Palliative Care Formulary
9th September 2025
Palliative Care Formulary
This update contains 10 revised monographs. The following monographs have…
Palliative Care Formulary
Independent, specialist information, grounded in clinical practice
Palliative Care Formulary (PCF) provides unrivalled and expert drug information for health professionals when caring for adult patients facing progressive life-limiting diseases.
Rigorously researched information grounded in clinical practice tailored for use in palliative and hospice care settings. This trusted source goes beyond standard references, providing health professionals with in-depth, practical guidance on drugs and treatment regimens to help improve quality of life.
PCF’s Syringe Driver Database
Subscribers to PCF get access to PCF’s Syringe Driver Database through Drug Compatibility Checker.
If you wish to contribute a clinical practice report to PCF’s Syringe Driver Database, use the button below.
Drug Compatibility Checker
Included in a subscription to PCF, Drug Compatibility Checker a unique point-of-care tool providing quick access to clinical practice reports, contributed by the palliative and hospice care community.
PCF Discussion Board
Facilitates the exchange of information between colleagues on matters relating to drug and symptom control, non-drug and service issues in palliative and hospice care.
- 180+
- Drug monographs
- 12
- Drugs for specialist use only
- 15
- Quick clinical guides
- 16
- Compatibility charts
Supporting safe prescribing in end-of-life care
Ensure safe and optimal use of drugs
Rigorously researched information grounded in clinical practice
Covering off-label, unauthorised, and specialist drug use
Compatibility charts for continuous subcutaneous infusions
Comprehensive dosage information and clinical guides
Supports health professionals to select the right drugs
Improve quality of life
Make quick and effective clinical decisions
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Health professionals are encouraged to submit a clinical practice report for continuous subcutaneous use via a syringe in palliative care, for inclusion in Drug Compatibility Checker.
Latest knowledge updates
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9th September 2025
Palliative Care Formulary
This update contains 10 revised monographs.
The following monographs have undergone minor revision: Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs); Drug administration to patients with swallowing difficulties or enteral feeding tubes; H2-receptor antagonists; Levetiracetam; Nefopam; Prokinetics; Psychostimulants; Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors; Tricyclic antidepressants; Valproate
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12th August 2025
Palliative Care Formulary
This update contains 1 new monograph and 4 revised monographs….
12th August 2025
Palliative Care Formulary
This update contains 1 new monograph and 4 revised monographs.
The following monograph is new: Obituary Dr Robert Twycross.
The following monographs have been fully revised: Getting the most out of PCF; How PCF is constructed; Preface.
The following monograph has been partially updated: Appendix 3: Compatibility charts 8 and 9 fully updated.
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8th July 2025
Palliative Care Formulary
This update contains 1 revised monograph. The following monograph has…
8th July 2025
Palliative Care Formulary
This update contains 1 revised monograph.
The following monograph has been partially updated: Appendix 3: Compatibility charts 1-7 and text fully updated
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10th June 2025
Palliative Care Formulary
This update contains 1 revised monograph. The following monograph has…
10th June 2025
Palliative Care Formulary
This update contains 1 revised monograph.
The following monograph has been fully revised: The use of medicinal products beyond (off-label) and without (unauthorized) marketing authorization.
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13th May 2025
Palliative Care Formulary
This update contains 2 revised monographs. The following monographs have…
13th May 2025
Palliative Care Formulary
This update contains 2 revised monographs.
The following monographs have undergone a minor revision: Appendix 1: Anaphylaxis; Drug names
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8th April 2025
Palliative Care Formulary
This update contains 1 revised monograph. The following monographs have…
8th April 2025
Palliative Care Formulary
This update contains 1 revised monograph.
The following monographs have been fully revised: Prescribing for children.
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