News and updates from www.palliativedrugs.com

Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website.   Safety alerts Patient Safety Alert for Fluid/Food Thickening Powder NHS England has issued a patient safety alert (NHS/PSA/W/2015/002) warning of the risk of death from asphyxiation by accidental ingestion of fluid/food dry thickening powder. For more information, click […]

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Palliating Social Media – a seminar workshop at the Macmillan Professionals Conference in London

Dr Clifford Jones a Macmillan GP Facilitator in Aneurin Bevan Healthboard summarises a workshop seminar he attended at a Macmillan GP conference in London.   Conference Twitter hashtag: #Macmillanpros What happens to our presence on social media when we die? And how do palliative care patients and professionals use social media?  These were some of […]

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Psychology and palliative care services working together- on cultivating multi-disciplinary meetings and ensuring compassion in care

by Dr Katherine Regan, Clinical Psychologist, Wales, UK Dr Regan shares her experiences working in close collaboration with a specialist palliative care team at Velindre Cancer Centre in Cardiff, Wales. She discusses why collaborative working across both areas is a useful model for the future and how both fields can learn much from one another. […]

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News and updates from www.palliativedrugs.com

9th June 2014 Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website.   Hot topics NICE Evidence Update: Opioids in palliative care The UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has produced a summary of the selected new evidence relevant to the use of opioids in […]

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News and updates from www.palliativedrugs.com

Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website.   Drug updates   DTB Sativex in multiple sclerosis The latest Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB) examines the place of the cannabinoid product, Sativex (GW Pharma, UK) in multiple sclerosis. For more information click here.   Glycopyrronium bromide […]

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News and updates from www.palliativedrugs.com

Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Hot topics Haloperidol for psychosis-induced aggression or agitation A Cochrane review has been published on the use of haloperidol for rapid tranquilisation of psychosis-induced aggression or agitation. For more information click here.   BNF palliative care section updated […]

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New study finds that UK breast cancer patients receive insufficient pain management and palliative care

A study conducted by researchers at Breast Cancer Care and the University of Southampton indicates that over a third of female breast cancer patients are in unnecessary discomfort – despite recent advances in medical management of the disease. The cross-sectional survey was carried out in two cancer centres in the UK and assessed a wide-range […]

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Survey shows US doctors are strongly in favour of palliative care

A poll released this week by The National Journal and Regence Foundation found that doctors in the US are overwhelmingly supportive of palliative care interventions for seriously ill patients. Of the 500 doctors who completed the survey, 96% believed that enhancing the quality of life of seriously ill patients was more important than extending their […]

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US project aims to integrate palliative care and emergency medicine

A newly launched national initiative in the US entitled Improving Palliative Care in Emergency Medicine (IPAL-EM) will promote access to palliative medicine for seriously ill patients presenting at emergency departments. The project, which was supported in part by the Centre to Advance Palliative Care, aims to increase referral rates for seriously ill patients from emergency […]

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