Publications Archive
Publications from this page can be downloaded for free. If you wish to obtain these in print format, please email: publications@ncpc.org.uk
Note: The content of the publications below may no longer reflect current NCPC policy or be compatible with general health or social care policy.
This benchmarking review of locally derived guidelines on control of cancer pain analysed over 170 guidelines and algorithms used by UK palliative care services and compared them to Council's own guidance and WHO standards. Recommendations are made on the development, content and presentation of guidelines for use in clinical practice. This publication is intended to be the first in a continuing programme of review and development of clinical guidelines for palliative care.
August 2000. To download this publication, click here. (58KB)
The objectives of the guidance are to enable palliative care providers to make valid comparisons with others of the costs of their services; to avoid differences in reported costs due to different costing methods; to enable commissioners of healthcare services to make valid comparisons and bring about increased understanding of the full costs of the services provided. The manual includes guidance on cost allocation and sample worksheet layouts.
March 2000. To download this publication, click here. (2.02MB)
This publication reports the proceedings of a seminar to inform best practice with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) policies within palliative care, organised by the Ethics committees of NCPC and the Association of Palliative Medicine in in November 2002.
July 2003. To download this publication, click here. (102KB)
This discussion paper reviewed the modern history of palliative care and current patterns of provision. Influences on the direction of development are described and the possible future shape of palliative care services is suggested.
February 1997. To download this publication, click here. (4.01MB)
Setting out to address the educational needs of healthcare professionals, social workers and clergy who care for patients facing death or their relatives facing loss, the paper focuses principally on post-basic education of qualified staff. It recognises that many practice"palliative care" and employ its principles as part of their daily work, without necessarily using that vocabulary.
February 1996. To download this publication, click here. (1.64MB)
When drawing up and implementing CPR policies, it is necessary to give particular consideration to the needs of terminally ill patients. There is evidence to suggest that, for terminally ill patients, the harms of CPR are likely far to outweigh the possible benefits. Evidence indicates that, almost invariably, CPR either fails to re-establish cardiopulmonary function, or succeeds only to result in further cardiopulmonary arrest.
Jan 2002. To download this publication, click here. (16KB)
Focus on Commissioning examines the NHS Commissioning consultation and subsequent measures intended to facilitate the commissioning of health care services. In this new NCPC publication, NCPC considers the likely implications for palliative care services and how the assessment is being undertaken within the context of the introduction of Practice Based Commissioning and the implementation of Payment by Results (the national tariff) with respect to palliative care in the NHS and the voluntary sector.
December 2005. To download this publication, click here. (261KB)
This report was submitted as Council's evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Medical Ethics in 1993, and briefly discusses issues such as patient autonomy, voluntary euthanasia, advance directives, withdrawal of life-prolonging treatment, and the role of hospice and palliative care.
July 1993. To download this publication, click here. (2.95MB)
The Minimum Data Sets are the National Survey of Patient Activity Data for Specialist Palliative Care Services. The survey celebrates its eleventh year and continues to be a key source of information on NHS and voluntary sector services. The Minimum Data Sets are the UK’s only continuous source of data from both NHS and voluntary sector palliative care services.
January 2007. To download this publication, click here. (125KB)
This paper aims to provide an introduction to potential outcomes measures in palliative care and their possible uses. Intended for use by both commissioners and providers of healthcare, it has a broad focus. Many measures have now been developed for palliative care, although none are perfect, and these are reviewed in this document. No single measure is recommended, but there are several which are sufficiently tested and could be used locally.
June 1995. To download this publication, click here. (2.95MB)
This compendium of data has been assembled in order to promote understanding of how resource-need varies from one population to another. More specifically, it is considered that it will help both the newly configured Strategic Health Authorities and Primary Care Trusts.
Sept 2006. To download this publication, click here. (367KB)
This manual, written by Peter Tebbit, NCPC ’s Policy Advisor, is the product of the Supportive and Palliative Care Network Development Programme – a joint initiative of the Cancer Action Team and NCPC, intended to intended to provide a national development programme to support Palliative Care/Cancer Networks in the implementation of the NICE supportive and Palliative Care Guidance.
May 2004. To download this publication, click here. (151KB)
Lord Joffe's new Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill is due to have its second reading debate in the House of Lords on 12 May 2006. This follows his 2004 Bill of the same name, which ran out of time when the 2005 general election was called. The purpose of this briefing is to explain what the key points are of the 2005 Bill and how it differs from the 2004 Bill, to compare it against the Select Committee's recommendations, and to consider it from NCPC's perspective as set out in its response to the Select Committee's report.
Feb 2006. To download this publication, click here. (111KB)
NCPC has published its full response to the House of Lords Select Committee report on the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill. This document contains a detailed analysis of all the ethical and practical issues raised in the Select Committee's report, and sets them in the context of current developments in palliative care.
August 2005. To download this publication, click here. (331KB)
NCPC produced this paper in response to submit evidence to the House of Commons Health Committee Inquiry into Palliative Care.
May 2004. To download this publication, click here. (97KB)
Reports on two surveys commissioned by the Department of Health in 1999 to obtain a picture of the current level of provision for palliative care, and Health Authority views about the adequacy of and need for such services. It was envisaged that together with the Minimum Data Sets data, these surveys would assist the New Opportunities Fund in its consideration of bids for funding palliative care developments and provide an overall picture of the extent of palliative care provision across the country to help inform future development of national policy.
August 2000. To download this publication, click here. (116KB)
Briefing Bulletins
(December 1999)
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