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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.


Liverpool Care pathway replaced by five Priorities for Care

9th September 2014

The Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying People (LACDP) has published a new approach to caring for people in the last few days and hours of life. This approach, based on five new priorities for care, is outlined in the new document ‘One Chance to Get it Right’ and follows the recommendation made by the independent Neuberger review of the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) that the LCP be phased out by 14 July 2014.

The Five new Priorities for Care are:

  • the possibility that a person may die within the coming days and hours is recognised and communicated clearly, decisions about care are made in accordance with the person’s needs and wishes, and these are reviewed and revised regularly
  • sensitive communication takes place between staff and the person who is dying and those important to them
  • the dying person, and those identified as important to them, are involved in decisions about treatment and care
  • the people important to the dying person are listened to and their needs are respected
  • care is tailored to the individual and delivered with compassion, with an individual care plan in place.

The full document can be downloaded from the Department of Health website, here.

Full details are available on the LACDP section of NHS England website, here.