Category | Yes | Maybe | No |
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Description | ‘Specialist palliative care’ – activities related to specialist training | ‘General medical care’ – activities related to general medical training | Non-essential ‘usual’ activities |
Examples | Symptom control – difficult cases End-of-life care – difficult cases Education and training – symptom control, end-of-life care [Audit and research] | Medical management of patients [Decision making around escalation de-escalation] [Breaking ‘bad news’] | Generally non-clinical activities |
Role of other healthcare professionals / other staff | Many activities can be shared within specialist palliative care teams Some activities can be delegated to other healthcare professionals (with appropriate training/support) | Medical management overseen by medical/support teams (eg ITU team). | Some activities can be delegated to administrative staff and/or volunteers Apply ‘3-D’ approach:
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Population of patients | Pandemic patients:
| Pandemic patients (‘Normal’ palliative care patients) | (‘Normal’ palliative care patients) |