Please find below a collection of resources relating to providing palliative care to those with COVID-19.
This collection will be updated regularly, so please do check back soon for more.
Community palliative, end-of-life, and bereavement care guide
NICE guideline on managing symptoms, inc. end of life
e-Learning on changes to death certification during COVID-19
PULSE article on end-of-life care during COVID-19
Red Whale summary of death certification changes
RCGP COVID-19 Resource Hub
Guidance on DNACPR and verification of death
Community palliative, end-of-life, and bereavement care guide
Provided by: Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) & Association for Palliative Medicine
Cost: Free
Type:Â Text
RCGP has a written guide for general practice teams on how to provide end-of-life care to a dying patient whom has COVID-19.
To access, click here.
NICE guideline on managing symptoms, inc. end of life
Provided by: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
Cost: Free
Type:Â Text
NICE has produced this written guideline on how to manage symptoms, including end of life, in the community.
To access, click here.
e-Learning on changes to death certification during COVID-19
Provided by: Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)
Cost: Free
Type:Â e-Learning
This ten-minute module covers changes to death certification during the COVID-19 outbreak, since the process has changed in order to make it more manageable.
To access, click here.
PULSE article on end-of-life care during COVID-19
Provided by: PULSE
Cost: Free for GMC-registered GPs
Type:Â Text
This article includes advice from Professor Mayur Lakhani, a former Royal College of General Practitioners president and former chair of the National Council for Palliative Care, on providing end-of-life care during the COVID-19 outbreak.
To access, click here.
Red Whale summary of death certification changes
Provided by: Red Whale
Cost: Free
Type:Â Text
This is a concise summary of the changes made to the law on death certifications, as enshrined in the Coronavirus Act 2020.
To access, click here.
RCGP COVID-19 Resource Hub
Provided by: Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)
Cost: Free
Type:Â Varied
RCGP has a mix of audiovisual resources related to palliative available.
To access, click here.
Guidance on DNACPR and verification of death
Provided by: Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
Cost: Free
Type:Â Text
This resource provides written guidance on DNACPR and the verification of death, in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak.
To access, click here.