The drive to keep the elderly out of hospital, (with the risk that they might be provided with curative treatments), continues unabated. We are told that people living in the Glasgow and Clyde area can now benefit from an innovative new service, co-ordinated from their local pharmacy – the first of its kind in the UK. It means patients and their carers will have improved access to the medications for end-of-life care - (those which assist the `dying process`, or should we call it a journey? - even for those with `life limiting` conditions who are not actually dying.)
It will ... support patients, should they choose to die peacefully at home rather than spending their final days in hospital.
Yes I`m sure it will. It will also support carers who make decisions on behalf of their patients. This is the care plan for which ten new Macmillan pharmacy facilitators will be working with existing community pharmacies.
http://www.nhsggc.org.uk/content/default.asp?page=s1192_3&newsid=17420&back=home
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