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Final Report from the Palliative Care Conference hosted by Scottish Care

Care Homes: A Good Place to Live -

A Good Place to Die

A Scottish Care hosted national conference on palliative and end of life care was held on 30 September the final report is now available   

                        

 On 30 September providers, managers and trainers in the private, voluntary and statutory social care sectors and managers and educators in the NHS attended a focussed palliative care and end of life conference.  The event was fully endorsed and partly funded by the Scottish Government with support from NHS Education for Scotland, the Care Commission and the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care.  It was hosted by Scottish Care.

The final report can be down loaded by clicking here

 

There were inputs to the conference from their presentations are available below:

 

·         Ranald Mair of Scottish Care

·         Robbie Pearson from the Scottish Government

·         Marcia Ramsay of the Care Commission

·         Liz Travers from NHS Education Scotland

 

During the morning, seminars were delivered by:

 

·         Strathcarron Hospice (Advanced/Anticipatory Care Planning)

·         Marie Curie Cancer Care/NHS Lothian (National DNACPR Policy)

·         Alzheimer Scotland Palliative Care Project (Beyond Barriers)

·         Care Commission (Better Care Every Step of the Way)

·         Macmillan (Palliative Care: Practice and Education) - Toolkit Foundations in Palliative Care

 

In the afternoon a number of organisations showcased their practice in palliative and end of life care.  These were:

 

·         Midlothian Gold Standards Framework for Care Homes Project

·         NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (Developing Care Home Practice)

·         Highland Hospice (Care Home Programme)

·         Accord Hospice (Care Home Partnership)

·         BUPA (End of Life Care Pathways)

 

If you wish further information on the above please contact David Rennie on 07946 607532 or

 

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