CareSearch updates

Our team are pleased to say over the next 3-6 months, we will be updating the Clinical Evidence section in CareSearch. We update this every 3 years to connect you with clinically relevant evidence summaries.

The CareSearch GP Hub provides GPs with reliable information and guidance on palliative and end-of-life care. The refreshed platform now includes updated links to professional practice resources for GPs, as well as a separate section with resources GPs can suggest to patients and their families. The new CareSearchgp App is also accessible within the Hub.

CareSearch has released its new CareSearchgp app! A free digital tool to support GPs in delivering quality palliative care. It brings together guidance on terminal prescribing for specific symptoms and evidence-based information on key care issues including:

• Advance care planning
• Recognising deterioration
• Engaging in palliative care case conferences
• Caring for the dying patient, and
• Assisting families through stages of bereavement.

Interactive features include a checklist to support dying at home and the ability to curate your own learning resources and send links to quality information to individual patients. Free to download on your smartphone device.