nine posters... click on the links to view the posters:

• Out with the old and in with the new: transforming community palliative care prescribing and administration of medicines in Tayside click here
• Palliative care delivery - An ambulance service journey click here
• Palliative care education for Clinical Fellows - an unmet need click here
• Palliative Care Research in Fife: developing an evidence base for improved policy, practice and care through collaboration and action click here
• Partnership Working - Developing Knowledge and Creating a Community of Practice in Palliative and End of Life Care for Paramedics - Scottish Ambulance Service and Marie Curie click here
• Practitioner perspectives on the use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for bereavement support click here
• Quality of Care – Percentage of time spent at Home or in a Community Setting and Location of Death across Scotland click here
• Realistic Conversations webinars in NHSGGC click here
• Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment (ReSPECT) Evaluations and Future Steps click here