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Role of children’s hospices in supporting the implementation of perinatal palliative care and advance care planning in the UK
  1. Michael J Tatterton1,2
  1. 1School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK
  2. 2Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice, North Anston, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Michael J Tatterton, School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK; m.tatterton{at}bradford.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2023-103889

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    Commentary on: Shaw KL, Spry J, Cummins C, Ewer AK, Kilby MD, Mancini A. Advance care planning in perinatal settings: national survey of implementation using Normalisation Process Theory. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2023 Sep 14:fetalneonatal-2023–3 25 649. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2023–3 25 649. Epub ahead of print

    Implications for practice and research

    • Workforce priorities include supporting practitioners to improve competence in perinatal advance care planning (PnACP) and approaches to collaborative working.

    • Future research should explore optimal models(s) of PnACP.

    Context

    The need for the integration of palliative care into perinatal services is increasingly acknowledged across the UK. This is due to the increased prevalence of babies with life-limiting conditions (LLCs), and advances in perinatal care, technologies and treatment options.

    PnACP is widely recognised as central to the provision of perinatal palliative care (PPC), regarded as an essential element of care that babies and their families receive. …

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    • Funding The author has not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests MJT is an editor of Evidence-Based Nursing.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.