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ReSPECT process - Joe's Journey
ReSPECT stories of people with Learning Disabilties - Jenny and John
The following two videos are a resource for people with Learning Disabilities to enable them to understand what the ReSPECT process is about, how a summary of the conversation is recorded on the ReSPECT plan and how the information is shared and used.
ReSPECT training
ReSPECT is a recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment in which a person’s wishes, choices and decisions are recorded should there be an emergency when there are unable to speak about it themselves. In Lincolnshire ReSPECT was adopted in 2019 and continues to evolve. Feedback from auditing across settings and via other events such as Project Echo has highlighted the need for refreshed training and education to develop awareness and skill, understand roles and develop confidence and competence.
This ‘use off the shelf‘ training and education package identifies 3 different levels of training and education; each area can support as agreed and this could be useful at induction, annual refresher and when developing core skills. Level 3 learners can seek further support and expertise by using a mentor/ buddy register.
All of the resources required and links are built into the training and education package and are a mix of elearn and teams/face to face discussion.
Level 1 – awareness (awareness for all)
Level 2 – how to action and care for a person with ReSPECT in place (targeted towards unregistered practitioners)
Level 3 – authorship and having the conversation (targeted towards registered practitioners)
ReSPECT Information for Patients families and carers in many languages
Easy Read , Punjab ,Slovakian, Russian, Polish and Urdu
ReSPECT Sample form
For Health and Social Care Professionals. Sample of the ReSPECT document and a Quick guide for clinicians
ReSPECT video for Lincolnshire by Dr Adam Brown
Dr Adam Brown explains about ReSPECT. How it is different and an improvement to the current DNACPR procedure. He gives tips to health professionals on its use and highlights some helpful resources. The video is about 14 minutes in length.
ReSPECT and Planning Ahead Video - updated for COVID-19
An excellent 11 minute video from Dr Adam Brown, Consultant in Palliative Medicine at St Barnabas Hospice and ULHT. It discusses how to write a ReSPECT with special reference to Covid-19, answers some frequently asked questions and feedbacks some audit results.
ReSPECT and Symptom Management – Video updated for Covid-19
Another video from Dr Adam Brown, the third. It covers the new symptom management guidance relating to patients dying from COVID-19 infection, and points people towards where they can find these guidelines on the EOLC website. It is about 12 minutes long.
ReSPECT Policy for Lincolnshire
This is the policy for use across all providers in Lincolnshire as agreed by the Clinical Reference Group and endorsed across all relevant organisations.
Last updated November 2022.