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Expert palliative care information with links to local services to support clinicians and healthcare workers across Mid and South Essex
Recent Articles
Article categoriesEPaCCS: Information for clinicians
Guidance for clinicians on how to use the Electronic Palliative Care Coordination System (EPaCCS)
How to assess a patient in pain towards the end of life: Information for clinicians
An approach to assessing physical pain in palliative care
Constipation: Information for clinicians
How should I best manage constipation in a patient with advancing illness? Advice from a senior palliative physician
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Hiccups: Information for clinicians
Aetiology and management in palliative care patients
Update on the role of doctors after a death at home
Changes in death certification since September 9th 2024
Pharmacies
Pharmacies which stock end of life medications in your area
Organ Donation
How to donate organs, exclusions for donations and further information for patients
Anticipatory Prescribing: Information for clinicians
How to prescribe symptom control medicines for people in the last days of life
Flying Safely
Helping patients with air travel including towards the end of life
How to talk to children about death and dying
Children are never too young to talk about death and dying
Neuropathic pain: Information for clinicians
Diagnosis and treatment of nerve pain, and when to seek specialist advice