Objectives Some failures in end-of-life care have been attributed to inconsistent provision of
palliative care across England. We aimed to explore the variation in commissioning of …

Objectives: To explore general practitioners'(GPs) current involvement in and attitudes
towards the provision of palliative care in primary care. Methods: Postal survey of 356 …

Background Within the UK, general practitioners (GPs) are required to maintain a register of
palliative patients under their care. The term 'palliative'when applied to patients …

Palliative care provision varies by diagnosis, geography, and setting. The Minimum Data-set
provides high-level data on provision, but comprehensive comparative information about …

Our practice was involved in the early pilots of the electronic palliative care coordination
system (EPaCCS); this followed the publication of the end of life care strategy by the …

Objectives To identify those factors which adversely affected recruitment to a large
multicentre palliative care study. Methods Patient accrual to a multicentre, observational …

Background: Hospital-based palliative care consultative teams assist with decision-making,
symptom management, patient and family support, and discharge planning for those with …

Background Since 2012, all GP practices across Scotland have been supported to take a
systematic approach to end-of-life care, by helping them to identify more patients for …

Background The role of the General Practitioner (GP) is central to community palliative care.
Good liaison between the different professionals involved in a patient's care is extremely …

Objective Use of palliative care in hospitals for people at end of life varies. We examined
rate and time of in-hospital palliative care use and associated interhospital variations …