Guideline schedule
Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines
| Guideline | Latest Update | Status (Current, Use with caution*, Archived**) |
| Alfentanil | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Anorexia/Cachexia | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Anticipatory prescribing | Fully revised 2019 | Current |
| Bleeding | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Bowel obstruction | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Breathlessness | Partial update 2019 | Update in progress. Due for publication March 2025. |
| Buccal midazolam | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Buprenorphine patches | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Care in the last days of life | Partial update 2019, 2024 |
Current Update to mouth care added November 2024 |
| Choosing and changing opioids | Fully revised 2019 | Current |
| Clonazepam | New 2019 | Current |
| Constipation | Fully revised 2019 | Update in progress. Due for publication March 2025. |
| Cough | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Delirium | Partial update 2019 | Scoping for update. Publication due 2025. |
| Depression | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Dexamethasone | New 2019 | Current |
| Diabetes | Added 2024 | Current. Owned and updated by Diabetes UK |
| Diarrhoea | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| End stage liver disease | New 2019 | Current |
| Fentanyl buccal | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Fentanyl nasal spray | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Fentanyl patches | Fully revised 2019 | Current |
| Fentanyl sublingual | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Good practice guideline: Spiritual care | New 2024 | Current |
| Hiccup | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Hydromorphone | New 2019 | Current |
| Hypercalcaemia | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Ketamine | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Levetiracetam (subcutaneous infusion) | New 2019 | Current |
| Levomepromazine | Fully revised 2019 | Current |
| Lidocaine plaster | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Malignant spinal cord compression | Partial update 2019 | Update in progress. Due for publication early 2025. |
| Medicine information | Partial update 2024 | Current |
| Methadone | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Methylnaltrexone | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Midazolam | New 2019 | Current |
| Morphine | Fully revised 2019 | Current |
| Mouth care |
Fully revised 2019 Partial update 2024 |
Current Partial update to Care in the last days of life and Dry mouth added November 2024 |
| Nausea and vomiting | Fully revised 2019 | Update in progress. Due for publication March 2025. |
| Naloxone | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Neuropathic pain | Fully revised 2019 | Current |
| Octreotide | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Out of hours handover | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Oxycodone | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Pain assessment | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Pain assessment – cognitive impairment | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Pain management | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Patient information leaflets | Partial update 2024 | Current |
| Phenobarbital | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Pregnancy and breastfeeding | Added 2024 | Current. Direct links to the original sources for updates. |
| Pruritis | Fully revised 2019 | Current |
| Rapid transfer home in the last days of life | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Renal disease in the last days of life | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Seizures | Fully revised 2019 | Current |
| Severe uncontrolled distress | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Subcutaneous fluids | Fully revised 2019 | Current |
| Substance misuse | Revised 2019 | Update in progress. Due for publication March 2025. |
| Superior vena cava obstruction | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Sweating | Partial update 2019 | Current |
| Syringe pumps | Fully revised 2024 | Current |
| Weakness/ fatigue | Partial update 2019 | Current |
*Guidelines marked Use with caution were updated more than 7 years ago
**Archived guidelines are over 10 years old