A multi-disciplinary team of clinical academics and researchers with primary care, hospital, hospice, and social science background; based at the University of Edinburgh with strong international links.
The latest news
WONCA news story to launch Toolkit
Short video to launch the newly updated EAPC WONCA Toolkit
Team members receive Marie Curie award for policy improvements
Recent editorial makes BMJ's Editor's choice "Changing attitudes, improving lives"
Palliative care is now on the International Primary Health Care agenda
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The SPICT is used to help identify people at risk of deteriorating health due to one or multiple advanced conditions for holistic, palliative care needs assessment and care planning. Developed by Dr Kirsty Boyd with translations on every continent and an expanding international community.
The Toolkit supports the development of palliative care in primary care. Download the Toolkit and watch the short introductory video.
New Autumn 2019 Update from our Care Home Innovation Partnership and resources available for our visionary teaching/research-based care home project led by Dr Jo Hockley.
Primary palliative care has great potential to help deliver universal health care. We aim to address the key challenges of providing care for people with any progressive illnesses, at all times, for all dimensions of need, in all settings and in all nations.
There are a number of resources to assist with the development of palliative care research, teaching and delivery in the community. The video on trajectories presents a rationale for early palliative care based on the contrasting multidimensional trajectories of well-being that people have in their last years of life.