Services Database Palliative Care
Service ID
44612
Description
Tier 1 Service
The aim of the service is to support anticipatory prescribing and allow rapid access to medicines commonly prescribed in palliative care, to enable a greater percentage of patients to have a home death, rather than to be moved to an institution such as hospital. By establishing a network of pharmacies that will routinely hold stock of the four main End of Life medicines, carers and other health care professionals should not experience delays in obtaining these medicines for the patients that they are caring for.
Tier 2 Service
The choice to prescribe and administer tier 2 medicines to palliative care patients requires specialist support from the DMH/ UHNS/ SSOTP/ specialist GP and it is anticipated the tier 2 service will help support the teams to reliable and timely access to these medicines in the primary care setting.
Location of service
North Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent LPC
Commissioner
NHS England
Method of commissioning
Source of funding
NHS England
Service type
On demand availability of specialist drugs (palliative care)
Other organisations involved
Dates
Start date:
End date:
Status
Ongoing
Training
Tier 1 Service and Tier 2 Service
No formal accreditation is required although pharmacists are responsible for their continuing professional development and therefore the CPPE pack (Palliative Care 2nd Edition Ref 42007) is recommended.
