COVID-19 Guidance
Symptom Control for COVID Patients
Communication
Advanced Care Planning in times of COVID
ACP for COVID blank to fill in
Deaths
COVID-19 ESCDC Flyer
Last few months of life
GSF Template for GP meetings
A Quick Guide to identifying patients in last year of life
BMA Mental Capacity Act fact sheet “Assessing Capacity”
DNACPR
CCG Policy
Electronic DNACPR form (patient copy, ideally to be printed on LILAC paper please. Copy for audit and one to patients notes also should be kept)
Top tips for DNACPR decision making
Resuscitation Council Guidelines
Last Day of Life documentation
Individual Plan of Care for those in the last few days and hours of life
Medication authorisation Sheet
Conversion chart for opioids
Symptom control algorithms – guidance around prescribing for common symptoms at the end of life
Symptom Control Guidelines –
palliative care pain and symptom control pdf
Five priorities of Care For The Dying Person (responsibilities when recording care in the last few hours and days of life)
Anticipatory Prescribing Medication **to be added shortly**
Contact Details
St Anns Hospice, Heald Green
Palliative Care Team Contact numbers
Palliative Care Referral Form
St Anns 24 hour helpline for telephone advice
- 0800 970 7970
Documents to record wishes
Stockport Advanced Care Plan
Thinking Ahead (Care plan for those with capacity)
Looking ahead (care plan for those without capacity)
Advance Decision to refuse treatment (ADRT)
Useful Information Leaflets
Leaflet for patients and carers about DNACPR decisions
‘What to expect when someone close to you is dying’
Practical Guidance for Best interest decision making at the End of Life
ADRT
Stockport EPAC information leaflet
Advance Care Plan information leaflet
Examples of Advance Care Plan Documents for patients use (Many others are available online from other organisations)
Stockport EPAC (End of life care Portal for Anticipatory Care)
What is the Stockport EPAC?
The Stockport EPAC is an electronic end of life care (EoLC) co-ordination system. All providers of care will be able to input and/or view information about a patient once they have given their consent. EPAC will be populated, as much as is possible, straight from the Stockport Health Record to minimise input time.
The Stockport Electronic Portal for Anticipatory Care (EPAC) can be accessed via Graphnet through your EMIS system.
Alternatively you can do the training for Stockport EPAC and then obtain a password via www.stockport.nhs.uk/elearning
Stockport EPAC is then available via https://idcr.manchester.nhs.uk
Any further enquiries can be directed to Dr Sarah Griffiths sarah.griffiths10@nhs.net or Christine Symes chris.symes@nhs.net who both work with Stockport Palliative Care team
How will the Stockport EPAC benefit patients/clinicians?
- Enabling patients to record their preferences in EoLC
- Aid the health care provider in making decisions re further care.
- Reduction in unscheduled care with better communication between providers
- Dates of Palliative Care meetings held within GP practices can be recorded.
- More patients cared for in their Preferred Place of Care.
How will the system be accessed?
As a GP, access will be granted, where possible, via single sign on from your GP clinical system.
Who can access the Stockport EPAC?
GPs, OOH, District Nurses, MacMillan Nurses, Hospital staff. Ambulance service etc. The system is fully auditable and will have role based access.