The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Wales is developing a Palliative Care and End of Life policy. The aim of the policy is to highlight current good practice around the work of pharmacists and their teams in supporting people with palliative and end of life care needs as well as making key recommendations for improving patient care in this area.

Our policy documents are used to lobby Government and other key decision makers to ensure the essential contribution of pharmacists are acknowledged and utilised in future care plans.

We would like to ask you to complete this short survey to help inform our policy.

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* 1. Which area do you currently work in? (Please select all that apply to your practice)

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* 2. Which sector of Pharmacy do you practice in? (please tick all that apply)

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* 3. Have you taken any advanced training in palliative or end of life care?

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* 4. According to a recent Welsh Government report the number of people across Wales registered on a primary care palliative register has increased by 69% in recent years. 

Are you aware that a register exists? 

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* 5. Are you made aware if a patient that you care for is on a palliative register?

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* 6. How do you currently support a patient with palliative care needs?

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* 7. How confident are you in having discussions about palliative care with a patient?

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* 8. Are you routinely made aware when a patient transitions from palliative care to an end of life phase of care?

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* 9. How confident are you in understanding the difference between palliative care and end of life care needs?

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* 10. In 2016-17, 37% of patients had an advanced care plan prior to death.

Have you had sight of advanced care plans for your patients? 

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* 11. As an estimate, for what percentage of patients with end of life care needs do you see an advanced care plan?

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* 12. How confident are you in making recommendations for medication use in End of Life care?

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* 13. How confident are you in having discussions about end of life care with a patient?

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* 14. Are you aware of Local Services that can support patients or carers during the end of life phase?

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* 15. Are you aware of any innovative services where pharmacists are supporting patients with palliative or end of life care?

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* 16. Please provide a short summary of the service(s)

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* 17. Where would you access support for your practice if you have a query on palliative or end of life treatment?

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* 18. What, if any, do you think are the current barriers to pharmacists involvement in palliative and end of life care?

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* 19. What tools or education and training would be useful for you to better support your patients during palliative or end of life care?

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* 20. Please provide any other comments that you think will help to inform our policy below.

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