Dr Peter Saunders has discussed the positive use of the Liverpool Care Pathway as a means of allowing thousands of people ... anxiety and nausea He identified transparency in the application of pathway care close involvement of families and fully-trained multi-disciplinary treatment...

Press Releases Care Not Killing Alliance welcomes investigation into Liverpool Care Pathway CNK welcomes LCP investigation The Care Not Killing Alliance ... representing over 40 organizations has welcomed the investigation into the Liverpool Care Pathway announced by Health Minister Norman Lamb The...

Articles Consensus Statement on Liverpool Care Pathway Consensus statement signed A consensus statement has been signed on the Liverpool Care Pathway ... healthcare organisations last month published a statement about the Liverpool Care Pathway to counter adverse publicity in the mainstream press...

News Ministers and MPs back Liverpool Care Pathway investigation Ministers back LCP investiation The Liverpool Care Pathway LCP a framework used ... Liverpool Care Pathway LCP a framework used to manage the care of patients for whom death is imminent has now...

believes the implementation of the LCP to be inappropriate The Liverpool Care Pathway was developed at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital ... meantime there are moves to counter its inappropriate use The Care Quality Commission CQC has this week agreed a statement...

NHS really killing 130 000 patients a year with the Liverpool Care Pathway Examining the LCP Looking at the Liverpool Care ... 000 elderly patients every year through use of a death pathway The story has been picked up relatively uncritically by...

Articles Liverpool Care Pathway next steps LCP next steps We look at what Care Minister Norman Lamb s far-reaching review could ... mean and where it should lead On Monday 26 November Care Minister Norman Lamb MP convened roundtable talks with parliamentarians...

News Liverpool Care Pathway Liverpool Care Pathway Terminally ill patients are receiving good care says National Audit TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS ARE ... care says National Audit TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS ARE RECEIVING GOOD CARE SAYS NATIONAL AUDIT An audit of Care of the...

Articles Palliative Medicine specialists to investigate Liverpool Care Pathway APM to carry out new research The Association of Palliative Medicine will ... of Palliative Medicine will carry out research into the Liverpool Care Pathway The Association for Palliative Medicine representing over 1...

Medical Opinion BMA affirms Liverpool Care Pathway BMA affirms LCP Yorkshire GP Dr Mark Pickering on the BMA s vote of ... confidence in the LCP Negative media coverage of the Liverpool Care Pathway LCP in recent months has been incredibly unhelpful...

Personal stories It prompts us to shift our focus of care to symptom control comfort and dignity Terminally ill doctor reviews ... Granger speaks eloquently and frankly about the application of the Liverpool Care Pathway drawing on both professional and personal experience...

Links Palliative Care Palliative Care Radio 4 s popular programme Case Notes has set the record straight about the use of ... postcode lottery and gold standards of care such as the Liverpool Care Pathway and the MacMillan Gold Standards Framework The...

Macdonald Bills the Nicklinson Lamb and Martin court cases the Liverpool Care Pathway media bias and the Royal College of General...

2009 10 eNewsletter Care Not Killing E-newsletter October 2009 Director of Public Prosecutions DPP Publishes Draft Guidelines On July 30th 2009 ... DPP s guidelines help to clarify where things currently stand Liverpool Care Pathway LCP There has been some recent controversy...

Articles New guidance for last days care New guidance for last days care The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence ... are a response to concerns regarding the use of the Liverpool Care Pathway and are issued as an evidence based...