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The recent Independent Review led by Baroness Neuberger 1 recommended discontinuation of the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying (LCP). Developed in the 1990s to address barriers to the delivery of excellent care in the final days of life, the LCP was designed to support the high standard of palliative care prevalent in hospices to other clinical settings. It provided guidelines for best practice, focusing on symptom control, appropriate discontinuation of active treatments, psychological, social, and spiritual care of patients and their families, and frequent patient reassessment.
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