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. Click Add.

   

   Palliative Care Summary tab - Palliative Care Plan - Add

3. Palliative Care Plan – Add displays.

   

   Palliative Care Plan - Add

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 the 8CS..Agreement of care plan Read term
   • Date of Agreement – Enter the appropriate date
   • Last ECS Upload Date – This 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. Click OK to save and close.
6. The Palliative Care Plan details are displayed, in a truncated form, at the top of the Palliative Care Summary tab.