Bill’s preferred care wishes have been successfully facilitated at this time. Ongoing review and assessment of Bill’s needs and care wishes will be required to ensure or make certain that his care can be realistically sustained.
Generalist-level palliative care can be provided by all teams at any stage of the journey.
Emotional and spiritual care stages:
- GP
- family/carer
- allied health professional
- district nurse
- tertiary centre
- voluntary sector
- clinical nurse specialist
- acute teams
- social services
- private agencies
- consultant for each condition
- multiple acute admissions
- specialist palliative care
- spiritual bereavement care
The uncertain certainty
Key messages
Page last reviewed: 29 Jul 2020