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This guidance is designed to support implementation of the End of Life Care Strategy, Putting People First’s person
alisation agenda and the NHS Next Stage Review and associated care pathways, for older people with multiple conditions at
the end of life.
October 2008, 24 Pages. £15.00. To buy this publication click here.
Care homes with nursing are major contributors to palliative and end of life care. The purpose of this brief paper is to offer some insights into the question as to whether the volume of current provision of care homes with nursing is sufficient to meet local needs and what the consequences may be of any inadequate levels of provision.
June 2008, 12 Pages. £25.00. To buy this publication click here.
This document provides results of the survey of neurology nurses that was carried out jointly between NCPC and the Royal College of Nursing Neuroscience Forum. The overriding message from this survey and NCPC’s previous work is the need for the different people caring for those with neurological conditions towards the end of life to come together and work in collaboration, sharing skills and expertise.
June 2008, 32 Pages. £15.00. To buy this publication click here.
In 2006 Peter Tebbit employed the methodology of needs assessment to demonstrate how population need varied between Primary Care Trust and Strategic Health Authority Populations. This work was published in September 2006 in the form of a Compendium of
Data and is now updated and revised in this second edition. It includes updated mortality data and a set of new indices for circulatory disease, coronary heart disease, stroke and COPD.
May 2008, 52 Pages. £25.00. To buy this publication click here.