Bringing people together to improve experiences of declining health, death, dying and bereavement.
The Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care (SPPC) brings together health and social care professionals from hospitals, social care services, primary care, hospices and other charities, to find ways of improving people’s experiences of declining health, death, dying and bereavement.
We also work to enable communities and individuals to support each other through the hard times which can come with death, dying and bereavement.
Find out more about the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care
New Chair for SPPC
Rami Okasha has been elected as the new Chair of SPPC. Rami succeeds Annabel Howell who has completed a 6-year stint as Chair.
Inquiry into health inequalities
The SPPC has published a response to the Scottish Parliament Health Committee inquiry into Health Inequalities.
SPPC Responds to Assisted Dying Consultation
SPPC has responded to the consultation on proposals for an Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill. SPPC's approach to this consultation has been: