The NHS 111 Option 3 Palliative Care Hub service, developed for patients, family members and staff across Cambridgeshire, won the Health Services Journal Primary Care Innovation of the Year Award on 18th November 2021. The service was developed by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), with guidance and support from Dr Stephen Barclay, […]
PCU profile: meet Dr Bárbara Antunes
Dr Bárbara Antunes is a Clinical & Health Psychology Specialist at the Cambridge Palliative and End of Life Care Research Group at the PCU. She has just won the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) 2021 EAPC Early Researcher Award for her outstanding contribution to research in the field of palliative care. What is your research […]
New insights into the advance prescribing of injectable medications at the end of life
The advance prescribing of injectable medications is recommended for patients approaching the end of life at home in the UK and elsewhere. But prescriptions vary in frequency depending on which GP practice patients are registered with and what conditions they have, report researchers from the University of Cambridge. The medications, which usually include opioids, can […]
Educational tool can break the vicious cycle of chronic breathlessness, report health professionals
Health professionals report that the Breathing, Thinking, Functioning (BTF) clinical model increases clinician and patient understanding of chronic breathlessness and provides a simple and structured approach to personalised self-management. Chronic breathlessness is a distressing and debilitating symptom that is becoming widespread as people live longer, often with multiple chronic conditions for long periods of time. […]
GPs and primary care nurses need action to enable advance care planning (ACP) for people with heart failure
GPs and nurses in primary care want to overcome barriers to discussion about end of life care with their heart failure patients, according to new research from Dr Markus Schichtel and team, but they need specific interventions to make this possible. The research explored the process of discussion, called advance care planning, or ACP, amongst […]
Primary care practitioners feel unprepared to manage bereaved patients experiencing complicated grief: findings from a realist review
Blog by Dr Caroline Pearce, research associate at the Palliative & End of Life Care Group, Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge. Caroline discusses her recent research on complicated grief in primary care. Bereavement is a normal part of life, yet the death of a close family member or friend can have a significant impact […]
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