Evidence for Children’s Palliative Care in Ireland
This report aims to provide a better understanding of the needs of children with life-limiting conditions and improve the planning and delivery of children’s palliative care services across Ireland.
Toolkit for Compassionate End-of-Life Care – Irish Hospice Foundation
Irish Hospice Foundation created the Toolkit for Compassionate End-of-Life Care to provide healthcare workers with information, guidance, language and resources that will support them in caring for those who are dying and their family and friends.
Conversations about Advance Care Planning. Episode 164 – From Forms to Conversations: Embedding Digital Respect Across Systems with Sharan Harris- Christensen
Provides a guide for clinicians to ensure people’s wishes and values are respected in an emergency situation.
Huntington’s Disease Association – New professional guidelines to support care for people affected by Huntington’s
Professional guidelines designed to support those working with people affected by Huntington’s disease, including end of life management
HSE Palliative Care A to Z
Provides public facing information for patients, families and carers in particular, but also for healthcare staff. It explains what palliative care is, who it is for, how it works in practice, and how it fits alongside other healthcare services in Ireland in a plain English format
A Good Death – Office of the Ombudsman
The Ombudsman report, “A Good Death” highlights complaints received by the Ombudsman relating to end of life care, in a series of reflections on common themes. The report focuses on opportunities for learning and improvement particularly with regard to difficulties associated with communication regarding end of life care. The Ombudsman’s Casebook is a quarterly report summarising complaints received. A Good Death: Progress Report 2018 was published September 2018 on developments in End of Life Care in Irish Hospitals since the publication of the Ombudsman’s report in 2014.
HSE Integrated discharge guidance for children and young people with Life-limiting conditions transitioning to a community care setting for end-of-life care
HSE Integrated discharge guidance for children and young people with Life-limiting conditions transitioning to a community care setting for end-of-life care
HSE Clinical governance and operational arrangements for supporting a model of care for children with life limiting conditions towards the end of life in the community in Ireland
This document concludes the work of an Expert Advisory Group established by the Chief Clinical Officer of the HSE to set out an operational and governance framework for palliative care for children with life limiting conditions in the community. It sets out the current approach to care, limitations within the service and the proposed model for both operational and clinical governance.
Reports for New Adult Palliative Care Policy
The Department of Health conducted a public consultation and commissioned two preparatory reports in preparation for the National Adult Palliative Care Policy 2024
HSE National Healthcare Communication Programme
Designed to support healthcare staff to learn, develop and maintain their communication skills with patients, their families and with colleagues. The Programme is underpinned by the Core Values of Care, Compassion, Trust and Learning and builds on these values with a focus.