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Assisted Dying Bill Published

The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill has been published.  The Bill and accompanying papers can be found on the Scottish Parliament website here.

SPPC has produced an an Easy Read Brief on the key features of the Bill. You can read the brief here. 

SPPC has also updated its explanation of the parliamentary process by which the Bill might become law and how that process can be influenced.  You can read the updated paper here.

Winners of the Derek Doyle Poster Prize

Congratulations to Kate McCusker, Katie Brown and Kirsty Stevenson at CHAS for winning the 2024 Derek Doyle Poster Prize for their poster Growing up in palliative care – is there a prescription for transition?  

Each year, the Derek Doyle Poster Prize is awarded to the poster that gets the most public votes in the SPPC Poster Parade.  

The SPPC Palliative Care Poster Parade is an online collection of posters showcasing best practice and new initiatives to improve experiences of living with serious illness, dying and bereavement in Scotland and further afield.  

Lorraine McPherson, Ashleigh Ward, Sarah Miller and Rachel Green of NHS Forth Valley won 2nd proze for their poster More Than the Last Breath. 

Anna Ludwig of Kilbryde Hospice won 3rd prize for her poster Greetin’ for a wee bawbee: Embracing Scottish Heritage within Music Therapy in a Palliative Care Setting.

The full SPPC Poster Parade, comprising 65 posters, can be viewed here: SPPC Poster Parade

Palliative Care Poster Parade

The SPPC Palliative Care Poster Parade is an online collection of posters showcasing best practice and new initiatives to improve experiences of living with serious illness, dying and bereavement in Scotland and further afield. You can view all the posters here or follow #SPPCParade24 during the week of 11th March.

Join us for the Poster Parade Event in the afternoon of Tuesday 26 March 2024 where a selection of poster exhibitors will give brief presentations of their work. Book your place here: Palliative Care Poster Parade

Derek Doyle Poster Prize

Each year, the Derek Doyle Poster Prize is awarded to the poster that gets the most public votes.

To vote for your favourite poster in the exhibition, send the name and number of the poster of your choice to:  Mark@palliativecarescotland.org.uk Please note it is one person, one vote - any subsequent votes will be discarded. The closing date for voting is 12 noon on Saturday 23 March. Voting is open to employees of the SPPC Member Organisations as well as employees from any organisation that has submitted a virtual poster for the Autumn Season Poster Parade Exhibition 2024.

SPPC Submission to Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry

SPPC has made a submission to the “Let’s Be Heard” listening exercise which is part of the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry. 

The submission is based on engagement with stakeholders in 2021 during the production of SPPC’s report Every Story’s Ending, which has been complemented by a stakeholder workshop held in December 2023. 

The aims of SPPC’s engagement with the Inquiry are to:

• Ensure that the recommendations of the Inquiry reflect the experiences and expertise of our member organisations and practitioners during the pandemic
• Promote the inclusion of palliative and end of life care as an explicit, integrated component of future pandemic preparedness and pandemic response
• Highlight the innovative and positive work which was done to support end of life care during the pandemic
• Highlight specific issues relating to palliative and end of life care which need to be addressed for future pandemic preparedness
• Raise awareness and improve understanding of palliative and end of life care

You can download the submission HERE.