Latest news from SPPC
Winner of the Derek Doyle Poster Prize announced
Each year, the Derek Doyle Poster Prize is awarded to the poster that gets the most public votes in the SPPC poster exhibition.
As many people will know Derek was a key figure in Scotland, the UK and globally in the development of palliative care – instrumental in establishing palliative medicine as a speciality, first chair of the Association for Palliative Medicine, first Vice-Chairman of the European Association for Palliative Care and a founding member of the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care.
This years winners were:
1st place: Parlez-vous prognostic indicators? How health and social care occupational therapists in Fife are driving integrated system-wide change in palliative care services by Claire Howie and Alison Watt, NHS Fife/ Fife HSCP
2nd place: Your service, your way: Breaking down barriers and developing reciprocal links between the hospice and multiple ethnic minority communities in Govanhill, Glasgow using Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) by Christina Inglis and Janette McGarvey, Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice
3rd place: Anticipatory Care Planning in care and nursing homes in Inverclyde by David Lynch, Ardgowan Hospice.
Scotland's Palliative Care Poster Parade
Get ready for Scotland's first virtual Poster Parade. This online poster exhibition gathers together interesting palliative care projects from across Scotland, and presents them online for people to view, share and vote on.
The Poster Parade will take place over Twitter this week #SPPCPosterParade, and culminate in an event on 29 October when a selection of exhibitors will give brief presentations of their work and take part in a Q&A via Zoom.
Over the next two weeks, we invite you to vote for your favourite poster - the poster with the most votes will win the prestigious Derek Doyle Poster Prize.
Shaping the future of palliative and end of life care
Five years on from the publication of the Scottish Government Strategic Framework for Action for Palliative and End of Life Care, it is important to take stock and consider what is next for palliative and end of life care in Scotland.
The Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care is currently gathering evidence, experience and ideas to help shape the future strategic direction of palliative and end of life care, serious illness, dying and bereavement in Scotland.
Grants available for Quality Improvement Projects in Acute Hospitals
A grants scheme has been launched to support improvements to palliative care in Acute Hospitals in Scotland. The grants scheme is part of the Building on the Best Project, which aims to improve palliative and end of life care on hospital wards in Scotland and in turn improve the experiences and outcomes of patients and their families.
Originally launched in January, the grants process was paused due to covid and has now been relaunched with a new closing date of Mon 14 September 2020. Grant applications are invited from any acute clinical area that can demonstrate a need for improvement in the care being offered to patients who are experiencing a deterioration in their health and facing an uncertain outcome.
More information about the grants scheme is available here: Building on the Best grants
A Conversation with Jason Leitch
Jason Leitch, National Clinical Director of the Scottish Government, will be joining a meeting of SPPC members and stakeholders on the afternoon of Tuesday 12th May. Jason will be answering questions and engaging in discussion on recent experiences and key issues for palliative and end of life care. If you are a member or stakeholder of SPPC who would like to participate, and have not already received a notification about the meeting then please get in touch.
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