
The Palliative Care Needs Assessment (PCNA) and the New PCNA eLearning Programme Webinar-Video Now Available
The video recording and supporting resources are now available for the ‘Palliative Care Needs Assessment (PCNA) and the new PCNA eLearning Programme Webinar’ which took place on the 12 September.
The webinar was targeted at all health and social care professionals and provided a detailed overview of the new Palliative Care Needs Assessment (PCNA) eLearning programme.
The PCNA is a tool developed to support professionals in assessing the current and future palliative care needs of patients with life-limiting conditions. The primary outcome of a PCNA is to identify current needs and create an appropriate care plan to meet those needs.
The new eLearning Programme aims to ensure that people with palliative care needs will have the needs of greatest concern to them identified and responded to by skilled and confident staff across all care settings. The Programme was launched in August 2024 and it is a 1-hour programme hosted on HSeLanD. It is aimed at all health and social care professionals including those:
- Who provide the palliative care approach (Level 1, e.g., every clinician at hospital and community level)
- Who provide general palliative care (Level 2, e.g., healthcare professionals who, although not engaged full time in palliative care, have had some additional training and experience in palliative care)
All professionals are strongly encouraged to undertake the eLearning programme and to use the PCNA as part of their practice.