Professional Resources

This area of the site contains links to information designed for professional use. If you are not a health care worker you may find some of this material difficult to understand. If this is so then speak to your nurse or doctor about the information or use one of the links above to help you find someone in your area who can advise you further.

Beatson Child and Adolesecent Support Service

Clinical Information and Guidelines

CNS West Co

Educational Resources

Facts about Fentanyl

Information for GPs/District Nurses/Community Pharmacists on the Community Pharmacy Palliative Care Network

Macmillan Facilitators

Paediatric Pain Management Service

The Scottish Ambulance Air Wing

Spiritual Care Policy

West of Scotland Managed Clinical Network for Palliative Care

Documents

Briefing: Joint Meeting between the West Regional Group of the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care and the Steering Group of the West of Scotland MCN for Palliative Care Word 187 KB

The Gold Standards Framework Scotland PDF 37 KB

Literature Review on Bereavement and Bereavement Care (PDF 1.71MB) Executive Summary (PDF 988KB)

Palliative Care Health Needs Assessment: Part 1 PDF 300 KB - Part 2 PDF 478 KB - Part 3 PDF 83 KB

Palliative Care Strategy PDF 168 KB - Executive Summary PDF 55 KB

External Links

• Benefits Information
• Breaking Bad News
• Breast Cancer Care
• British Lymphology Society
• British National Formulary
• Cancerbacup
• Cancer Care
• Cancer Care Research Centre (CCRC) at the University of Stirling
• CAPCIS (Cancer and Palliative Care Information Service)
• Colon Cancer Concern
• Edmonton Palliative Care Program
• Growth House, Inc
• CareSearch: anthology of unpublished literature on palliative care
• Hospice Information
• Hospital Chaplain Gateway
• International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care
• Lanarkshire Cancer Information and Support
• Macmillan Cancer Relief
• Macmillan Resources Catalogue
• Maggie's Centre
• Mailbase
• NHS Scotland e-library
• Oncolink
• Palliativedrugs.com
• Palliative Care Argyll and Clyde
• Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care
• Prostate Cancer
• Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
• SCAN - Cancer Information for South-East Scotland
• Scotish Motor Neurone Disease Association
• Starbright World
• Tak Tent
• Thanatology
• The Longest Goodbye
• Volunteer your PC
• WoSCAP

Archived Section

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