Palliative Care

Community pharmacies provide advice and stock an agreed list of medicines commonly used in palliative care for those patients near the end of life. Pharmacies provide a convenient access to these medicines throughout Coventry and Warwickshire.

During the coronavirus pandemic, additional demand on some medicines is inevitable with increased demand for drugs used for managing symptoms frequently seen in people infected with coronavirus.

This service was initially commissioned from 1st April 2021 to 31st March 2022 with a two months extension announced until 31st May 2022 – further extensions are possible  depending on the status of the COVID-19 pandemic at that time.