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Conference programme announced

We are pleased to announce the publication of the programme for this year's SPPC Annual Conference: Choices and Decisions Towards the End of Life.

The conference will take place on Wednesday 17th September 2014 at the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh.

Featuring a mix of high quality speakers and delegate interaction the event will provide:

  • an opportunity for learning relevant to practice and workplace
  • a chance to network and to share information and good practice
  • challenging perspectives and energising inspiration

Download a full programme here. To book online and for more information about group and member discounts available, click here: weblink.

Topics and speakers include:

How can improvement science make NHS Scotland safer and more compassionate?

Prof Jason Leitch, Clinical Director, The Quality Unit, Scottish Government

Scotland’s Patient Safety Programme has a growing international reputation. What are the keys to its success and how can similar approaches also make the NHS more compassionate?

The Liverpool Care Pathway - What have we learned which should guide the future?

Contributors will include: Helen Jamieson, Head of Media Relations, Wellcome Trust, Dr Deans Buchanan, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, NHS Tayside, Prof Bridget Johnson, Professor of Palliative and Supportive Care, University of Nottingham and Prof Craig White, Divisional Clinical Lead, Quality Unit, Scottish Government. The session will include lay / public voices.

As the LCP is phased out, what lessons have we learned - about the media, about public expectations, about the health and care system, about providing care and about ourselves? Brief presentation from different perspectives will punctuate an exploration of these questions, with a panel and opportunity for delegate questions, opinions and polling.

What can decision theory bring to decision making towards the end of life?

Prof Carl Thompson and Dr Kate Flemming, University of York

Using a mixture of theoretical framework and case study this talk will explore how, in clinical practice, we deal with uncertainty, exercise judgement and make decisions, including some common pitfalls and top tips.

Setting goals to live well

Dr Sally Boa, Talking Mats and Strathcarron Hospice

Goal setting with patients is often recommended as a mechanism to achieve high quality patient-centred care. However, this seemingly straightforward activity is often challenging to deliver in practice. This talk will describe award-winning research into a practical intervention.

“The adventure of death”: Reflections on palliative care, death and dying in World War I

Dr Sally Lawton, Senior Lecturer in Palliative Care (Nursing), NHS Grampian

In September 1914, during the Battle of Aisne, the first trenches were dug in France. On the centenary of that event, this talk will reflect on lessons, parallels and echoes of the Great War.

Download a full programme here.

To book online and for more information about group and member discounts available, click here: weblink.

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