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Advance Care Planning (Adults) in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin

Severn Hospice’s website is hosting this advance care planning resource for healthcare professionals.

Advance Care Planning (ACP) is part of normal health and care practice and enables individuals, their families and those who care for them, to talk about what matters to them. It is then documented in a plan which anticipates their future preferences and health priorities should they become unwell or no longer have the capacity to tell others what they would like.  

It is up to every individual to decide whether they want an ACP and these conversations can be started and supported by anyone working in our health and care system.  Some individuals will choose not to have an ACP however, if someone changes their mind in the future it can always be reviewed. 

Anyone can have an ACP but these conversations and plans should ideally be in place ahead of any deterioration in health. This sort of planning is really important with more people living longer and more long-term illnesses. 

Universal Principles for Advance Care Planning (ACP) universal-principles-for-advance-care-planning.pdf and Planning ahead for end of life care – NHS 

The Advance Care Planning document, created in collaboration with the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Integrated Care System, is a tool for discussing and communicating wishes around health and wellbeing. It is a document for joint decision-making between the individual, their relatives and/or carers and the health professionals who are involved in their care.

Click here to download the document.

This document has been adapted from the CYPACP endorsed by NICE: www.cypacp.uk

To listen to a recording of our local health professionals, along with a member of the Telford Patients First group, talking about Advance Care Planning on BBC Radio Shropshire please click on the following link which will take you to our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/aaxvb2Rglb4 

Further Resources

Advance Care Planning: 

  • Advance Care Plan Masterclass with Dr Kathryn Mannix, the author of the award-winning international best-seller ‘With the End in Mind’, in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. To watch the recording please follow this link https://youtu.be/AmhuZ_4qN04  
  • Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust: Karen Williams, Manager of The Woodlands Residential Care Home chats about some new services from Shropcom including ACP: https://youtu.be/rKcm0FtDm2I  
  • The RCGP – Joint statement on advance care planning, 1 Apr 2020: Joint statement 
  • Gold Standards Framework Advance Care Planning guidance: GSF guidance 

ReSPECT: 

  • Resus ReSPECT resources including materials, FAQs and learning App: Resus – ReSPECT 

End of Life: 

  • NICE End of Life Care for Adults quality standard: NICE guidance 

Severn Hospice resources:

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR): 

  • DNACPR Frequently Asked Questions: FAQs 

Resources for people with learning disabilities: 

  • Mencap Booklet on grief for people with learning disabilities: Booklet

Bereavement: 

Other: 

  • Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool: SPICT 

Podcasts: 

  • Palliative Care ECHO Update Hospice UK & Association of Palliative Medicine: Palliative Care monthly update – highlights recent clinical and research updates from the UK 
  • The Dying Matters podcast – podcast featuring people who have learnt through personal experience how important it is to talk about wishes before it’s too late, and they have a lot to say 
  • On the Marie Curie Couch – aim to support and inspire conversations about dying, death and grief 
  • SAGE Palliative Medicine and Chronic Care – focused on the latest research and evidence. 

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