Sharing Current Scottish Practice

Poster Abstracts of the Month: June

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 focus on:

• COMFRT at end of life in ICU - saving other lives and giving hope click here
• Compassionate communication in palliative and end-of-life care workshops for community telecare-alarm responders click here
• Conducting a Phase III Clinical Trial in a Hospice Environment click here
• Creating, nurturing and sustaining service improvement in Scotland's hospitals in the shadow of austerity click here
• Critical Junctures: when children and families need CHAS most click here
• De-Prescribing in Palliative Care: A Quality Improvement Approach at University Hospital Monklands click here
• Deprescribing in Palliative Care at the Ayrshire Hospice click here
• Dundee Enhanced Community Palliative Care Project click here