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End of Life Care and Anticipatory Medication


Delivered in partnership with Nurse training2care this virtual session aims to help learners develop the understanding and knowledge of how to sensitively and appropriately care for individuals in the final stages of life.

Who the course is for?

This course is designed for registered nurses but can be attended by all Health and Social Care staff.

Learning method

The course is a virtual session over 2 hours, at the end of the session you will complete a short assessment to evidence the learning which will take you approximately 1 hour to complete.

You will cover person the Gold Standard Framework for End of Life Care and Health and Safety Legislation. 

What you will learn

By completing this course, you will gain an understanding End of Life Care which will develop and improve your skills in a health and social care setting.

You will cover

  • Introduction - End of Life Care - Gold Standards Framework.
  • Communicating bad news - Key Principles.
  • Person Centred Care Planning - End of Life Strategy.
  • Advance Decisions - What is an Advance Decision and who makes it.
  • Anticipatory Medication.
  • Last Offices - Procedure.

Course benefits

  • Understand person centred care planning and the tools and pathways of End of Life Care.
  • Course delivered via virtual session to give you flexibility of study.

Course dates and times

Currently no training dates are planned. 

How to book

If you require this training, please express an interest and we will notify you if any future dates are planned. 

Please contact us.

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Contact County Durham Care Academy
03000 260 222
Our address is:
  • Durham County Council
  • Green Lane
  • Spennymoor
  • County Durham
  • United Kingdom
  • DL16 6JQ