30th April 2024
Acute confusion is often reversible
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16th April 2024
A logical approach to assessment and treatment in the community
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28th March 2024
A pragmatic approach to assessment and treatment in the community
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21st March 2024
How do I decide when it is appropriate to start strong opioids? Advice from a senior palliative physician
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1st March 2024
How do you manage insomnia in the final weeks or months of life? Advice from a senior palliative physician
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1st December 2023
Medications should be reviewed in the last months of life and many could be safely stopped
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9th November 2023
Resources for clinicians to tackle tricky opioid dose conversions.
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4th November 2023
Diagnosis and treatment of nerve pain, and when to seek specialist advice
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1st November 2023
A pragmatic approach to assessment and treatment in the community
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28th September 2023
Understanding and managing lymphoedema - a practial overview for clinicians
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21st September 2023
Management tips to control drenching sweats
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30th August 2023
How should I treat noisy breathing at the end of life? Advice from a senior palliative physician
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24th April 2023
Guidance on managing the skin impact of radiotherapy
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21st April 2023
Clinical features and how to treat
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20th April 2023
An initial approach to assessing physical pain in palliative care
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20th March 2023
Guidance on managing breathlessness whatever the cause
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10th March 2023
A pragmatic approach to assessment and treatment in the community
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15th February 2023
Aetiology and management in palliative care patients
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1st February 2023
How should I best assess abdominal pain in a patient with advancing cancer? Advice from a senior palliative physician
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27th January 2023
How should I best manage constipation in a patient with advancing illness? Advice from a senior palliative physician
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19th January 2023
An approach to managing cough
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6th January 2023
Information for clinicians on how to prescribe medication to be delivered via syringe pump using a MAAR chart.
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8th October 2022
How to prescribe symptom control medicines for people in the last days of life
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6th September 2022
Bowel obstruction can be acute or subacute
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1st August 2022
Confusion, restlessness and agitation are common distressing symptoms at the end of life and require careful physical assessment and management
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22nd June 2022
What patterns of referred pain do you commonly see? Advice from a senior palliative physician
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