End of Life Care

Principles and planning for care in the last days of life.

Reviewed by Dr Kola Tytler MBBS CertHE MBA MRCGP (General Practitioner)
Last reviewed: 21 October 2025
Palliative CareGeriatricsGeneral Practice

Clinical Guidelines

CKS: Palliative cancer care - End of life care
National
CKS: Palliative care - general issues
National
CKS: Palliative care - oral - End of life care
National
NICE guideline [NG142]: End of life care for adults: service delivery
National
Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines
National
Care of the adult cancer patient at the end of life: ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline
Local
CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain — United States, 2022
Local
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care (4th Edition)
Local
Consensus-based guidelines for the provision of palliative and end-of-life care for people living with epidermolysis bullosa
Local
End-of-Life Decision Making: ACOG Committee Opinion
Local
National Consensus Project Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care
Local
National Consensus Statement: Essential elements for safe and high-quality end-of-life care
Local
NICE guideline [NG142]: End of life care for adults: service delivery
Local
NICE guideline [NG31]: Care of dying adults in the last days of life
Local
Palliative Care for Patients With Cancer: ASCO Guideline Update
Local
Recommendations for end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: A consensus statement by the American College of Critical Care Medicine
Local
Statement of the 5th International Consensus Conference in Critical Care: Challenges in end-of-life care in the ICU
Local