In brief
This Marie Curie Cancer Care and The King's Fund partnership conference will focus on how the end-of-life care pathway can be achieved in practice.
- Date:
- 17 March 2010
- Time:
- 9.30am-4.30pm
- Venue:
- The King's Fund
- Event type:
- One-day conference
Why this conference?
We are now in the second year of implementation of the national end-of-life care strategy. This conference run in partnership between The King's Fund and Marie Curie Cancer Care is aimed at those working in end-of-life care who want to find out what works to improve, access, increase choice and deliver quality services in line with the strategy's overall aims.
Prices
- Commercial:
- £300.00 + VAT = £352.50
- Public sector:
- £250.00 + VAT = £293.75
- Voluntary sector:
- £200.00 + VAT = £235.00
- Marie Curie Cancer Care staff and Leaders in Nursing (LIN) members:
- £175.00 + VAT = £205.63
- 15 per cent discount for CHAIN and NHS Alliance members:
- £212.50 + VAT = £249.69
Keynote speakers
- Professor Sir Mike Richards CBE,
- National Clinical Director for Cancer, Department of Health
- Professor Margaret Holloway,
- Professor of Social Work, University of Hull
Chairs
- Tom Hughes-Hallett,
- Chief Executive, Marie Curie Cancer Care
Programme
Programme
10.00–11.15am: opening session
- Keynote address
Professor Sir Mike Richards CBE, National Clinical Director for Cancer, Department of Health - Death, Dying and Bereavement
Hilary Fisher, Director, Dying Matters Coalition
Practical workshops: achieving the end-of-life care pathway in practice
Workshops will explore how the end-of-life care pathway can be achieved and will feature practical learning from existing projects.
11.45am–12.45pm: parallel workshops A
- Identifying people who are approaching end-of-life care
Dr Julia Riley, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - Assessment and care planning
Wendy Pearson, Programme Lead, End of Life Care, Northamptonshire Integrated Care Partnership, Nene Commissioning Community Interest Company - Co-ordination of care
Dr Heather Richardson, Clinical Director, St Joseph's Hospice
1.45–2.45pm: parallel workshops B
- Delivering high quality services
Rebecca Warren, Palliative Care Manager and Manager Marie Curie Nursing Services, Leicestershire County and Rutland Community Health Services - Last days of life
Robert Tunmore, Programme Manager, Enhancing the Healing Environment Programme, The King's Fund - Care after death
Catherine Betley, Director of Services, Cruse and Dr Dawn Chaplin, Vice-Chair, Bereavement Services Association and Head of Bereavement Services, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust - Workforce education: South East London Delivering Choice Project
Juliette Bigley, South East London Project Manager, Marie Curie Delivering Choice Programme and Vicky Robinson, Palliative Care Nurse Consultant, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and Chair of Marie Curie Cancer Care EoLC Education and Training Implementation Group
2.45–4.00pm: closing session
- Commissioning and pathway design at PCT level
Oliver Newbold, Deputy Director of Commissioning and Barbara Brady, Consultant in Public Health and Programme Lead of End of Life Care, Nottinghamshire County Teaching Primary Care Trust - Closing keynote: Key challenges for health and social care professionals in end-of-life care
Professor Margaret Holloway, Professor of Social Work, University of Hull and Social Care Lead, National End-of-Life Care Programme - Closing comments
Tom Hughes-Hallett, Chief Executive, Marie Curie Cancer Care
Speakers
Speakers
Speakers will include.
- Catherine Betley, Director of Services, Cruse
- Juliette Bigley, South East London Project Manager, Marie Curie Delivering Choice Programme
- Barbara Brady, Consultant in Public Health and Programme Lead for End of Life, Nottinghamshire County Teaching Primary Care Trust
- Dr Dawn Chaplin, Vice-Chair, Bereavement Services Association and Head of Bereavement Services, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
- Professor Margaret Holloway, Professor of Social Work, University of Hull and Social Care Lead, National End of Life Care Programme
- Hilary Fisher, Director, Dying Matters Coalition
- Oliver Newbold, Deputy Director of Commissioning, Nottinghamshire County Teaching Primary Care Trust
- Wendy Pearson, Programme Lead, End of Life Care, Northamptonshire Integrated Care Partnership, Nene Commissioning Community Interest Company
- Professor Sir Mike Richards CBE, National Clinical Director for Cancer, Department of Health
- Dr Heather Richardson, St Joseph's Hospice
- Dr Julia Riley, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
- Vicky Robinson,Palliative Care Nurse Consultant, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and Chair of Marie Curie Cancer Care EoLC Education and Training Implementation Group
- Robert Tunmore, Programme Manager, Enhancing the Healing Environment Programme, The King's Fund
- Rebecca Warren, Palliative Care Manager, Leicestershire County and Rutland Community Health Services
Who's it for?
Who's it for?
- chief executives and directors of commissioning of primary care trusts
- chief executives and health and social care professionals of care homes
- chief executives and health and social care professionals of hospices
- chief executives and social care managers of local authorities
- clinicians and palliative care specialists at NHS and Foundation Trusts
- district nurses
- general practitioners
- Macmillan nurses
- Marie Curie nurses
Previous delegate comments
'Thought provoking and encouraging about end-of-life care provision'
'All presentations were 'real', grounded in practice'