Palliative and End of Life Care

The prescribing guidance, formularies, pathways and information on this website have transferred from the predecessor organisations that now form NHS Central East ICB.

Guidance may not be available for all clinical topics or geographic areas. Where guidance is available, it is clearly identified as applying to Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK), Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (C&P), Hertfordshire or Central East (CE).

Guidance labelled Central East (CE) has been harmonised and approved for use across NHS Central East ICB. Where CE guidance is not available, local arrangements for BLMK, C&P or Hertfordshire remain in place.

For Hertfordshire prescribing guidance, please visit: www.hweclinicalguidance.nhs.uk

Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes

Anticipatory Prescribing in Adults – Prescribing Guidance (For patients in Luton and under the care of Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust) (pdf)

Palliative Injectable Medicines Guidance – Prescribing Guidance (Applicable to Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and East London NHS Foundation Trust) (pdf)

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Anticipatory Medicines – Patient & Family Information Leaflet (pdf)

Anticipatory – Prescribing Guidance (pdf)

End of Life Care Medicine Administration Record Chart – FAQ (pdf)

Nutrition at the End of Life – Guidance (pdf)

Syringe Pumps – Patient & Family Information Leaflet (pdf)

Syringe Pump – Prescribing Guidance (pdf)

End of Life Care Medicine Administration Record Chart (docx)

Lorazepam – Patient Information Leaflet (pdf)