Key contacts:
- Local palliative care trainer
Useful websites:
- NHS Scotland Healthcare Improvement Scotland – Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines – reflect a consensus of opinion about good practice in the management of adult patients with life-limiting illness. They are designed for healthcare professionals from any care setting who are involved in supporting people with a palliative life-limiting condition.
- e-Learning for Healthcare (e-LfH) – e-learning programme providing on line training on end-of-life care for all including advanced care planning, assessment, communication skills, symptom management, comfort and well-being
- NICE End of life care for adults: service delivery provides guidance on end of life care service delivery in England
- NICE Care of dying adults in the last days of life provides guidance covering the clinical care of adults who are dying, during the last few days of life
- Scottish Government Death and end of life provides palliative and end of life care resources
- Scottish Government Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) integrated adult policy: guidance provides guidance on decision making and communications policy in relation to the NHS Scotland DNACPR policy.
- Resuscitation Council UK: ReSPECT the ReSPECT process creates personalised recommendations for a person’s clinical care and treatment in a future emergency in which they are unable to make or express choices
- Resuscitation Council UK: ReSPECT Covid-19 resources: Decision making is a range of resources around decision making during COVID-19
- Stroke4Carers e-Learning resource provides a set of topics which will provide on-line advice, support and information for informal carers
Competencies, learning & development- not stroke specific but give useful general information:
- NHS Education for Scotland (2018) Informed About Palliative and End Of Life Care: Digital Learning Resource. https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/3113/palliative-and-end-of-life-care-enriching-and-improving-experience/informed-about-palliative-and-end-of-life-care
- NHS Education for Scotland. (2017) Palliative and End of Life Care: Enriching and improving experience. A framework to support the learning and development needs of the health and social service workforce in Scotland. https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/2452/palliative-and-end-of-life-care-enriching-and-improving-experience/palliative-and-end-of-life-care-enriching-and-improving-experience
- Royal College of Nursing (2016): End of Life Care – Fundamentals of nursing care at the end of life https://rcni.com/hosted-content/rcn/fundamentals-of-end-of-life-care/end-of-life-care-%E2%80%93-fundamentals-of-nursing-care-end-of-life
- Skills for care: end of life care provides support for health and social care staff working with adults at the end of their life and focuses on the underpinning competencies, knowledge and values needed
Page last reviewed: 08 Nov 2021
