COVID-19 / coronavirus advice and support for people and carers and healthcare professionals in Leeds.
Symptom Management Guidelines App - Now available
NHS England’s Symptom Management Guidelines App for palliative care is now available to download from the following App stores:
Apple: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/palliative-care-symptom-guide/id1168941132
Google: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.HYMS.PalliativeCare
Please see the links below to some useful medicines management documents and policies.
- West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership - Managing Medication
- Guidance on Prescribing and Administering Drugs for Syringe Drivers in the Last Days of Life in the Community
- Opioids for Breathlessness in Advanced Disease
- Prescription and Use of Anticipatory Medication Poster
- Using Morphine and Other Opioid Pain Killers
- A Guide to Symptom Management in Palliative Care - Yorkshire and Humber End of Life Care Group
- Renal Failure - Prescribing at the End of Life
- Leeds Opioid Conversion Guide for Adult Palliative Care Patients
- Impaired Liver Function - Prescribing at the End of Life
- Symptom Management Guidance in the Last Days of Life
- Bleeding plan - professional guidance 23
- Community palliative risk of bleeding plan 23
- Community palliative risk of seizure plan 23
- Seizure plan - professional guidance 23