Country | Clinical guidelines currently being used for identification of palliative patients in primary care | Other routes for identification |
---|---|---|
Albania | None | Oncological centres |
Armenia | None | None |
Belgium | Surprise question | Not discussed |
Denmark | None | Discharge letters from hospitals and in nursing homes (rarely) |
Germany | None | Hospitals, specialist practices, nursing homes and community nursing services. |
Ireland | None | Not discussed |
Luxemburg | None | None |
Malta | Hospice guidelines for primary care | Hospitals (advanced cancer only) |
Netherlands | Patz-project in the area of Amsterdam: identification and registration of palliative patients by GPs and community nurses (ref) | Secondary care settings |
Portugal | None | Anywhere in the healthcare system; by doctors, nurses and social workers |
Serbia | None | Oncology consultant teams |
Switzerland | None | Not discussed |
UK | PIG, SPICT, Quick guide | Discharge letters from secondary care and by district nurses |
GP, general practitioner; PIG, Prognostic Indicator Guide; SPICT, Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool.