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Syringe Driver Survey Database migration to MedicinesComplete - January 2023

Syringe Driver Survey Database has moved to MedicinesComplete and is no longer available on palliativedrugs.com.

It has been renamed to PCF’s Syringe Driver Database and is now accessed through Drug Compatibility Checker.

Drug Compatibility Checker, through MedicinesComplete is a new tool providing essential compatibility knowledge to support the administration of injectable drugs combining published data and clinical practice reports.

Find out more about Drug Compatibility Checker:https://about.medicinescomplete.com/publication/drug-compatibility-checker/

If you have a subscription to Palliative Care Formulary through MedicinesComplete, you will have access to PCF’s Syringe Driver Database through Drug Compatibility Checker, at no charge through 2023. 

To contribute to PCF’s Syringe Driver Database please continue to submit a clinical practice report using palliativedrugs.com here: https://www.palliativedrugs.com/syringe-driver-database.html

To learn more about a subscription to the Palliative Care Formulary through MedicinesComplete, please contact us here: https://info.medicinescomplete.com/sales

If you have any questions regarding access to PCF’s Syringe Driver Database or would like to renew your subscription to Palliative Care Formulary, please contact pharmpress-support@rpharms.com.


First ever Global Atlas identifies unmet need for palliative care

25th February 2014

A new publication mapping the provision of palliative care around the world has been published jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance (WPCA). The Global Atlas identifies that only 1 in 10 people who need palliative care are receiving it, and calls on all countries to include palliative care as an essential component to every modern healthcare system. The importance of palliative care is also being emphasized by the WHO Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases 2013–2020 and the most recent WHO essential medicines list which includes a specific section on medicines for palliative care (see our news item 18 July 2013). The documents can be downloaded from the links below.

Global Atlas

Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDs 2013-2020