Message from National Clinical Director for Palliative and End of Life Care – Professor Bee Wee “As a national programme we have commissioned the development of 5 educational packages/masterclasses as part of the national support offer we want to provide for GPs as they undertake the QOF Quality Improvement work […]
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Please be aware that changes to the way that deaths are notified to the Coroner were implemented on 1st October 2019. We have provided a link to supporting information here on EPAIGE. under the Bereavement and After Death Section Including a quick reference document which GP Practices are being […]
A new report has been published in the National End of Life Intelligence Network Palliative and end of life care series The National End of Life Intelligence Network have released a new report, Older people who died in hospital: England 2017, It is the third in their new Palliative and […]
Please see the below article on the updated use of Levetiracetam via Continuous Subcutaneous Infusions. Levetiracetam Guidance 26/09/2019
Many, if not all of you, will now be using the EMIS template called EPaCCS (Electronic Palliative Care Coordination System) to code important information regarding your patients nearing end of life and to enable coordination and seamless care for these patients. The Cheshire Care Record team has been working with […]
I am pleased to inform you that the changes to the GP Version of the Last Days of Life Template codes as detailed in the 27th June newsfeed have now been changed. An illustration of the changes made can be found here. What happens now? East GP Practices Communications were […]
For the past few years The End of Life Partnership have led and hosted the EPaCCS project, a joint project delivered alongside partner organisations and local frontline staff looking at electronic care co-ordination. We are thrilled to announce that the project was shortlisted…. Our 2 minute video application explains more […]
IMPORTANT NOTICE- Action Required Following on from the launch of the Last Days of Life Template on 3rd June 2019, we have been advised that two read codes used in two areas of the GP version of the template require revision. East GP Practices In order to expedite this change […]
The new “Last Days of Life EMIS Template” is due to be launched across Eastern Cheshire, South Cheshire & Vale Royal on 3rd June 2019. The template has been created by local GP’s , District Nurses and Specialist Palliative Care Teams in response to locally identified needs; – To save […]
