New evidence indicates the need to rethink anticipatory prescribing This Research Alert brings together new evidence on anticipatory prescribing, a widely used resource for healthcare professionals to help control distressing symptoms for people dying in the community. The evidence identifies important problems with current practice in the UK and suggests system-level changes to tackle four […]
Department of Public Health and Primary Care to contribute to two new NIHR Policy Research Units on Cancer and Palliative Care
NIHR has announced a major investment supporting Policy Research Units. Members of the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the University of Cambridge are part of the Policy Research Units on Cancer Awareness, Screening and Early Diagnosis and on Palliative and End of Life Care. The Cancer Awareness, Screening and Early Diagnosis Unit […]
People in richer areas saw biggest increase in deaths at home during the pandemic
The gap between where the rich and poor die widened during the pandemic, new research has found. The study compares home deaths in the UK in 2020 to 2019. It was published in Palliative Medicine by researchers at King’s, Hull York Medical School at the University of Hull and Professor Stephen Barclay at the University […]
Making a difference to palliative care: Dr Ben Bowers wins European Research Award
The European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) Early Researcher Award winner in 2023, Dr Ben Bowers, discusses his research, which aims to improve end-of-life care by developing the evidence base on anticipatory prescribing in the last days of life. Ben is a clinical-academic community nurse. He is a Wellcome Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Primary Care Unit, […]
Prescribing ‘just in case’ drugs for people who are dying at home remains based on limited evidence
The research evidence for the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of ‘anticipatory prescribing’ for people approaching the end of life at home or in care homes remains unclear, say researchers at the University of Cambridge, who have just studied the most recent research on the topic. In standard anticipatory prescribing, which is commonplace in the UK, […]
New approaches needed to help ease symptoms amongst people in the last days of life
Patients in the last days of life at home or in care homes sometimes need fast access to medications to ease their symptoms but new approaches are needed to ensure this happens, say Dr Ben Bowers and colleagues in the BMJ today. For patients dying in the community, rapid and tailored access to last-days-of-life medications […]
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