… from RCTs that community specialist palliative care improves patients' symptom score/quality
of life and reduces secondary service utilization when compared with usual care. This is …

… palliative care, quality of life, satisfaction, specialist palliative care, Macmillan nurse, patient
diary, terminal care, … should: ● Be referred to the community specialist palliative care team …

… The first community specialist palliative care team was established from St Christopher’s …
Today specialist palliative care teams in the community may be solely community based, or may …

… and specialist palliative care;… specialist palliative care to be able to live and die in the place
of their choice;3 and finally, the NICE guidance on Improving Supportive and Palliative Care …

… Community SPC teams Community specialist palliative care refers to teams of palliative
care clinical nurse specialists with palliative medicine …

… The community-based specialist palliative care in this study was provided by Silver Chain
WA which supplied over 90% of referred community-based specialist palliative care in WA, …

… This has resulted in increased referrals to specialist palliative care services however the …
by the primary care team. This has highlighted the necessity for access to both palliative care …

… the specialist palliative care community nurse (SPCCN). Developments in cancer treatment
and palliative care … When GPs and the community specialist nurse work together, the medical …

… A purposive sample of community health professionals who care for patients with life-…
actual or potential referrers to the community specialist palliative care nursing service was used. …

… For example, this study demonstrated that the specialist palliative care team was associated
with a reduced total number of inpatient hospital days and palliative care unit days across …