Toolkit: Step 1 Identification

Identify if the patient would benefit from palliative care earlier in their illness trajectory. The Tools to Support Earlier Identification for Palliative Care   recommends tools that can be used to determine when to introduce palliative care.

Visit:

Proactive Identification Guidance , The Gold Standards Framework

Supportive & Palliative Care Indicator Tool  , SPICT, University of Edinburgh

Hospital 1-year Mortality Risk, HOMR, BMJ Quality & Safety journal article

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Last Updated: June 21, 2025

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