Primary Care

Library of Articles, Posters and other useful information related to Primary Care

GSF Primary Care Briefing Paper Quality Improvement Training Programme Flyer
Information for Commissioners - currently being updated GSF
Factsheet 1: Community Nurses GSF
Factsheet 6: Paramedics/Ambulance

Articles

Gold standard palliative care; nurses are leading the way in implementing good practice in end of life care, Thomas K, Professional End of Life Care, Independent Nurse, 6 Dec 2010, Pg 44-45
Advance Care Planning for Cancer Patients in Primary Care: a feasibility study. Boyd K, Mason B, Kendall M, Barclay S, Chinn D, Thomas K, Sheikh A, Murray S, British Journal of General Practice, Dec 2010, Pgs 882 to 883 and e449 to e458
Measuring quality improvements in end-of-life care: the ADA audit tool. K Thomas, C Clifford. European Journal of Palliative Care, Vol. 17, No. 5, 232–236 (2010)
The GSF Competency Document. Sawkins N, Bawn R, End of Life Care Journal, 2010, Vol 1, No 2 Pg 58-59
Improving end-of-life care: A critical review of the Gold Standards Framework in primary care. K L Shaw, C Clifford, K Thomas, H Meehan Palliative Medicine, Vol. 24, No. 3, 317-329 (2010)
EOLC Journal – The GSF Prognostic Indicator Guidance, 2010, Vol 4, No 1
EOLC Journal – Update from National GSF Centre, 2008, Vol 2, No 4
EOLC Journal – Update from National GSF Centre, 2008, Vol 2, No 3
Managing end of life care using the Gold Standards Framework Sue Griffin, Nikki Sawkins Primary Health Care Vol 19 No 9 Pgs 22-24 November 2009
A national facilitation project to improve primary palliative care: impact of the Gold Standards Framework on process and self-ratings of quality J Dale, M Petrova, D Munday, J Koistinen-Harris, R Lall and K Thomas, Qual. Saf. Health Care 2009;18;174-180, doi:10.1136/qshc.2007.024836
Gold Standards Framework: Improving Community Care, Hansford P, Meehan H, End of Life Care Journal, 2007, Vol 1, No 3
Implementing a service users' framework for cancer care in primary care: an action research study Scott A. Murray; Kirsty Boyd; Christine Campbell; Paul Cormie; Keri Thomas; David Weller; Marilyn Kendall Family Practice 2008; doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmn011
BMJ Editorial Developing Primary Palliative Care Scott A Murray, Kirsty Boyd, Aziz Sheikh, Keri Thomas and Irene J Higginson BMJ 2004;329;1056-1057 doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1056
ABC Palliative Care Chapter 16 by Keri Thomas published by Blackwell Publishing. This is an electronic version of a chapter published in ABC Palliative Care 2nd Edition
Daniel Munday and Jeremy Dale, Palliative Care in the Community BMJ, Apr 2007; 334: 809 - 810 ; doi:10.1136/bmj.39174.605081.80
The role of general practitioners in children's end-of-life care: a survey of preferred involvement. Karen L Shaw, Frances J Badger, Keri Thomas; The Gold Standards Framework Paediatric Group.
End-of-life care for children and young people: a survey of general practitioners to determine their preferred involvement. Karen L Shaw, Frances J Badger, Keri Thomas; The Gold Standards Framework Paediatric Group.
A.Free, K.Thomas Clinical: Palliative Care. MIMS Oncology and Palliative Care. (2007) GP-General-Practitioner, 20070309, Page 38.
Thomas K and Noble B, Improving the delivery of palliative care in general practice: an evaluation of the first phase of the Gold Standards Framework; Palliative Medicine 2007; 21: 49-53
The Gold Standards Framework is pivotal to palliative care, Thomas K, Free A, Guidelines in Practice, 2006 Jun; 9(6): 29, 31, 33-4 passim (9 ref)
Murray S Thomas K et al How do people with cancer wish to be cared for in primary care? Serial discussion groups of patients and carers Family Practice 2006 23(6):644-650; doi:10.1093/fampra/cml035
King N, Thomas K, Martin N, Bell D, and Farrell S. "Now nobody falls through the net": practitioners' perspectives on the Gold Standards Framework for community palliative care. Palliative Medicine 2005; 19:619-27.
King N, Bell D & Thomas K (2004) Family carers’ experiences of out of hours community palliative care: a qualitative study. International Journal of Palliative Nursing 10 (2), 76-83
Murray S, Boyd K, Sheikh A, Thomas K, Higginson I Developing Primary Palliative Care Editorial BMJ 2004:329:1056-1057;
King, N, Thomas, K, and Bell, D (2003) An out-of-hours protocol for community palliative care: practitioners’ perspectives, International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 9 (7), 277-282.
Thomas K (2003) The Gold Standards Framework in Community Palliative Care, European Journal Palliative Care 03:10(3) 113-115

Books and Chapters

Thomas K, Meehan H, Stepping into Palliative Care Ed Jo Cooper Chapter on Gold Standards Framework: a programme for community palliative care Radcliffe Publishing 2006
Ed Declan Walsh Thomas K USA Palliative Medicine (virtual journal), Chapter on Palliative care at home: Oct 06 Ed Watson. M Lucas C, Hoy Thomas K. A Adult Palliative Care Guidance (2003, revised 06) Community Palliative Care chapter SWSH
Ed Hillier R Finlay I Miles A Thomas K 'Key Advances in Pain Management’ Chapter on ‘Developments in primary care and out of hours care’ Aescalapius Medical Press (2001)
Eds Watson M, Hoy A, Beck A, Thomas K et al Oxford Handbook of Palliative Medicine; Chapter 12 on Community Palliative Care Oxford University Press April 05

Abstracts

Thomas K, Meehan H, Shaw K, Clifford C, Parry M, Badger F Web based After Death Analysis (ADA) tool for monitoring End of Life care in primary care. Budapest 10th Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care Conference on GSF, 4 abstracts June 07.
Shaw KL, Clifford C, Badger F, Hewison A, Thomas K The Gold Standards Framework. Improving the quality of end-of-life care in UK primary health care teams. Budapest 10th Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care Conference on GSF, 4 abstracts June 07.
National UK Programme to Improve Home Care for Patients Nearing the End of Life. Montreal Palliative Care conference Canada, 2 abstracts Sept 06
Abstract: Improving the reliability of Home Care for patients nearing the end of life. Prague BMJ/ IHI conference on GSF April 06
King N, Bell D & Thomas K (2004) Carers' Experiences of Out-of-hours Palliative Care Services. The Palliative Care Congress, University of Warwick, 17th-19th March.
King N, Farrell S, Thomas K, Bell D & Martin N (2004) The Gold Standards Framework: Findings from a Qualitative Case Study Evaluation. "Meeting the Challenge": Yorkshire Cancer Network Palliative and Supportive Care Event, The Pavillions, Harrogate, February 3rd.

Evaluations

Frances Badger, Karen Shaw, Collette Clifford, Keri Thomas Evaluation of a Framework for End of Life Care in Primary Care, School of Health Sciences University of Birmingham July 2008 (Executive Summary)
Phase 10: Evaluation of Phase 10 in Primary Care, University of Birmingham

Posters

RCGP Poster 2009 (Achieving excellence in end of life care. Next Stage GSF – ‘Going for Gold’. A review of the use of the Gold Standards Framework in Primary Care 2009)
Bournemouth Poster 2009 (Improving collaboration between specialists and generalists using the Gold Standards Framework)
GSF Poster 2006 (Improving the reliability of home care for patients nearing the end of life)
GSF Poster 2005 (GSF in community palliative care)

Prognostic Indicator Guidance / QOF

The GSF Prognostic Indicator Guidance, Thomas K, End of Life Care Journal, 2010, Vol 4 No 1, pp 62 to 64
Prognostic Scoring Paper
Brief Introductory Guidance Paper on QOF Palliative Care
A Full GSF Guidance Paper on Primary Palliative care for QOF
A Prognostic Indicator Guidance Paper
A summary of all QOF2 points relating to palliative care, supportive care, cancer care

Advance Care Planning

Aziz SHEIKH, Scott A MURRAY, Keri THOMAS Advance care planning in primary care, BMJ (International ed.) 333:75747574, 868-960, British Medical Associatoin, 2006. doi 10.1136/bmj.39009.569861.80
Hope and advance care planning, BMJ, Oct 06, 333 890 to 895 article

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