WMCARES-research – West Midlands Palliative Care

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Challenging Conversations in Palliative Care: improving doctors’ communication via education and simulation

When patients approach the end of life, doctors are often expected to manage challenging conversations with…

Palliative Medicine SIMulation for Surgical trainees

Despite palliative medicine being a key component of the surgical trainees curriculum, there is no formal…

An evaluation of palliative care staffs’ training and awareness of human factors, using an online survey tool

Human Factors (HF) is a discipline that is recognised to be beneficial to maintaining patient safety and…

The impact on professional healthcare interpreters of interpreting palliative care conversations for adult patients: a rapid review

The UK hosts an increasingly ethnically and linguistically diverse population, as identified on the most…

Withdrawal of Non Invasive Ventilation in patients with respiratory failure in the hospital setting

(Work undertaken prior to COVID-19 pandemic)

An evaluation of the use of subcutaneous furosemide in end stage heart failure in the West Midlands, using an online survey tool

Poster authors: Abi Reynolds, Nik Sanyal, Alice Gray

Exploring confidence of palliative care professionals in the identification and assessment of mental health problems and risk

Patients with life-limiting illness seen by professionals in palliative care commonly experience mental…

Percutaneous liver biopsy in end of life metastatic cancer

The aim of this study is to firstly establish mortality data following liver biopsy in the diagnosis of…

Digital Legacy

Do we prepare patients for their digital legacy?

Anticipatory Medication Cards

Do they improve confidence and competence?

Keppra

Levetiracetam (Keppra) Study

DNA CPR

Tracey judgement and hospice DNACPR orders: steady as she goes or seismic change?

Bus Stops

Public transport and hospices – do they link?