Below you'll find links to a selection of locally developed guidelines, links to national guidelines and other resources relating to palliative care. We hope these will be a useful addition to any local policies and guidelines in place in your area.
Remember - 24-hour specialist palliative care advice is available by calling our 24 hour clinical advice line on 0117 915 9430.
All these guidelines have had input from a number of local specialists in Palliative Medicine working in different settings, e.g. Bristol Palliative Care Consultants (BPCC). Some have had wider consultation and approval for use in a specific geographical area e.g. Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG). The source and (where applicable) geographical area is identified for each one.
Guidelines on the management of pain due to cancer in adults (BPCC). Includes advice on starting and changing opioids plus easy opioid conversion tables. (Updated 2017)
Subcutaneous Fentanyl and Alfentanil in Palliative Care: Information for Primary Care (St Peter's Hospice)
Palliative Care Guidelines for the use of steroids in patients with cancer (St Peter's Hospice)
Framework for professionals supporting patients deteriorating with Parkinson's Disease (PD) (St Peter's Hospice and North Bristol NHS Trust)
ADRT forms provided with permission from 'Deciding Right and The Northern England Clinical Networks'
Here we've collated a number of other links and resources that could be useful.
