Day 1: Tuesday 26th November

A joint conference with Hospice UK, the Executive Clinical Leaders Group (ECLiHP) and Strategic HR and Workforce Leads Group (ShaWL), taking place on 25 April 2023

Hospice UK National Conference

A summary of sessions taking place on the first day of our National Conference in Glasgow on 26th - 28th November 2024.

Sessions with a 'šŸ“½ļø' symbol next to them will be available for digital ticket holders to watch via a live stream.

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10:30 - 11:30am, Special Session: Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill šŸ“½ļø

Speaker: Liam McArthur MSP 

Chair: Pennie Taylor, freelance journalist and broadcaster

This will be the first of a number of sessions on assisted dying at this year's conference. We hope this reflects the importance of the topic and the speed with which the hospice sector needs to be able to consider, feed into and prepare for any potential change in the law. Hospice UK neither supports or opposes such a change. 

At this session, delegates will be able to hear from Liam directly about his proposed Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) and the practical implications for a change in law. There will be an opportunity for our highly informed community of hospice professionals to raise issues and pose questions.

11:50am - 12:00pm: Official opening

Toby Porter, Chief Executive, Hospice UK

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal

12:30 - 13:10: Lunchtime workshop

Registered Nurse Verification of Expected Adult Death (RNVoEAD) and Non Invasive Ventilation:  Emerging Insights in Practice

Speakers:

  • Theresa Mann, Nurse Consultant Palliative Care, Barts Health 
  • Dr Diane Laverty, Macmillan Nurse Consultant Palliative & End of Life Care, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust 
  • Amelia Howson, Palliative Care Lead, Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

13:30 - 14:45: Parallel sessions

15:30 - 16:45: Parallel sessions

17:00 - 18:00: Delivering Palliative and End of Life Care Now and into the Future: Key Priorities, Workforce, and the Evolving Role of Hospices across the UK šŸ“½ļø

Hear from clinical leaders from each UK nation.

Chair: Baroness Ilora Finlay of Llandaff

Speakers:

  • Dr Kirsty Boyd, National Clinical Lead for Palliative Care, Scottish Government
  • Dr Sarah Mitchell, National Clinical Director for Palliative and End of Life Care, NHS England 
  • Dr Idris Baker, National Clinical Lead, National Palliative and End of Life Care Programme, NHS Wales 
  • Dr Alan McPherson, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Chair, Regional Palliative Medicine Group, Northern Ireland
  • Dr Feargal Twomey, Clinical Lead, National Clinical Programme for Palliative Care, HSE/RCPI 

Please note this programme is provisional and subject to change. It will be updated weekly.

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Wednesday 27th November

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Thursday 28th November

Day 3

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