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ACP Resources for Patients & Public
- All About Me Booklet
- Booklet - Planning for Your Future Care
- Booklet- Planning a Good Death (BBC)
- Flying Home- guide for people travelling abroad with advanced illness
- Future Planning Website
- How to order hard copies of Planning for your Future care
- Information for people wanting to start conversations about the future
- Journal Article- Advance Care Planning Discussions- Patients & Carers Views of how they should be initiated 2019
- 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
- Patient/Public Information Advance Care Planning and COVID-19
- Planning Ahead Resources - Dying Matters
- Short Film - I Didn’t Want That- Dying Matters Show all articles ( 10 )
ACP Resources for Professionals
- ACP Tips for General Practitioners
- ACP Training @ EoLP
- Advance Care Planning Guidance
- Advance Care Planning Toolkit
- Care Home Managers & Care Homes NICE ACP Quick Guide
- Future Planning Website
- GP Education Masterclass 2
- Guide- Making decisions for people who work in health and social care
- How to order hard copies of Planning for your Future 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
- Remote ACP Guidance
- Top Tips on Identifying Patients for Advance Care Planning Show all articles ( 3 )
Advanced Decisions to Refuse Treatment
- Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment ADRT
- Forms and Guidance notes - Advance Decisions
- NHS Guidance on Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment
- NHS Guide - Advance Decisions for Health and Social Care Professionals
- Template & Information -Advance Decisions
- Toolkit for Professionals - Advance Decisions
Best Interest Decisions & Mental Capacity
- Decision Making and Consent Guidance : For Doctors from 9 November 2020
- Guidance – Making Best Interest Decisions
- Guide - Making decisions for people who work in health and social care
- Mental Capacity Act : Introduction for decisions regarding clinical care
- Mental Capacity- clinical decisions regarding treatment and care
- Mental Capacity- requirements when a person lacks capacity to consent to treatment and care
- NHS Guidance & Templates- Best Interests at the End of Life
- Process for making Best Interest Decisions
- Template - Enabling Care Priorities
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
- DNACPR Form and EMIS Guidance
- DNACPR Lilac Form -Cheshire
- Education - DNACPR scenarios- Care Home
- Education - DNACPR scenarios- community
- Emergency ICD deactivation SOP for Community
- FAQ’s - uDNACPR
- Form- Lilac DNACPR March 2019 version ECNHST, Community & Primary Care
- 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 Show all articles ( 6 )
Education & Training
- ACP Education Events @ EoLP
- Dementia Education Events @ EoLP
- Education - DNACPR scenarios- Care Home
- Education - DNACPR scenarios- community
- Journal Article- Advance Care Planning Discussions- Patients & Carers Views of how they should be initiated 2019
- Learning Disabilities: Easy Read Guides
- Presentation - Preferred priorities for Care
- Video - Advance Care Planning Training
IMCA’s & Lasting Power of Attorney’s
- Best Practice Guidance for IMCA’s – Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Cheshire Advocacy Hub
- Fact Sheet - IMCA’s
- IMCA information for Doctors about medical decisions
- Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA)
- Lasting Power of Attorney Information Alzheimer’s Society
- Short Film - What is a Power of Attorney? – Age UK
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
After Death
- Death Notification Template 2019
- Funeral Guidance from UK Government
- Guidance for Medical Practitioners on Notification of Deaths Regulations 2019
- Quick Guide to Coroner Notification Changes 2019
- RCN Guidance on Confirmation or Verification of Expected Death by Registered Nurses
- Regulations for Notification of Deaths 2019
- Verification of Expected Death 3rd Edition Guidance
Bereavement
- Bereavement & Coronavirus - Cruse Bereavement Care
- 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
- Support for Suicide Bereavement
- Volunteer Resource Pack- Supporting people during COVID-19
- What to do if someone you know has been bereaved
Child Bereavement
Cheshire Information & Resources
- Care & Communications Record End of Life Care West Cheshire
- Care Home Poster - Principles of Care & Support for the Dying Patient
- Care Plan for End of Life - East Cheshire Trust Hospital
- Care Plan for End of Life continuation sheets
- Care Plan for End of Life Mid Cheshire Hospital Foundation Trust
- Clinical Practice Summary Guidelines for Palliative Symptoms- North Coast SCN
- Emergency ICD deactivation SOP for Community
- GP Education Masterclass 2
- Hospital Poster - Principles of Care & Support for the Dying Patient
- Primary Care Poster - Principles of Care & Support for the Dying Patient
- Rapid Discharge Pathway ECNHST
- Starting Dose for Anticipatory Medications - Last Days of Life
- Verification of Death Community Nurses CCICP Standard Operating Procedure
- Verification of Expected Death ECNHST Community Nurses Trust Policy
- Verification of Expected Death Form ECNHST Show all articles ( 2 )
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
- GP Education Masterclass 2
- ICD Device Deactivation Principles - British Heart Foundation
- 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
- RCN Guidance on Confirmation or Verification of Expected Death by Registered Nurses
- Who to notify when someone dies
NEW Last Days of Life Template
- Cheshire Summary View for Last Days of Life Template 2019
- GP Last Days of Life Template Sept 2019
- How to Change Codes in the Last Days of Life Template
- How to Create the Last Days of Life Summary View
- Illustration of GP EMIS Template Coding Changes July 2019 Last Days of Life
- Last Days of Life Template- Cheshire Operational Procedure 2019
- Local NEWS article- Last days of Life Template Launch 3rd June 2019
- Poster- Key Messages Last Days of Life Template Launch 3rd June 2019
Recognising and talking about dying
Spirituality & Religion
Cheshire carer services & initiatives
Practical Information & Resources
- Benefits and financial advice Macmillan Cancer Support
- Booklet - Caring for Carers - When someone is dying in hospital
- Booklet - Caring for Carers - When someone is dying in hospital
- Booklet – Hello and How Are you? Macmillan Cancer Support
- Carers Practical Guide to End of Life Care
- Financial information when somebody has died
- Financial information when somebody has died
- Who to notify when someone dies
Information coming soon
Advance Care Planning- Professional Resources
- Advance Care Planning Guidance
- Advance Care Planning Preparedness in Care Homes and Community
- Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment ADRT
- Anticipatory Care Plan Template COVID-19
- Anticipatory Care Planning : COVID-19 for Care Home Community Staff and GPs
- Anticipatory Care Planning Presentation
- CPR Conversations and COVID-19
- Difficult Conversations (Breaking Bad News)-treatment delayed/cancelled due to COVID-19. Maguire Unit
- DNACPR Form and EMIS Guidance
- DNACPR Lilac Form -Cheshire
- Ethical issues relating to patient care and COVID-19
- Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine- Care at the End of Life 2019
- Mental Capacity- clinical decisions regarding treatment and care
- Mental Capacity- requirements when a person lacks capacity to consent to treatment and care
- NHS COVID-19 Advance Care Plan Editable Template Show all articles ( 4 )
Bereavement
Care Homes
- Advance Care Planning Preparedness in Care Homes and Community
- Anticipatory Care Planning : COVID-19 for Care Home Community Staff and GPs
- BMJ Article Care Homes after COVID-19
- Care Home Guidance- COVID-19 Public Health England
- Care Home Resident- Physical Deterioration and Escalation Tool
- Care Homes- British Geriatrics Society COVID-19 Guidance
- Care Workers- Sources of Support for Wellbeing
- COVID Helpline for CQC Registered Social Care Providers
- COVID Vaccination in Care Homes and Mental Capacity
- COVID-19 CARE HOME DEMENTIA RESOURCES
- COVID-19 Specific Care Home Resources-Six Steps End of Life Care
- End of Life in Social Care during COVID
- Frailty & End of Life Resources -BGS
- Managing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Care Homes
- Reuse of Medications in Care Homes During COVID Show all articles ( 1 )
Certification and Verification
- All Staff: Step by Step VOED Procedure during Covid-19
- Care of the Deceased- COVID-19 Public Health England Guidance
- Cheshire Coroners Advice re MCCD
- Chief Coroners Guidance Covid-19
- Dept Health & Social Care -Verifying Death in Times of Emergency Published 5th May 2020
- Medical Cause of Death Certification and Registration of Deaths Covid-19
- Short Video detailing Step by Step VOED during Covid-19
- Verification of Expected Death 3rd Edition Guidance
- Verification of Expected Death Skills For Care Resources
Conversations
- A Guide for Supporting Distressed Patients and Relatives-Maguire Unit
- Communication Chart for Critical Care
- Communication Skills & Covid-19
- Communication Toolkit -Covid-19
- Conversations- Evidence Based Conversations and Covid-19
- Courageous Conversations- Macmillan Resources for Primary Care
- COVID Communication Board to help patients in ICU to communicate
- Covid-19 Difficult Conversations- NHS Scotland
- Delivering News of a Death by Telephone
- Difficult Conversations (Breaking Bad News)-treatment delayed/cancelled due to COVID-19. Maguire Unit
- Discussing Suspected Cancer Symptoms over the Phone-Maguire Unit
- Effective Communication for Professionals During Covid-19
- EoLP Video- Breaking Bad News Over The Telephone
- Ethical issues relating to patient care and COVID-19
- Keeping in touch when someone you cant be with might die Show all articles ( 9 )
Covid-19 News Feeds
Covid-19 Specific Guidelines
- A Guide for Supporting Distressed Patients and Relatives-Maguire Unit
- Coronavirus NICE Guidance Critical Care
- Downs Syndrome Easy Read of Coronavirus and your care
- Ethical Values & Principles
- Guidance for Unpaid Carers During COVID-19
- Learning Disabilities & COVID-19
- Managing a Funeral During COVID-19
- Mental Capacity & COVID-19
- National Community Covid-19 Symptom Control Guidelines
- NHS England Palliative Care in Hospitals and Coronavirus
- NICE- Covid-19 Rapid Guidance & Evidence Based Summaries
- Reuse of Medications in Care Homes During COVID
- Tips for Primary Care for patients with suspected Covid-19
- UK Gov- Coronavirus Bill- Summary of Impacts
- Visiting at End of Life During COVID-19 NHS England Guidance
Dementia and Frailty
- Advance Care Planning Preparedness in Care Homes and Community
- Coronavirus - How you can Support people with dementia in your community
- COVID Vaccination in Care Homes and Mental Capacity
- COVID-19 and Dementia Key Points for Supporting Carers and Care Staff
- COVID-19 CARE HOME DEMENTIA RESOURCES
- Covid-19 Dementia Care Resources for Families and Informal Carers
- Decision Making and Consent Guidance : For Doctors from 9 November 2020
- Dementia wellbeing in the COVID-19 pandemic
- Dementia: Professional Advice on Giving Information
- Frailty & End of Life Resources -BGS
- Frailty Scale
- How to respond to changes in behaviour in people living with dementia during Covid-19
- Living with dementia and COVID-19 an emergency kit
- Positive Approaches to Care with Teepa Snow
Education & Training
- A Guide for Supporting Distressed Patients and Relatives-Maguire Unit
- Anticipatory Care Planning Presentation
- Cheshire Video - Symptom Management during COVID-19
- Covid conversation films series by e-learning for health
- Discussing Suspected Cancer Symptoms over the Phone-Maguire Unit
- E-Learning For Health- Coronavirus
- Oxford Centre for Evidence Based Medicine COVID-19
- The Lancet- Covid-19 Resources
- Video: Communication between Healthcare Teams During Covid-19
Journal Articles
- BMJ Article Care Homes after COVID-19
- British Medical Journal - Best Practice Coronavirus
- COVID-19 Decision Making & Palliative Care
- COVID-19 pandemic: palliative care for elderly and frail patients at home and in residential and nursing homes
- CPR decision-making conversations in the UK: an integrative review
- Oxford Centre for Evidence Based Medicine COVID-19
Patient & Public Resources
- All About Me Booklet
- Carers Practical Guide to End of Life Care
- Carers UK COVID-19 Resources
- Caring for your dying relative at home with COVID-19
- Coronavirus - How you can Support people with dementia in your community
- Dementia Covid-19 Hospital Passport
- Funeral Advice during COVID-19
- Funeral Guidance from UK Government
- Future Planning Website
- Keeping in touch when someone you cant be with might die
- Patient Information What to expect- COVID 19
- Patient/Public Information Advance Care Planning and COVID-19
- Personal Wellbeing Plan- Covid- Social Prescribing
- Supporting a loved one when you cant visit them
- Video -Talking about resuscitation Show all articles ( 2 )
Pharmacy and Medications
- Blue Booklet- Community Controlled Drugs Authorisation Record (for reference only as printed externally)
- East & South Cheshire & Vale Royal COVID-19 Community Symptom Control Guidelines
- Nurse Prescribers- Prescribing Safely During COVID-19 RCN
- Palliative Care Medication Stocks- weekly update
- Pharmacies in Cheshire providing an Urgent Palliative Care Medicines Service during COVID-19
- West Cheshire Community COVID-19 Symptom Control Guidelines
Symptom Management
- Blue Booklet- Community Controlled Drugs Authorisation Record (for reference only as printed externally)
- Cheshire Video - Symptom Management during COVID-19
- East & South Cheshire & Vale Royal COVID-19 Community Symptom Control Guidelines
- Management of cough COVID-19 Outbreak
- Managing delirium in confirmed and suspected coronavirus cases BGS
- National Community Covid-19 Symptom Control Guidelines
- Pharmacies in Cheshire providing an Urgent Palliative Care Medicines Service during COVID-19
- Rapid Symptom Guidelines for COVID-19 in the Community- NICE
- Respiratory Failure-Clinical decision-making COVID-19 Outbreak
- Video- Breathlessness Management & COVID-19
- West Cheshire Community COVID-19 Symptom Control Guidelines
Best Interests & Mental Capacity
- Decision Making and Consent Guidance : For Doctors from 9 November 2020
- GP Education Masterclass 2
- Guidance – Making Best Interest Decisions
- Mental Capacity Act : Introduction for decisions regarding clinical care
- NHS Guidance & Templates- Best Interests at the End of Life
- Process for making Best Interest Decisions
Delirium
Dementia Carers
- About End Stage Dementia
- Alzheimers Society
- Carers Education & Events @ EoLP
- COVID-19 and Dementia Key Points for Supporting Carers and Care Staff
- Covid-19 Dementia Care Resources for Families and Informal Carers
- Dementia & Life Story Work- Short Video
- Dementia Education @ EoLP
- Dementia UK
- Dementia: Professional Advice on Giving Information
- Dying Well with Dementia
- How to help someone in pain or distress that has dementia
- This is me
Dementia Tools & Working Documents
- Abbey Pain Assessment
- COVID-19 CARE HOME DEMENTIA RESOURCES
- Dementia Covid-19 Hospital Passport
- Eating & Drinking Well with Dementia
- Education - Dementia Core Skills Education & Training Framework
- Frailty Scale
- How to respond to changes in behaviour in people living with dementia during Covid-19
- Interactive Tool- Dementia Care Pathways
- Living with dementia and COVID-19 an emergency kit
- Positive Approaches to Care with Teepa Snow
- Publication- A Primer for General Practice- Dementia Revealed
- Publication- Rules of Thumb
- Tool - Falls Assessment
- Tool -Behaviour Assessment Cohen Mansfield
- Tool- Behaviour Assessment ABC Checklist Show all articles ( 3 )
Guidelines
E-Learning
Learning Resources
- Asset Based Approach to learning
- Communication skills workbook - Finding the Words
- Core Competencies for End of Life Care
- Frailty & End of Life Resources -BGS
- GP Education Masterclass 2
- GP Materclass in Personalised Care Planning
- Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator ICD Deactivation Video Guide for Cheshire Community Services
- Knowing Me! Dementia, Depression and Delirium - A Person Centred Education and Training resource
- Palliative Care Podcast - Episode 1
- The Education Collaborative for Eastern Cheshire - Education Strategy
- What can I do?- Interactive tool with practical messages for front line staff
The End of Life Partnership
Cheshire EPaCCS Resources
- Cheshire Care Record - What is this?
- Cheshire Care Record & EPACCS -Guidance on Enabling Data Sharing July 2019
- Cheshire EPaCCS consent position 2017
- Cheshire EPaCCS EMIS Searches with SNOMED codes added Jan 2020
- Cheshire EPACCS Landscape 2019
- Cheshire Summary View for Last Days of Life Template 2019
- EPaCCS Communication Plan for Cheshire 2019
- EPaCCs Data Explained
- EPaCCs Dataset - North West
- EPaCCs Digital Roadmap
- EPaCCS Patient Information leaflet
- EPaCCS Presentation for Cheshire
- Palliative Care GP Home Visit Form
- Palliative Care List Audit Form
- SNOMED Codes for HLO Searches 2020 Show all articles ( 1 )
Cheshire General Practice GMS Contract Support 2019-20
National EPaCCS Resources
Communication Skills Training
Communication with specific groups
- A Guide for Supporting Distressed Patients and Relatives-Maguire Unit
- Booklet - Talking to Children about Death & Dying
- Communication failures involving doctors- General Medical Council Research
- Communication Skills Training @ EoLP
- Conversation Starter Kit for people with Alzheimer’s and Dementia
- COVID Communication Board to help patients in ICU to communicate
- Difficult Conversations (Breaking Bad News)-treatment delayed/cancelled due to COVID-19. Maguire Unit
- Discussing Suspected Cancer Symptoms over the Phone-Maguire Unit
- 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
- Algorithm - Discussing end of life planning in hospital
- Booklet - Starting the conversation
- Conversation starter - Can you or your loved ones answer these questions
- Palliative Care Podcast - Episode 1
- The McGuire Unit Strategy - Opening up an Advance Care Planning Conversation
- Top Tips for opening up DNACPR conversations
- Video- TEDX We Need to Talk About Dying
Strategies for handling difficult situations
- A Guide for Supporting Distressed Patients and Relatives-Maguire Unit
- Communications Skills Education Events @ EoLP
- Discussing Suspected Cancer Symptoms over the Phone-Maguire Unit
- EoLP Video- Breaking Bad News Over The Telephone
- 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
- Video- Breaking Bad News Show all articles ( 2 )
After Death Guidance & Resources
- Care After Death Guidance
- Care After Death Guidance for Professionals
- Confirmation and Certification of Death Guidance for GP’s
- Death Notification Template 2019
- Guidance for Medical Practitioners on Notification of Deaths Regulations 2019
- Post Mortem Examination FAQ’s
- Quick Guide to Coroner Notification Changes 2019
- Regulations for Notification of Deaths 2019
- Verification of Expected Death 3rd Edition Guidance
- Verification of Expected Death Skills For Care Resources
Cheshire Practice Level Data
- Cheshire Care Record & EPACCS -Guidance on Enabling Data Sharing July 2019
- Cheshire EPaCCS EMIS Searches with SNOMED codes added Jan 2020
- EMIS National Information Standard Read Codes Palliative Care Cordination (EPaCCS) Template
- End of Life Profiles by CCG- NHS IQ
- EPaCCs Data Explained
- QI GP Workshop Data Explained July 2019
- Read Codes for Cheshire EMIS End of Life Searches 2019-20
- SNOMED Codes for HLO Searches 2020
Coordinated Care
- Cheshire Care Record - What is this?
- Cheshire Summary View for Last Days of Life Template 2019
- GSF Register Report within EMIS- How to Guide.
- How to activate the EMIS End of Life Summary View
- How to Create the Last Days of Life Summary View
- Last Days of Life Template- Cheshire Operational Procedure 2019
- Palliative Care GP Home Visit Form
- Poster- Key Messages Last Days of Life Template Launch 3rd June 2019
- Video - EPaCCS
Early Identification
- Care Home Residents- Six Steps Programme
- Care Home SHADOW tool communications sheet
- Care Home SHADOW tool for early identification
- Care Home SHADOW Tool supplementary information
- EARLY Identification: A newsletter for GPs from East Cheshire Hospice & The End of Life Partnership
- Gold Standards Framework Proactive Identification Guidance
- Top Tips on GSF meetings
- Top Tips on Identifying Patients for Advance Care Planning
EoLP help and support
Local Resources
National Resources
- Communication failures involving doctors- General Medical Council Research
- GP Materclass in Personalised Care Planning
- Macmillan Cancer Support Primary Care Resources
- Mental Capacity Act : Introduction for decisions regarding clinical care
- Royal College of GP's Toolkit
- Video- RCGP Daffodil Standards
Quality Improvement Information
Cheshire Specific Policies, Guidelines and Publications
Dementia Publications and Resources
Education Resources and Publications
Palliative & End of Life Care Reports
Palliative & End of Life Care Standards & Guidelines
Assessment & Performance Tools
- Care Home SHADOW tool communications sheet
- Care Home SHADOW tool for early identification
- Care Home SHADOW Tool supplementary information
- Diagnosing Dying- Potential Barriers’
- Functional Assessment Staging Tool (FAST) for Alzheimer’s
- GP Education Masterclass 2
- Mortality Review Audit Template
- Palliative Care Assessment Aide Memoire Tool GSF
- Palliative Performance Scale (PPS)
- Performance Status Score ECOG
- Performance Status Score Karnofsky
- SPARC assessment tool
EARLY Project
- EARLY - An Introduction
- EARLY Guide to managing Supportive Care Registers
- EARLY Identification Tool Download
- EARLY Identification: A newsletter for GPs from East Cheshire Hospice & The End of Life Partnership
- EARLY Top Tips to manage Supportive Care Registers
- EMIS Guide - How to Copy Searches
- EMIS Guide - How to Import Searches
- EPaCCs Patient Information TriFold
- How to Copy Searches
- How to Import Searches
Palliative Care Meetings
Prognostic Indicators
- Care Home SHADOW tool for early identification
- Child Pugh (Liver Disease) Prognostic Indicator Tool
- Gold Standards Framework Proactive Identification Guidance
- GP Education Masterclass 2
- Guide- A Quick Guide to Identifying Patients for Supportive and Palliative Care
- PiPS Prognostic Tools for Advanced Cancer
Information coming soon
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Eastern Cheshire
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Care Homes
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Community & Primary Care
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Hospice - East Cheshire Hospice
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Hospital -East Cheshire Trust
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Care Homes
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Community & Primary Care
- 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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Hospice - St Luke’s Cheshire Hospice
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Hospital- Mid Cheshire Hospital (Leighton)
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Other
- 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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Care Homes
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Community & Primary Care
- 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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Hospice - St Luke’s Cheshire Hospice
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Hospital- Leighton Mid Cheshire
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Other
- 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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Care Homes
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Community & Primary Care
- 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
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Hospice of the Good Shepherd
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Other
Patient leaflets
- All About Me Booklet
- 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- Decisions about CPR
- Patient Leaflet- DNACPR 2019 version ECNHST
- What now? Questions to ask following a terminal diagnosis- Compassion in Dying
- Writing a Will
COVID-19 Community Guidance
Quick Forms- Professionals
- Blue Booklet- Community Controlled Drugs Authorisation Record (for reference only as printed externally)
- Care & Communications Record End of Life Care West Cheshire
- Death Notification Template 2019
- DNACPR Lilac Form -Cheshire
- Form- Lilac DNACPR March 2019 version ECNHST, Community & Primary Care
- Rapid Discharge Pathway ECNHST
- Verification of Expected Death Form ECNHST
Covid 19 – Staff Wellbeing
- Advice when you are a keyworker on helping your child to adapt
- Care Workers- Sources of Support for Wellbeing
- Coping with your feelings during the COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID Minded
- Frontline Mental Health & Bereavement Service for non-NHS frontline workers
- Frontline Workers and Mental Health
- Leading through uncertainty - First Aid Kit
- Making Decisions Under Pressure
- NHS Scotland - Stress, Coping and Resilience
- Psychological Needs of Healthcare Staff during COVID-19
- Self Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Supporting yourself and others coping with death and grief during COVID
- Video- Stress Coping & Resilience during COVID-19
- Wellbeing for Healthcare Workers during COVID-19
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
- Blue Booklet Education @ EoLP
- Blue Booklet- Community Controlled Drugs Authorisation Record (for reference only as printed externally)
- Clinical Practice Summary Guidelines for Palliative Symptoms- North Coast SCN
- GP Brief -changes to the Blue Booklet 2018
- Nausea & Vomiting Algorithm - Cheshire Blue Booklet 2019
- Pain Algorithm from Cheshire Blue Booklet 2019
- Poster - Blue Booklet relaunch 2018
- PowerPoint - Cheshire Blue Booklet – what has changed
- Respiratory Tracet Secretions Algorithm
- Restlessness & Agitation Algorithm
- Reuse of Medications in Care Homes During COVID
- Video - Blue Booklet & Further Advice & Support
Condition Specific Guidelines & Resources
Emergencies’ in Palliative Care
Fatigue
Nausea & Vomiting & Constipation
Pain
- Basic End of Life Drug Information for Qualified Nurses - EoLP Cheshire
- Clinical Practice Summary Guidelines for Palliative Symptoms - North Coast SCN
- 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 Algorithm from Cheshire Blue Booklet 2019
- Pain Assessment Tool – GSF
- Pain Assessment Tool using alphabetic acronym
- Resource- Abbey Pain Assessment Tool
- The Christie A to Z of Pain Relief
- The Discomfort Scale Assessment Tool (DS-DAT)
- Visual tool – neuropathic pain pathways
Respiratory Symptoms
- Breathlessness Algorithm- From Cheshire Blue Booklet 2019
- Clinical Practice Summary Guidelines for Palliative Symptoms- North Coast SCN
- Diaphragmatic breathing techniques
- East Cheshire Palliative Care Symptom Control Guidelines
- Mesothelioma Study Day @ EoLP
- Positions to help with breathing
- Respiratory Tracet Secretions Algorithm
Symptom Control Guidelines
- Clinical Practice Summary Guidelines for Palliative Symptoms- North Coast SCN
- Clinical Practice Summary Guidelines for Palliative Symptoms- North Coast SCN
- Dementia Education Events @ EoLP
- East Cheshire Palliative Care Symptom Control Guidelines
- Nausea & Vomiting Algorithm - Cheshire Blue Booklet 2019
- Pain Algorithm from Cheshire Blue Booklet 2019
- Palliative Care Guidelines in Dementia
- Respiratory Tracet Secretions Algorithm
- Restlessness & Agitation Algorithm
- Reuse of Medications in Care Homes During COVID
- Starting Dose for Anticipatory Medications - Last Days of Life
- Symptom Control Study Events @ EoLP
- Symptom Specific Pathways - National Cancer Action Team
Syringe Pump
- Breathlessness Algorithm- From Cheshire Blue Booklet 2019
- Clinical Practice Summary Guidelines for Palliative Symptoms- North Coast SCN
- Nausea & Vomiting Algorithm - Cheshire Blue Booklet 2019
- Policy - ECNHST Syringe Pump Policy
- Respiratory Tracet Secretions Algorithm
- Restlessness & Agitation Algorithm
- Syringe Pump Compatibility Tool- Palliative Care Matters
- Syringe Pump Education @ EoLP