Palliative care outpatients and improved documentation-what matters most? Quality improvement project.

Objective: Patients needs should be regularly assessed. We aimed to improve assessment and documentation of needs from baseline 25% in June 2022 to 75% in December 2022.

Methods: The A3, a structured problem-solving continuous-improvement methodology was used.

COVID-19 - Initial Lockdown: Implications on Cancer Treatment among Palliative Care Outpatients.

Objectives: The pandemic and the lockdown has challenged palliative care patients especially those on palliative oncological treatments. This study aims to understand the effect of COVID-19 and initial lockdown on palliative oncological treatments among palliative care patients.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective chart review of patients who attended the palliative care outpatient clinic, between 21 April and 12 May 2020, was done.