We’re committed to ensuring that health and social care professionals have the knowledge, competence, skills and resources they need to ensure the provision of compassionate, high quality end-of-life care. Here you will find some helpful resources and practical guides.
For health care professional our clinical resources/COVID 19 guidance is available to view or download
Algorithm and list of non-parenteral drugs for end of life care COVID-19
Palliative care symptom management for patients with COVID-19
Practical advice for managing COVID-19 at home
A guide to your symptom control pack (COVID-19)
End of Life Care Guidance +
- Priorities for Care of the Dying Person
- One Chance To Get It Right
- Prescribing at the End of Life for Patients with Renal Impairment G1612 04.09.2020
- Rowcroft Hospice Coping With Dying 2018
- Rowcroft Hospice Good Care Guidelines
- Standards For Good End Of Life Care In The Hospital
- Guidance for Completion of TEP forms version 11
- New TEP form (version 11) FAQs
Symptom Control and Prescribing +
- Algorithm and list of non-parenteral drugs for end of life care COVID-19 version 4 14.05.2020
- Palliative care symptom management for patients with COVID-19 v6 07.05.2020
- Prescribing at the End of Life for Patients with Renal Impairment G1612 04.09.2020
- Just In Case Bags (JICB) - SOP. MAY 2020
- Rowcroft Hospice Respiratory Tract Secretions In The Last Days Of Life
- Rowcroft Hospice Nausea and Vomiting In The Last Days Of Life
- Rowcroft Hospice Pain in the last days of life
- Rowcroft Hospice Restlessness And Agitation In The Last Days Of Life
- Rowcroft Hospice Shortness of Breath in the last days of life
- Rowcroft Hospice Diabetic Guidelines
- Rowcroft Hospice Palliative Care - Prescribing For Substance Misusers
- TOP TIPS for prescribing opioids at end of life 2020
- Prescribing in Palliative Care: - A Guide To Equivalent Doses For Opioid Drugs
- Torbay and South Devon Specialist Palliative Care Services - Instructions For Use Of Subcutaneous Syringe Pumps
- Managing The Last Few Hours Or Days Of Life
- Top Tips For Prescribing Opioids At End Of Life
- Rowcroft Hospice Shortness of Breath in the last days of life
Patient and Family Information Leaflets +
- Advance Care Planning - Planning For Your Future Care
- Easy Read Future Care Plan
- Easy Read Future Care Plan Guidance for Support Staff
- Fentanyl transdermal patch patient information leaflet - MHRA 2018
- Rowcroft Hospice Coping With Dying 2018
- Rowcroft Hospice - Medication and driving
- What to expect when someone important to you is dying
- Rowcroft Hospice Patients and Carers Resources Booklet
- Rowcroft Hospice Bereavement Leaflet
- Rowcroft Hospice Bereavement Resources
- Rowcroft Hospice Breathlessness
- Rowcroft Hospice Treatment Escalation Plan
- What if I am unable to visit someone at the hospice?
- Spiritual Care - A guide for patients and their families
