Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Drug updates NETAG does not recommend capsaicin cutaneous patch for neuropathic pain The NHS North East Treatment Advisory Group (NETAG) does not recommend the use of capsaicin cutaneous patch (Qutenza) for neuropathic pain, the group were concerned about […]
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Professor Irene Higginson talks about how more people in the UK are dying at home.
Professor Irene Higginson, Director of the Cicely Saunders Institute and Associate Editor of Supportive and Palliative Care, spoke today of the recent promising trend of more cancer deaths occurring at home in the UK. In an interview with Radio 4’s Today programme, Professor Higginson highlighted the findings of a recent report which indicates that the […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Safety updates MHRA: Avoid use of aqueous calamine cream before X-ray The UK Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory agency (MHRA) has issued a reminder that aqueous calamine cream should not be applied to the skin before an X-ray examination because […]
Another step toward integrated palliative care in Singapore
The Singaporean Ministry of Health has set up a taskforce to create a national palliative care strategy. A report released last year by the Lien Centre for Palliative Care made several recommendations to improve end-of-life care in the country. The Minister for Health has accepted the report’s conclusions and a team of people will now […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Safety updates MHRA warns against Beline herbal supplement The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a warning advising people not to take the illegal herbal supplement Beline capsules. Analysis of samples of Beline have revealed […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Latest news NICE consults on draft recommendations on the use of opioids in palliative care The UK National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is consulting on draft recommendations for the use of opioids in palliative care. Comments […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Latest news NPC guide to prescribing specials The UK National Prescribing Centre (NPC) has produced a good practice guide to prescribing specials which includes a quick practical checklist for prescribers (appendix 2). Consultations on independent prescribing for physiotherapists […]
Irish GPs lack confidence in dealing with dying patients
A survey of doctors in Ireland has found that many feel they lack the skills and confidence to offer effective end-of-life care. The results of the consultation, which aimed to identify areas for improvement in palliative care, also indicated that there was a need for a better mechanism to identify people nearing the end-of-life. Ireland […]
New quality standard for end of life care in England and Wales
A document released today by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) outlines a quality standard for end of life care. Compiled by a group of experts in fields as diverse as palliative medicine, nursing and pastoral care; the standards are a set of statements which describe how the highest quality of end-of-life […]
Report highlights large geographical variation in Canadian palliative care
An expert committee on palliative and compassionate care have released a report which highlights worrying deficiencies in palliative care services in Canada. The document, entitled ‘Not to be forgotten: Care of vulnerable Canadians’ concluded that whilst some progress had been made in recent years, there were still serious shortcomings, with only 16-30% of those who […]