Following formal consultation with its membership the Partnership has now made a submission to Margo MacDonald's consultation on a proposal for an Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill. 44% of voting representatives responded to the Partnership's consultation and of these 98% supported the submission. You can download the Partnership's submission here
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A report has been published which gives an overview of proceedings at a recent Practice Exchange Event put on by the Joint Improvement Team in collaboration with the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care and a number of other national organisations.
The Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care has produced a briefing outlining the key features of the proposed new Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill. The consultation on these proposals will run until 30 April 2012.
Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief officially launched in Edinburgh on 22nd November. The launch was marked by Dining with Death, a 2-course lunch with conversation menu to illustrate some of the principles of the alliance.
A full report on our 2011 annual conference is now available here.
This page provides an update (as at July 2011) on the implementation of the Scottish Government’s action plan on palliative and end of life care Living and Dying Well. It gives information about work at national level, but does not cover all the work going on at local level across Scotland.
The Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care has published basic guidance for health and social care professionals on how to begin to engage in palliative care research.
Conference speakers
The Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care has published a report of its 2010 Annual Conference
Comment by Mark Hazelwood, Director, Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care
on Daily Record article on 1st February, headlined “Death Row Drug Fed to Dying OAPs”