Palliative care

End-of-life drugs at home: closing the care gap

Evidence shows complex medicines systems are resulting in delays to patients receiving vital end-of-life care. This episode of The PJ Pod explores potential solutions to this problem.…

Community pharmacies should publicise availability of ‘critical’ palliative medicines, RPS standards recommend

The end-of-life standards suggest that groups of pharmacies should find a way to share information on local or national medicines supply chain problems.…

New RPS standards recommend that community pharmacies should ‘proactively manage’ palliative care medicines

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society and charity Marie Curie propose the development of multidisciplinary team working, so that pharmacy teams are aware of patients' support needs.…

Renal cancer: management

An overview of the most common forms of renal cancer, treatment options and the role of pharmacists in its management.…

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Opioid use in palliative care: selection, initiation and optimisation

Opioids are commonly administered as part of end-of-life care. Pharmacists should know how to select, initiate and optimise opioids to best meet patient needs.…

Anticipatory prescribing practices rapidly changing under COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to innovation in anticipatory prescribing practices within community palliative care, the results of a survey in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care have shown.…

Caring for palliative care patients at home: medicines management principles and considerations

Pharmacists need to understand the range of medicine support that they and their teams can provide to palliative care patients and their caregivers.…

Community pharmacy paediatric palliative care pilot launched in Scotland

A 12-month pilot of a community pharmacy-led palliative care service specifically targeted at children has launched in Scotland.…

Case-based learning: palliative and end-of-life care in community pharmacy

Community pharmacists encounter patients at all stages in their life; however, patients who require palliative care require dedicated time and special consideration.…

Older people with terminal cancer ‘overprescribed’ preventative drugs

Older patients with cancer receiving end-of-life care may be overprescribed preventative medicines, study results have shown.…