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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 categoriesApproaching family meetings
How to inform, connect, and make decisions with families within a formal meeting
Discussing CPR with patients
Talking about Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation is an essential part of advance care planning
Challenging conversations - improving your communication skills
Recommended resources on how best to share information on diagnosis, prognosis and disease progression
Opioid conversion
Resources for clinicians to tackle tricky opioid dose conversions.
Opioid toxicity: Information for clinicians
Opioid toxicity is common, and is a reversible cause of delirium
Explaining palliative care: Information for clinicians
A useful video to help broach palliative care with patients and carers
Superior Vena Cava Obstruction (SVCO): Information for clinicians
SVCO is a life-threatening condition caused by compression or blockage of the superior vena cava
Setting up integrated care in your area?
HPAL can be customised to any region or ICS
Lymphoedema: Information for clinicians
Understanding and managing lymphoedema - a practial overview for clinicians
Books to better understand dying, death and palliative care
Browsing books can be a gentle way to feel less alone and more in control
Hypercalcaemia
Hypercalcaemia is a common complication in advanced cancer which requires early diagnosis and urgent decision making