Introduction The Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care: a national framework for local action (2015) and relaunched in 2021 for an additional five years. Developed through partnership, the ...

Background Over 940,000 people in the UK are thought to be living with dementia (Dementia UK. Trustees’ annual report and consolidated financial statements. 2022), yet people with dementia have not ...

Nursing handovers are widely established within the field of palliative care nursing, playing a pivotal role in the continuity of patient care (Smith, Gale, Glynn, et al., 2012. BMJ Support Palliat ...

Background Methadone can be used to treat complex or neuropathic pain. Due to its unique pharmacological properties, switching from another opioid is complex. Ratios and equianalgesic doses are a ...

Background/objectives Handgrip strength is a critical indicator of overall health, particularly in older adults, and is associated with frailty, sarcopenia and risk of adverse health outcomes. Precise ...

Correspondence to Mark Taubert, Honorary Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Velindre University NHS Trust and Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, Caerdydd CF14 2TL, UK; ...

Correspondence to Dr Kirsty Boyd, Palliative Care Service, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK; kirsty.boyd{at}ed.ac.uk Objective To refine and evaluate a ...

1 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK 2 School of Nursing, Institute of Nursing and Health Research, University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland ...