Online resources

There is a wealth of free, online quality education and training material available.

You might find some of the following websites helpful:

• Cancer Nursing (including palliative care modules) –https://www2.rcn.org.uk/development/nursing_communities/rcn_forums/cancer/links/12
• European Association of Palliative Care –www.eapcnet.org/organisations/ProvPC-Education.html
• Palliative Drugs – www.palliativedrugs.com/
• Mental Capacity Act – www.hospiceuk.org/what-we-offer/ehospice
• Current Learning in Palliative Care (CLiP) –www.hospiceuk.org/what-we-offer/ehospice
• Marie Curie: A web-page with links to national end of life initiatives websites –www.mariecurie.org.uk/forhealthcareprofessionals
• Macmillan Benefits Awareness –http://learnzone.macmillan.org.uk/login/index.php
• NHS Let’s Respect campaign: Encouraging all health and social care staff to respect older people –www.olderpeoplesmentalhealth.csip.org.uk/lets-respect/lets-respect-introduction.html
• Health Protection Agency: Information on nuclear, chemical, radiation and chemical issues – www.hpa.org.uk/
• Suffolk Information on Prescription: A local pilot for giving information to the public, based at Bury St Edmunds library –https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/adult-social-care-and-health/public-health/public-health-advice/
• Royal College of Nursing: Site offering a toolkit for health care assistants – www.rcn.org.uk/development/hca_toolkit
• Suffolk Safeguarding Children Board –www.onesuffolk.co.uk/scb/
• Suffolk Adult Safeguarding Board –http://www.suffolkas.org/
• Foundation of Nursing Studies – www.fons.org/
• Department of Health: Useful updates on national developments in healthcare – https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health
• NHS core learning units: an online resource which you and your organisation can sign up to for a very cheap cost –www.corelearningunit.com/index.php?id=1
• Carers UK: For information for family carers, this site has a lot of help and guidance for those caring for someone at home –www.carersuk.org/Home

Our training resources

Our Patient and Family Support Team has also provided some online resources for those working in palliative care and bereavement. You can access these resources by clicking here.