British Thoracic Society (BTS) guidelines for home oxygen use in adults. 

CD1 Direction to Administer Drugs for Symptom Management sample form

For Health Care Professionals this is a sample of the form used as Direction to Administer medications for Symptom management

 

Guidance on the Management of Symptomatic Patients Dying from COVID-19 – Lincolnshire

Produced by the palliative care consultants at St Barnabas Hospice. Advice on the common symptoms in those dying at home of Covid-19 and the treatments that may alleviate suffering. Includes and updated anticipatory medication chart (just in case or CD1)
 

Lincolnshire Guidelines: Symptom Management in Adult Palliative and End of Life Care

A guide to symptom management that complements the anticipatory prescribing resources
 

CD1 Direction to Administer Drugs for Symptom Management sample form

For Health Care Professionals this is a sample of the form used as Direction to Administer medications for Symptom management

Use of Alfentanil in Renal Failure in Palliative Care in Lincolnshire.

This information sheet is intended as a resource for staff in Lincolnshire looking after palliative care patients who have been prescribed alfentanil for pain relief. It is not a clinical guideline.

CD1 form/Gold Sheet 2018 – guide to changes

A two-page guide highlighting the changes to the new CD1 (2018) form. Useful if you are using this for the first time or teaching others.
 

FAQs (frequently asked questions) on changes to anticipatory prescribing and CD1 (2018)

Does what is says on the tin

Anticipatory Prescribing - NICE Evidence

A link to the evidence for the benefits of anticipatory prescribing

The Lincolnshire Policy for Informal Carer’s Administration of As Required Subcutaneous Injections in Community Palliative Care - (carers)

A local policy to allow informal carers to give injections to palliative care patients in the community date issued April 2020

Palliative Care Adult Network Guidelines 

This website is designed for healthcare professionals. The information on the website is not meant to replace the advice of a health professional.

The site aims to offer up-to-date, evidence based information and guidance on professional aspects of palliative care. The information contained is designed to complement, not replace, the relationship between a patient and his/her own physician.

Whilst much of the material will be universal, the website is based in the Wales, UK (United Kingdom) and may not reflect legal or other restrictions on practice in other countries.