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This policy document focuses on making sure patients who require palliative and end of life care can access the full range of pharmacy expertise, maximising safe and appropriate use of medicines.
Recommendations in this policy are aimed at key stakeholders who have responsibility for making sure people living with life-limiting illness or approaching the end of life receive the best care. The policy also places emphasis on the professional responsibility of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in this area of care.
This policy was originally published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Wales in 2018 and this refresh has been completed in the wider context of work across Great Britain (GB). It considers and builds upon the strategic guidance in each country of the United Kingdom.
There are different guidelines for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, each of which recommend ways that professionals should work to provide the best care for people at the end of their lives. Most importantly, end of life care should be person-centred. This means treating the patient as an individual and considering what matters most to them.