Specialist Palliative Medicines Management in the Community – A Framework for Shared Care
Author: Sarah Alton, Head of Medicines Management , STH
Date published: November 2024
Date to review: October 2026
This document has been produced to support teams in caring for patients in the community with specialist palliative care needs. The document outlines a generic approach to the management of medications or their applications that are unfamiliar to non-specialists, underpinned by ‘The Adult Sheffield Palliative Care Formulary’, the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundations Trust (STHFT) End of Life Guidelines and individualised patient plans.
Specialist Palliative Medicines Management in the Community - A Framework for Shared Care