Contacts
Contact:
Miss Deborah Murphy
Directorate Manager / Liverpool Care Pathway Lead Nurse / Associate Director of MCPCIL
Organisation:
Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS TrustDirectorate of Specialist Palliative Care
1st Floor, Linda McCartney Centre Royal Liverpool University Hospital Prescot Street Liverpool Merseyside L7 8XP United Kingdom
Tel:
0151 706 2274
Email:
Case study:
11 May 2010
Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient
Key points
- Involves promoting good communication with the residents and family, anticipatory planning, symptom control and care after death.
The Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP) was developed to take the best of hospice care into care for people in hospital and other settings, including care homes.
It is used to care for residents in the last days or hours of life once it is known they are dying.
The LCP involves promoting good communication with the residents and family, anticipatory planning, including psychosocial and spiritual needs, symptom control (pain, agitation and respiratory tract secretions) and care after death.
The LCP has accompanying symptom control guidelines and information leaflets for relatives.
For more information, visit the LCP website
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