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

https://nww.sth.nhs.uk/STHcontDocs/STH_CGP/CommunityServices/GeneralPrinciplesPalliativeCareSharedCareGuidelines.pdf