Palliative Care & Syringe Drivers

Information in this section has been approved by the East Lancashire Medicines Management Board which covers Medicine

Management issues across the East Lancashire Health Economy, consisting of;

> Blackburn with Darwen NHS

> East Lancashire NHS

> East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Please note that there are two Syringe Driver Policies on this website - one is the East Lancashire version and the other for use in Blackburn with Darwen.

Click here for: Community Pharmacies holding Palliative Care/End of Life Medicines

Pennine Lancashire Opioid Conversion Table_v1.pdf [pdf / 107KB]

Palliative Care

PL COMMUNITY PHARMACIES PROVIDING PROVISION OF PALLIATIVE CARE DRUGS Tier 1 2022-2023.pdf v1.3 pdf File 166Kb

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23/01/23
End of Life Medicines held in Community Pharmacy & in case of clinical emergency by ELMS OOHs22/23v1 pdf File 175Kb

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23/11/22
Pennine Lancashire Opioid Conversion Table_v1.pdf pdf File 106Kb

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A LOCAL GUIDE TO EQUIVALENT DOSES OF OPIOID DRUGS. The table below has been adapted from the Lancashire and South Cumbria Clinical Practice Summary Nov 2021 for local use within Pennine Lancashire, to include dose ranges and to round doses to ease administration. 10/08/22
Community Anticipatory Medication Authorisation Sheet Guidance - v4.pdf pdf File 67Kb

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SUMMARY GUIDELINES FOR ANTICIPATORY MEDICATION (JUST IN CASE DRUGS) FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SYMPTOMS IN THE LAST DAYS OF LIFE THESE ARE GUIDELINES ONLY – EACH PATIENT’S NEEDS MUST BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY 03/08/22
Palliative Care_Guidance on consensus approaches to Managing Symptoms Clinical Practice Summary (v2) pdf File 2Mb

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Consider using the local version of the opioid conversion table for Pennine Lancashire in the link above on this page [https://www.elmmb.nhs.uk/policies-and-guidelines/palliative-care/] 03/08/22
Administration of topical morphine gel SOP 118 ELHT pdf File 244Kb

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27/10/21
Subcutaneous Syringe Pump Policy and Procedure l LSCFT 03.21_v1[for use in BwD CCG].pdf pdf File 5Mb

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28/06/21
Ambulatory Syringe Pump Policy - East Lancashire v 5 .3 May 2021 FINAL pdf File 2Mb

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07/01/21