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.