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ACP Resources for Patients & Public
- Booklet - Planning for Your Future Care
- Booklet- Planning a Good Death (BBC)
- Flying Home- guide for people travelling abroad with advanced illness
- Information for people wanting to start conversations about the future
- Leaflet - Will Writing Misconceptions
- Leaflet -Starting the conversation if someone close to you is dying
- Leaflet- Putting your house in order
- Patient leaflet - DNACPR decisions – NHS North West England
- Planning Ahead Resources - Dying Matters
- Short Film - I Didn’t Want That- Dying Matters
- Short Film - It helps to talk – based upon a Motor Neurone Disease scenario
- Short Film - Let’s talk about death and dying - Age UK
- Understanding different roles in end of life care
- What now? Questions to ask following a terminal diagnosis- Compassion in Dying
- Writing a Will
ACP Resources for Professionals
- ACP Tips for General Practitioners
- ACP Training @ EoLP
- Advance Care Planning Toolkit
- Guide- Making decisions for people who work in health and social care
- NHS Guidance & Templates- Best Interests at the End of Life
- NHS Guidance on Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment
- NHS Guide- Advance Decisions for Health and Social Care Professionals
- North West Coast ACP Framework
Advanced Decisions to Refuse Treatment
Best Interest Decisions & Mental Capacity
Do Not Attempt Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation
- Best Practice Guidance for IMCA’s – Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- CPR patient information leaflet
- Decision making flow chart for DNACPR discussions
- DNACPR discussions - Strategies for opening up conversations
- East Cheshire Trust uDNACPR policy
- Education - DNACPR scenarios- Care Home
- Education - DNACPR scenarios- community
- FAQ’s - uDNACPR
- Form - Unified DNACPR for Cheshire GP’s, Care Homes and Community
- Key Points - DNACPR for local Care Homes
- Key Points - DNACPR for professionals working within the local community
- Key Points -DNACPR Key for professionals working within hospital
- NHS leaflet - How DNACPR decisions relate to the Mental Capacity Act
- Patient leaflet - DNACPR decisions – NHS North West England
- UK Resus Guidance - Decisions relating to CPR 2016
Education & Training
IMCA’s & Lasting Power of Attorney’s
Preferred Priorities for Care (PPC) / Advance Statement of Wishes
- Accessible version -Preferred Priorities for Care
- Document - Preferred Priorities for Care
- Electronic - Preferred Priorities for Care
- Flyer - Preferred Priorities for Care
- NHS Guidance on Advance Statement of Wishes
- Poster - Preferred Priorities for Care
- Presentation - Preferred priorities for Care
- Thinking Ahead Advance Care Plan – Gold Standards Framework
Information coming soon
Bereavement
- Bereavement by suicide and other sudden, traumatic death - NHS information
- Bereavement Needs Assessment Guidance. Hospice UK
- Easy Read - Grief booklet for people with learning disabilities’
- Helping yourself as you cope with the loss of a parent
- How to help someone close to you who has been bereaved
- NHS self-help booklet
- North Coast SCN Bereavement Service Improvement Resources
- What to do if someone you know has been bereaved
Child Bereavement
Cheshire Information & Resources
- Care Home Poster - Principles of Care & Support for the Dying Patient
- Care Plan for End of Life Community
- Care Plan for End of Life continuation sheets
- Care Plan for End of Life East Cheshire NHS Trust Hospital
- Care Plan for End of Life Mid Cheshire Hospital Foundation Trust
- Hospital Poster - Principles of Care & Support for the Dying Patient
- Primary Care Poster - Principles of Care & Support for the Dying Patient
- Rapid Discharge Leaflet ECNHST
- Rapid Discharge Pathway ECNHST
- Verification of Expected Death Form ECNHST
- Verification of Expected Death Policy for Community Nurses- ECNHST
National Guidelines & Resources
- Booklet - Caring for Carers - When someone is dying in hospital
- Booklet - ICD’s in patients who are end of life - information for professionals
- Care Quality Commission - Five Priorities for Care of the Dying Person
- General Medical Council – Treatment and Care Towards the End of Life Guidance End of Life
- Leaflet - Five Priorities for Care of the Dying Person
- Leaflet - ICD deactivation
- Poster - Five Priorities for Care of the Dying Person
- Professional Duties and Responsibilities - Priorities for Care of the Dying Person
Recognising and talking about dying
Spirituality & Religion
Cheshire carer services & initiatives
Practical Information & Resources
Information coming soon
Delirium
- Information coming soon
Dementia Carers
Dementia Tools & Working Documents
- Information coming soon
Guidelines
E-Learning
Learning Resources
The End of Life Partnership
Cheshire EPaCCS Resources
National EPaCCS Resources
Communication Skills Training
Communication with specific groups
- Booklet - Talking to Children about Death & Dying
- Communication Skills Training @ EoLP
- Conversation Starter Kit for people with Alzheimer’s and Dementia
- Easy read booklets for people with Learning Disabilities – Marie Curie
- Fact Sheet Communication with a person with Dementia
- Leaflet - tips on working with an interpreter
- Poster for identifying language interpretation requirements
Starting the Conversation
Strategies for handling difficult situations
- Communications Skills Education Events @ EoLP
- Leaflet - Getting the facts right about death and dying
- Strategies for communicating the transition to palliative care
- The McGuire Unit Strategy - dealing with a demanding relative
- The McGuire Unit Strategy - dealing with an angry patient or relative
- The McGuire Unit Strategy - dealing with collusion
- The McGuire Unit Strategy - dealing with denial
- The McGuire Unit Strategy - dealing with the withdrawn patient
- The McGuire Unit Strategy - dealing with unrealistic expectations
- The McGuire Unit Strategy- handling uncertainty
- Tips for responding to a person who is angry
After Death Guidance & Resources
Cheshire Specific Policies, Guidelines and Publications
- Information coming soon
Dementia Publications and Resources
- Information coming soon
Education Resources and Publications
- Information coming soon
Palliative & End of Life Care Reports
Palliative & End of Life Care Standards & Guidelines
Assessment & Performance Tools
Palliative Care Meetings
Prognostic Indicators
Information coming soon
Information coming soon
Eastern Cheshire
South Cheshire
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- Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership - Community Nursing Service
- Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership – Community Stoke Service
- Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership – District Nurse Out of Hours
- Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership – Musculoskeletal Clinical Assessment Triage Service (MCATS) & Community Chronic Pain Management Service
- Community Hubs
- Continence Service
- Macmillan Lung Cancer Team
- Out of Hours (OOH)
- South Cheshire GP Practices
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- Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership – Community Stoke Service
- Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership – Musculoskeletal Clinical Assessment Triage Service (MCATS) & Community Chronic Pain Management Service
- Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership – Wheelchair Service
- Domiciliary Care Providers Cheshire East
- Understanding different roles in end of life care
Vale Royal
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- Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership - Community Nursing Service
- Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership – Community Stoke Service
- Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership – District Nurse Out of Hours
- Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership – Musculoskeletal Clinical Assessment Triage Service (MCATS) & Community Chronic Pain Management Service
- Community Hubs
- Continence Service
- Macmillan Lung Cancer Team
- Out of Hours (OOH)
- Vale Royal GP Practices
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- Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership – Community Stoke Service
- Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership – Musculoskeletal Clinical Assessment Triage Service (MCATS) & Community Chronic Pain Management Service
- Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership – Wheelchair Service
- Domiciliary Care Providers Cheshire East
- Understanding different roles in end of life care
Western Cheshire
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- Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Care Community Teams
- Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Out of Hours Community Service
- Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Trust GP Out of Hours Service
- Countess of Chester Specialist Palliative Care Team
- District Nurses
- GP Practices
- Out of Hours (OOH)
- Service - Macmillan Community Palliative Care Team
Information coming soon
Information coming soon
Agitation & Anxiety
Anorexia, Cachexia & Dysphagia
- Clinical Practice Summary Guidelines for Palliative Symptoms- North Coast SCN
- Dementia - Compromised swallowing guide
- East Cheshire Palliative Care Symptom Control Guidelines
- Eating Problems Information- Macmillan Cancer Support
- Guidelines for the management of feeding and swallowing problems in Dementia
- Macmillan Durham Cachexia Pack
- Mouth Problems Information- Macmillan Cancer Support
Blue Booklet - Cheshire
Condition Specific Guidelines & Resources
Emergencies’ in Palliative Care
Fatigue
Nausea & Vomiting & Constipation
Pain
- Abbey Pain Assessment Tool
- Basic End of Life Drug Information for Qualified Nurses - EoLP Cheshire
- Clinical Practice Summary Guidelines for Palliative Symptoms - North Coast SCN
- Distress Assessment Tool
- Doloplus assessment tool
- East Cheshire Palliative Care Symptom Control Guidelines
- NICE Guidance - Opioids for Pain Relief in Palliative Care
- Opioid use in renal impairment - UK medicines information
- Pain Assessment Tool – GSF
- Pain Assessment Tool using alphabetic acronym
- The Christie A to Z of Pain Relief
- The Discomfort Scale Assessment Tool (DS-DAT)
- Visual tool – neuropathic pain pathways
Respiratory Symptoms
Symptom Control Guidelines
Syringe Pump