This website is no longer being actively maintained. Some of the material has been moved and is now hosted on the the End of Life Care section on the NHS Wales Health Collaborative website. The full link is: https://collaborative.nhs.wales/implementation-groups/end-of-life-care/
Anticipatory prescribing
Consider prescribing ahead of time for anticipated symptoms and remember:
- PRN medication: Information sheet on anticipatory prescribing
- non-oral routes
- need for parenteral syringe driver medication: Table of targeted anticipatory prescribing (drug volumes)
- Just in Case Box in primary care