Welcome to HPAL MSE
Expert palliative care information with links to local services to support clinicians and healthcare workers across Mid and South Essex
Recent Articles
Article categoriesSupporting people with learning disabilities through bereavement
Key points to help people with learning disability to navigate loss
Anxiety towards the end of life: Information for clinicians
A nuanced approach to assessing anxiety in palliative illness
Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression: Information for clinicians
Diagnosis and initial management of Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression (MSCC)
Resources for children and young people
Local and national services that support children, young people and families
Advance care planning for children and young people: Information for clinicians
Principles of advance care planning for children and young people, and links to fuller guidance
Malignant wounds
An approach to managing wounds caused by cancer
Haemorrhage from malignant wounds
How to manage surface bleeding or erosion into a major blood vessel
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Depression in palliative care: Information for clinicians
Assessment, diagnosis and management of depression in palliative care
Radiotherapy skin reactions: Information for clinicians
Guidance on managing the skin impact of radiotherapy
Explaining grief
A description of the most common experiences of grief following a bereavement
Driving and medications: Information for clinicians
What to advise patients about driving when prescribing analgesics or anxiolytics
