Objective: A pilot project and service evaluation to identify the benefits of offer medical staff
psychological supervision to support them in a) managing patient distress and b) self–care …

Background National work identifies risk of poorer access to palliative care services for
people from ethnic minorities. Locally we identified that our referral rates did not reflect the …

Introduction Patients with MND are usually referred to palliative care services late in their
disease progression. Reasons for this appear to centre on patients being so distressed at …

Background Like many other hospitals in the UK, the NHS trust local to Saint Francis
Hospice (SFH) became overwhelmed with COVID patients during the first lockdown (April to …

In 2008 a new Consultant in Internal Medicine was appointed to a busy cancer centre in
Pakistan. He found himself providing predominantly palliative care, alongside a skilled but …

Improving access to palliative care for all patients with life limiting illness has resulted in a
significant increase in referrals to specialist palliative care services. Expanding services to …

Background Our 18 bedded hospice, St Francis in Romford, Essex, sought to evaluate a
new paracentesis admissions process, compliance of our inpatient paracentesis against …

P-3 A reflective review of referrals by ethnicity considering local demographics P-3 A
reflective review of referrals by ethnicity considering local demographics Abstract …

Background Research suggests that approximately 5% of hospital admissions are
medicines-related. There is an increased risk from errors or unintentional changes to a …

Most hospices have supported people needing treatment and care who do not have
capacity to consent to it, who need constant care and would not be allowed to leave should …