'Traffic light care model will help generations'

'Traffic light care model will help generations'
BBC News, West Midlands, England; by Chloe Hughes; 10/6/25 
A man with a neuromuscular condition has said that a model of care developed in Shropshire to help patients like him will benefit future generations. ... Part of his care has involved using the Oswestry model developed by Prof Tracey Willis from the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RJAH) and her husband, Prof Derek Willis, Severn Hospice's medical director. It uses a "traffic light system" to help neuromuscular teams identify key stages in a patient's journey, in which hospice involvement would improve their quality of life. ... Patients are identified as green, amber or red.

• Green means the patient does not need any extra care or pain management from the hospice or palliative teams.
• Amber indicates there may be a number of issues that would prompt discussing emergency care planning and advanced care planning.
• Red means a patient should be offered symptom control clinics with a palliative care team, not necessarily because they are at end of life, but because the palliative care teams have experience helping manage these symptoms.