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Draft specialist care measures consultation

A draft version of the specialist palliative care measures for inclusion in the Manual for Cancer Services has been issued by the UK Department of Health for a 12 week consultation period. It is aimed at interested stakeholders only and ends 27 February 2012. For more information click here.

NICE end of life care commissioning guide

NICE has published a guide for commissioners of end-of-life care services. The guide aims to support local implementation of the Department of Health (2008) End of Life Care Strategy and the NICE (2011) Quality Standard for end of life care for adults, and is aligned with the NHS Outcomes Framework and supports commissioning for Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP). For more information click here.

Latest additions

PCF4 reprint changes

We would like to thank members for their support which has seen the first print run of the fourth edition of the Palliative care Formulary (PCF4) sell out. In preparing for the second print run, we have made several corrections to the text. We recommend that you amend your first print run copy accordingly. All necessary changes have already been made on the www.palliativedrugs.com website.

We endeavour to achieve the highest levels of accuracy in the text and are always grateful for your feedback (hq@palliativedrugs.com). For details of the reprint changes click here.

Prepared by Sarah Charlesworth and Andrew Wilcock