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Latest News

Doctors and the General Public: Opinions on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide.

Two-thirds of UK doctors are opposed to the legalisation of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, according to research published this week in Palliative Medicine and commissioned by NCPC together with a group of other charities with an interest in palliative and end of life care.

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New Summary: A Fresh Approach: Palliative and end of life care for people with Chronic Respiratory Disease.

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The NCPC response to the first national dementia strategy Living Well with Dementia.

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Care to Learn - The NCPC End of Life Care Training Programme Resource Pack

NCPC has launched a major new training initiative: Care to Learn - The NCPC End of Life Care Training Programme Evidence shows that delivering good end of life care can help you increase staff retention and job satisfaction as well as meet your regulatory requirements. Our training programme is a pack designed to be delivered in the workplace, in a flexible and practical format that fits your staff and organisational needs. This is a very cost-effective way of providing in-house training to introduce staff to end of life care without having to leave the workplace.

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Multiple Conditions: Multiple Challenges

New NCPC publication on comorbidities. Click here for full details.

NHS End of Life Care Programme and NCPC guidelines on Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment

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Do you involve patients / carers in your work?

Click here for find out about the National Centre for Involvement "Involvement to Impact" Awards 2008

NCPC / RCN Joint Position Statement for Independent Prescribers

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NCPC applauds the launch of the End of Life Care Strategy for England

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Latest Publication: Capacity to Care - A Data Analysis and Discussion of the Capacity and Function of Care Homes as Providers of End of Life Care

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