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Bolton Palliative and End of Life Care
Liverpool Care Pathway
Background to LCP
- The Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) for the
dying patient has been developed to transfer the
hospice model of care into other care settings.
It is a multi-professional document which
provides an evidence-based framework for
end-of-life care.
- The LCP provides guidance on the different
aspects of care required, including comfort
measures, anticipatory prescribing of medicines
and discontinuation of inappropriate
interventions. Additionally, psychological and
spiritual care and family support is included.
- The LCP replaces all other documentation in
this phase of care and is applicable in
hospital, hospice, nursing home and community
settings. The LCP is a key recommendation in the
NICE guidelines for supportive and palliative
care. It is an NHS Beacon project.
- LCP was developed for use in hospitals but
can be used in primary care and in care homes.
Once implemented the LCP empowers generalists to
care for the dying and can be transferred to
non-cancer patients. For further information
about the Liverpool care pathway please visit:
www.mcpcil.org.uk
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