Register to use the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP) in NZ
Why register?
Registration is compulsory if you are intending to use the LCP in NZ. This document is copyrighted to the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust (RLBUHT) and Marie Curie Cancer Care (MCCC) as it was designed between the University Hospital and the Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool. The National LCP Office NZ holds the license from the LCP Central Team at MCPCIL for LCP in NZ.
A document cannot be called the LCP in NZ unless it has been endorsed by the National LCP Office NZ.
If you do not want to use the LCP but you do want to reference the work of the LCP Central Team at MCPCIL then contact the LCP Central Team at MCPCIL directly via their website www.mcpcil.org.uk and they will send you a document to guide this process.
Benefits of registering
The LCP provides a useful template to guide the delivery of care for the dying to complement the skill and expertise of the practitioner using it, irrespective of the patient’s diagnosis or care setting.
Registering with the National LCP Office NZ (via the Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool website) to use the LCP in NZ brings mutual benefits including:
- LCP project management advice and support in the NZ context of end-of-life care
- Pre and post-implementation electronic audit advice and support
- Access to ratified LCP NZ generic version 12 document, and associated resources
- LCP document control to support compliance with your version 12
- LCP teaching resources
- Support information/brochures for family/whânau
- National LCP Training Days
- Membership on the National LCP Facilitators Group
- Access to the national LCP information network in NZ
- Access to the LCP Reflective Data Cycle - a continuous quality improvement tool
To Register in NZ
Download (PDF) the flowchart to registration.
You will need to:
- Complete the on-line registration form
- Upload your letter of endorsement. See ‘Example letter of endorsement’.
It is vital to get the executive endorsement of your organisation to support the implementation, dissemination and sustainability of the LCP.
To register an LCP project in New Zealand:
- contact the National LCP Office Administrator directly via email National LCP Office Administrator or phone (06) 3502311 Mon-Fri 9-4.30pm for registration information
- alternatively click here to access the on-line registration process for NZ (this goes via the Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool website)
Once you are registered you will automatically receive:
- A letter confirming your registration
- Copy of LCP NZ generic version 12
- Goal Definitions – Data Dictionary for LCP NZ generic version 12
- 10 Step Continuous Quality Improvement Programme for NZ
- Unique ‘username’ and ‘password’ to access electronic audit tools
The Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool will then forward confirmation of your registration to the National LCP Office NZ who will become your first point of contact for all future LCP enquires, support and advice.
On receipt of the LCP NZ generic version 12 you can begin adapting the document to your organization/care setting by adding your logo and adapting the prompts under the ‘goals of care’ to reflect your local policies/procedures/guidelines. To maintain the integrity of the LCP, the core ‘goals of care’ in bold must remain the same as the national document so that future benchmarking is possible. Once you have adapted the LCP document to your local care setting it must be sent back to the National LCP Office Administrator for review and to receive a letter of compliance before you begin using it in practice.
The LCP Logo can only be used once you have
- Registered to use the LCP in NZ
- Agreed to follow the 10 Step Implementation Model
- The National LCP Office NZ have matched your LCP with the national document
Please see the Logo and Annotation Guidelines.
Please note that the LCP for ICU and the Paediatric LCP are not available for use outside of the UK at this time.
For further enquiries please see our contact page or use the web form to contact National LCP Lead - NZ or National LCP Office Administrator.