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Day 1: Tuesday 26th November
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Hospice UK National Conference
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A summary of sessions taking place on the first day of our National Conference in Glasgow on 26th - 28th November 2024.
Sessions with a '📽️' symbol next to them will be available for digital ticket holders to watch via a live stream.
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Toby Porter, Chief Executive, Hospice UK
11:00 - 11:50am: Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill 📽️
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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. More details about how you can do this will be shared in due course.
12:30 - 13:10: Lunchtime workshop
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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
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13:30 - 14:45: Parallel sessions
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Papers being presented:
- Reason, Season or Lifetime. Compassionate Gardeners reaching out into our Hospice communities
Maggie Young, St Columba's Hospice Care - ‘A Hospice For All’. Co-production as the Critical Catalyst
Helen Finlinson, St Elizabeth Hospice - Using Ripple Effect Mapping to Capture the Impact of Compassionate Community Building on Community Connection and Wellbeing
Hannah Gray, Strathcarron Hospice - Uniting in grief: Support groups for bereavement
Elmien Brink, St Michael’s Hospice (Hastings)
These abstracts were selected via the Call for Papers.
- Reason, Season or Lifetime. Compassionate Gardeners reaching out into our Hospice communities
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Speakers:
- Chloe Pearson, Welfare & Benefits Manager, St Barnabas Hospice
- Jamie Thunder, Senior Policy Manager, Marie Curie
- Katie Reade, Head of Policy & Public Affairs, Hospice UK
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Speakers:
- Professor Caroline Nicholson, Professor of Palliative Care and Ageing, University of Surrey
- Peter Lacey, Founding Director, Whole Systems Partnership
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Speakers:
- Sheila McGovern, Nurse/Practice Development facilitator, St Columba’s Hospice
- Fiona Cruickshank, Practice Development Lead, St Columba’s Hospice
- Meriel Gordon, Inspector, Healthcare Improvement Scotland
- Marie McKerry, Chief Nurse, Care Inspectorate
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Speakers:
- Dr Fiona Chiplen, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Weston Hospicecare
- Dr Melissa Fielding, Community Action Researcher, St Christopher’s
- Dr Naomi Richards, Senior Lecturer in Social Science, Director, Glasgow End of Life Studies Group, University of Glasgow
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15:30 - 16:45: Parallel sessions
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Papers being presented:
- Delivering a hospice-based career discovery programme for school students aged 16-18
Dr Anna Perry, Marie Curie Hospice West Midlands - Hospice elearning placement using PEEP (children and young people)
Lisa Dennis, Shooting Star Children's Hospices. - The Hospice Society: University of Greenwich students taking the lead to make hospice care more accessible
Jon Devlin, Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice - Palliative pioneers: developing two centres of excellence in partnership between Hospice of the Valleys and Hallmark Luxury Care Homes
Nicola Kearney, Hallmark Luxury Care Homes
These abstracts were selected via the Call for Papers.
- Delivering a hospice-based career discovery programme for school students aged 16-18
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Speakers:
- Olivia Warnes, Senior Policy & Public Affairs Officer, Hospice UK
- Dr Jed Jerwood, Advanced Clinical Academic Art Psychotherapist - Arts Psychotherapies Service, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust
- Dr Ellie Kane, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Marie Curie Hospice Bradford
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Speakers:
- Michael Loynd, Macmillan EOLCT Partnership Director, NHS Highland
- David Slack, Director of Finance, St Margaret’s Hospice Care
- Joanna Hall, Director of Fundraising, Retail and Communications, St Margaret’s Hospice Care
- Charlotte Greenwood, Head of Retail and Marketing, Isabel Hospice
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Speakers:
- Emma Vasey, Head of Influencing and Engagement, Sue Ryder
- Dr Annie Pettifer, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Birmingham
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Speaker:
- Dr Kate Crossland, Senior Clinical Fellow, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
- Paul Fraser, Deputy Director of Programmes, Hospice UK
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 📽️
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Hear from clinical leaders from each UK nation.
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
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Join colleagues for drinks and networking.
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Please note this programme is provisional and subject to change. It will be updated weekly.
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