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News and updates from palliativedrugs.com
  1. Andrew Wilcock1 and
  2. Sarah Charlesworth2
  1. 1 Palliative Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
  2. 2 Palliative Care, Pharmaceutical Press, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Sarah Charlesworth, PalliativeCare, Pharmaceutical Press, London E1W 1AW, UK; sarah.charlesworth{at}rpharms.com

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The website https://www.palliativedrugs.com has provided essential independent information about drugs used in palliative and hospice care since 2000 and has over 37 000 members from 153 countries. In 2018, ownership was transferred to Pharmaceutical Press (the publishing arm of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society) to ensure continued content creation and build on the growing international reputation. The website contains access to the on-line Palliative Care Formulary (PCF) and provides free access to a Bulletin board to stimulate questions and share experiences, a Document library containing 475 items of useful information and a Syringe Driver Survey Database containing details of over 2350 different drug combinations. The website also contains links for the purchase of the UK Palliative Care Formulary sixth edition and Introducing Palliative Care fifth edition. This feature provides a selection of items that have featured in the News and Latest additions sections in recent months; for additional information, please register for free on the website.

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  • Competing interests None declared.

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