Public responses to a questionnaire released by the Palliative Care Funding Review team have been captured on a new online tracking system and can be read in full here. The latest questionnaire to be developed by the Review team asks respondents to give their views on which core components of adult and children’s palliative care […]
‘Holding the baby’ at the end of life
J Gibbins,1 C Reid,2 R McCoubrie2 1SpR Palliative Medicine, Department of Palliative Medicine, Bristol Haematology & Oncology Centre, Horfield, Bristol, UK 2Department of Palliative Medicine, Bristol Haematology & Oncology Centre, Horfield, Bristol, UK Correspondence to Dr Jane Gibbins; janegibbins@hotmail.com Abstract Although there are obvious differences in caring for people at the extremes of life (newborns […]
Improved end of life care for heart failure patients in Scotland
The Evening Times this week reports the launch of a £3.6 million pilot project to improve end of life care for heart failure patients in hospitals, hospices, care homes and at home in Scotland. The ‘Caring Together’ project is a collaborative effort between the British Heart Foundation Scotland, Marie Curie Cancer Care and the NHS […]
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Articles of interest in other scholarly journals Do CBT-Based Interventions Alleviate Distress Following Bereavement? A Review of the Current Evidence International Journal of Cognitive Therapy 2010; 3(1): 77-93 doi: 10.1521/ijct.2010.3.1.77 This review found that cognitive-behavioural therapy based interventions provided significant benefits for bereaved adults compared with non-cognitive-behavioural strategies and no treatment. Reviewers of this paper have commented […]
Ombudsman’s report shows examples of inadequate care for elderly in UK NHS hospitals
An official report, widely published in the UK media this week, reveals cases of a serious shortfall in support and respect for vulnerable elderly receiving hospital care in England. An article in The Guardian concludes that the report, produced by NHS ombudsman, Ann Abraham, ‘details serious failings in how NHS staff managed the patients’ pain, nutritional […]
First pain management programme introduced in The Gambia, Kenya, and Malawi
A vital new initiative, aimed at improving pain management among palliative care patients receiving hospital care, has been launched by the FHSSA (an affiliate of the US-based, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organisation) and the African Palliative Care Association (APCA) in The Gambia, Kenya, and Malawi. One of the key challenges of pain management identified […]
International Editorial Board appointed
It is with pleasure that we introduce the first Editorial Advisory Board for BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. Led by Editor-in-Chief, Dr Bill Noble – Macmillan senior lecturer in palliative medicine at the University of Sheffield – the newly-appointed board reflects a broad geographical and disciplinary spread, with expertise in every important methodology and clinical […]
Welcome to BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
We are now accepting submissions for BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care – a new, international, peer-reviewed journal for clinicians, researchers and healthcare workers in all areas of supportive and palliative care practice. Click here to submit and have your research considered for our launch publication. Further information on how to register and submit your article can be found […]