Objectives Higher specialty trainees are expected to achieve clinical and non-clinical skills during training in preparation for a consultant role. However, evidence from many specialties from ...

Objectives To investigate why residents of residential aged care homes (RACH) are transferred to hospital for end-of-life care (EoLC). Methods We audited electronic health records at one tertiary ...

Heart rate variability (HRV) is the variation in the time interval between consecutive heartbeats, is variable for each individual and higher or lower HRV is not always better. Despite the importance ...

Background The National Health Service Long Term Plan (2019) recommends that healthcare services work in partnership with the voluntary sector, and aims to double the number of healthcare volunteers ...

Objectives Volunteers have an important place in palliative care (PC), positively influencing quality of care for seriously ill people and those close to them and providing a link to the community.

Correspondence to Dr Kath Webber, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford GU1 2HP, UK; kwebber1{at}nhs.net Background The estimated prevalence of ...

Background Communication about the end of life is especially important in the family context, as patients and their families are considered as the care unit in palliative care. Open end-of-life ...

Chronic breathlessness is a disabling and distressing condition for which there is a growing evidence base for a range of interventions. Non-pharmacological interventions are the mainstay of ...