NHSGGC Faith and Belief Communities Manual, handy for key information regarding spiritual care aspects of patient care including views on death and dying and post-death arrangements

Muslim Bereavement Support Service About Us - Muslim Bereavement Support Service (mbss.org.uk)

Culturally sensitive prescribing of common symptom management drugs

Future care planning

Patient information (Scotland)

Planning ahead Future care planning | NHS inform

Legal and practical issues (Will, Power of Attorney, Guardianship etc) Legal and practical issues | NHS inform

Planning for treatment choices in a future emergency ReSPECT | Resuscitation Council UK

Motor neuron disease

Future care planning for people living with motor neuron disease (NHS Fife)

Hearing Impairment

RNID in Scotland - RNID

Learning Disability

Resources « PCPLD Network – Palliative Care of People with Learning Disabilities Network

Low vision

Sight Scotland. Educating & Supporting People With Vision Loss

Medicines information resources

Medicines information | The Knowledge Network Scotland. Requires an NHS Scotland networked computer or Scottish OpenAthens account

Top tips for health and social care professionals on palliative care medication

Mouth Care

Professional information Home - Mouth Care Matters (hee.nhs.uk)

Royal College of Nursing guideline Mouth Care Matters in End-of-Life Care | Publications | Royal College of Nursing (rcn.org.uk)

Nutrition

Food first patient information leaflet - Food First/Food Enrichment | BAPEN

Hospice UK Healthcare professional nutrition CPD

Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement patient information leaflet

Paediatric Palliative Care

APPM Formulary – APPM Master Formulary

Paediatric patient information leaflets - Leaflets – Medicines For Children

Children’s Hospice Association Across Scotland - Children's Hospices Across Scotland | CHAS

National Managed Clinical Network: PELiCaN Paediatric End of Life Care Network PELiCaN – Paediatric End of Life Care Network (nhs.scot)

Together for Short Lives Together for Short Lives: Children's Charities - Children Hospices

ICPCN Improving Palliative Care for the World’s Children

Royal Hospital for Children Glasgow Paediatric Supportive and Palliative Care Clinical Guidelines pages Paediatric Supportive & Palliative Care (scot.nhs.uk)

Association of Paediatric Palliative Medicine (main website page not just formulary link) Home | Association for Paediatric Palliative Medicine (APPM)

European Association for Palliative Care Children and Young People's Reference Group, EAPC Palliative Care for Children & Young People - EAPC (eapcnet.eu)

Pain and Symptom assessment scales

Identifying a patient in need of a palliative approach

The SPICT™ – SPICT “SPICT™ is used to help identify people with deteriorating health due to a new serious illness, one or multiple health conditions, or frailty in older age so they benefit from holistic assessment, future care planning (advance/anticipatory care planning) and a palliative approach to care.”

GSF Proactive Identification Guidance to support earlier identification of patients nearing end of life

General pain scales

Outcome_Measures_January_2019.pdf (britishpainsociety.org)

LANSS Scale for Neuropathic Pain Questionnaire Calculator (thecalculator.co)

Pain scales in cognitive impairment

DisDAT https://www.stoswaldsuk.org/how-we-help/we-educate/education/resources/distress-and-discomfort-assessment-tool-disdat/

Doloplus - https://www.doloplus.fr/en/the-doloplus-scale/

Abbey - attachment-3-abbey-pain-scale.doc (live.com)

Palliative Care Formulary “PCF” + Compatibility Checker Access

The Knowledge Network Scotland - The Knowledge Network: Scotland's source of knowledge for health and care – requires an NHS Scotland networked computer or Scottish OpenAthens account

Palliative Care Guidelines Plus (pallcare.info) – open access compatibility checker

Information for patients, carers and members of the public

Dying for Beginners - an animated video describing the process of dying. It could be used to help explain the process to a patient or relative. Created by Dr Kathryn Mannix.

All patient information leaflets not relating to medications: Palliative care | NHS inform

Hiccups Hiccups - NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

Advice on prescribing in pregnancy and lactation is available via the Knowledge Network Scotland - requires NHS Scotland networked computer or Scottish OpenAthens account

Drugs during pregnancy and lactation: treatment options and risk assessment 3rd ed 2015 (eBook)
Reference for staff covering fertility, pregnancy, lactation, child health and human genetic specialties.

Briggs Drugs in pregnancy and lactation 12th ed (eBook)
A reference guide to fetal and neonatal risk