Palliative Care Guidance

On this page:

• NHSE and NHSI Clinical Guide for Management of Palliative Care In Hospitals.
  • Breathlessness
  • Cough
  • Delirium
  • Fever
• West Midlands Palliative Care Physicians Advice

NHSE and NHSI Clinical Guide for Management of Palliative Care In Hospitals.

This guidance is for secondary care, however given large numbers of patients involved some of the patients may end up being palliated at home. The following few pages from this guidance are useful. The full document can be downloaded below:

Breathlessness

Cough

Delirium

Fever

West Midlands Palliative Care Physicians

West Midlands Palliative Care Physicians website is also useful for general palliative care guidelines

http://www.wmcares.org.uk/