National Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP) Office New Zealand

LATEST NEWS:

Annual LCP Facilitators Meeting:

29th and 30th March 2012,
West Plaza Wellington
More details will be available as the programme takes shape.

2012 LCP TRAINING DAYS:
1. 4 May 2012 - Auckland, Crowne Plaza
2. 25 May 2012 - Christchurch, Commodore Airport Hotel
3. 1 June 2012 - Wellington, West Plaza
Venue details are to be confirmed later and additional training days may be added dependent on demand. Registrations will be available from the 1 February 2012.

A new publication in the International Journal of Evidence Based Healthcare entitled ‘Evaluating the role and value of a national office to coordinate the Liverpool Care Pathway implementation in New Zealand’ is now available. Founding National LCP Lead, Ms Theresa Mackenzie was the primary author of the article. The article can be accessed from the Wiley.com website. View the article abstract
International Journal of Evidence Based Healthcare. 9: 252-260. Mackenzie, T., Innes, J., Boyd, M., Keane, B., Boxall, J., & Allan, S. 2011.

The Health Research Council and the Ministry of Health recently announced their significant projects funded this year. Three of the projects announced included a collaborative research project between Massey University (Dr Maureen Holdaway) and Arohanui Hospice through the National LCP Office investigating Culturally appropriate end of life care for Maori.

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