Recording an Initial Palliative Care Plan

To record an initial palliative care plan:

1. From Consultation Manager, select List - ECS Summary Management - Palliative Care Summary.
2. Select Add:

   

3. The Palliative Care Plan – Add screen displays:

   

4. Complete as required:
   • Date of Establishing Plan – Defaults to today’s date, change if appropriate.
   • Clinician - Defaults to the clinician logged in, if a member of staff is logged in the default is either the Usual or Registered GP.
   • Read Term – Defaults to 8CS..Agreement of care plan.
   • Date of Agreement – Enter the appropriate date.
   • Last ECS Upload Date – Completes automatically.
   • GP to Sign Death Cert – Tick if appropriate.
   • Death Cert Notes – Enter notes if appropriate.
   • Palliative Care Review Date – Enter the date for a review.
   • Review Date Notes – Enter review notes if required.
   • Notes – Enter notes if required.
5. Select OK to save and close.
6. The Palliative Care Plan details display, in a truncated form, at the top of the Palliative Care Summary tab.