Recently published Scottish study (Cokljat M et al. 2022) found up to 30% of people who experienced an out-of-hospital arrest had 3 or more SPICT

Many residents of care homes or elder care residential services are frail with declining health. These people benefit from opportunities to plan for future care.

Department of Works & Pensions (DWP) new rules mean more people with advanced conditions can access financial help. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-factual-medical-reports-guidance-for-healthcare-professionals/the-special-rules-how-the-benefit-system-supports-people-nearing-the-end-of-life The new ‘Special Rules for End

van Baal, K., Wiese, B., Müller-Mundt, G. et al. Quality of end-of-life care in general practice – a pre–post comparison of a two-tiered intervention. BMC

REDMAP is a communication framework supporting conversations about advance/anticipatory care planning (ACP) in all care settings. Find the latest resources and handouts on our REDMAP

Heidi Bergenholtz and colleagues have just published their work on translation and validation of SPICT-DK. This is a great addition to the growing number of

Colleagues from Indonesia translated and validated SPICT-ID and have just published their cross-sectional study using SPICT-ID to identify patients with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) for palliative

Petrova et al. from Cambridge, UK highlight the dangers of using prognostic judgments as the principle way to identify people who should receive palliative care

Journal of Palliative Medicine celebrates its 25th Anniversary with a special issue this month. A top cited article comes from our SPICT partners in Belgium.