A lack of training for doctors and nurses as a cause of inadequate end-of-life care.
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To ensure staff are providing palliative care for patients in hospital, ward doctors and nurses need more training.
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PATCH funds Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care for nurse working in acute setting
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PATCH is delighted to support Carol Ann Smith, a staff nurse working in the hepatobiliary surgical ward in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Congratulations Carol Ann.
Read moreWine tasting evening fundraising success – Dundee Discovery Rotary Club
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Dundee Discovery Rotary Club presented a cheque of £1200 to PATCH following a highly enjoyable wine tasting evening, hosted by themselves and a local wine expert Mr Jo Williamson.
Read moreHow many more reports do we need?
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A new report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman highlights the deficiencies in care for hospital patients at the end of their lives.
Read moreMPs’ report calls for improved end-of-life care
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A new report by the Commons Health Committee calls for free social care at the end of life, better bereavement support for families and further research into measuring the quality of end of life care.
Read morePATCH funds its first research project
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PATCH is part-funding a research project examining what painkillers patients with advanced cancer had been prescribed before being admitted as an emergency or seen "out of hours".
Read morePATCH funds its first MSc in palliative care for nurse working in the acute setting
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PATCH is delighted to support its first student in their palliative care education based at St Columba's Hospice in Edinburgh.
Read moreProposed research into advanced upper gastrointestinal cancer symptoms in the acute hospital setting
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Maggie's and PATCH are discussing research into physical and psychological symptoms in patients with advanced upper gastrointestinal cancer in the acute hospital setting.
Read moreSpecialist palliative care treatment could help reduce waiting times in A&E
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As A&E departments struggle to meet government targets, innovative palliative care approaches, where appropriate, not only provide better patient care but also less log-jam in A&E.
Read moreThe Reith Lecture Series on Radio 4 by Atul Gawande
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In his lecture series entitled 'The Future of Medicine', Dr Atul Gawande examines the nature of progress and failure in medicine.
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