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SPPC Work Plan for 2015-16
We are pleased to announce the publication of our work plan for the coming year.
The SPPC exists in order to promote equitable access throughout Scotland to high quality palliative care for all patients and families on the basis of need not diagnosis. The emergence of “health promoting palliative care” has broadened the scope of work to include determinants of better death, dying and bereavement which lie out with the domain of traditional formal health and social care services.
The Work Plan for 2015-16 sets out the activities we plan to undertake over the coming year, all of which aim to support our six strategic priorities:
- to provide strategic leadership in improving the experience of death, dying and bereavement in Scotland. By this we mean: maintaining a whole system perspective and associated intelligence; advocating the importance and value of palliative and end of life care; contributing to the development of strategic thinking and national policy and brokering strategic collaboration.
- to identify, and support the spread of, good practice and innovation.
- to promote public and professional awareness, understanding and knowledge of ways to improve death, dying and bereavement and promote public dialogue around these issues.
- to encourage effective planning for better death, dying and bereavement by the public, and by professionals together with patients and families, at all stages of life.
- to work to ensure that the experiences of the public, patients and families inform the development and implementation of policy and practice.
- to undertake any necessary organisational change/development required to deliver these strategic objectives.
The plan can be accessed here: SPPC Work Plan for 2015-16
Strategic Framework for Action
The Scottish Government has produced a position paper which aims to set out the current position regarding the development of a Strategic Framework for Action for Palliative and End of Life Care.
The paper is available here: Position Paper
The Scottish Government has set up an email address to allow continuous feedback throughout the drafting process.
Care in the last days and hours of life
A National Statement and Guidance have been published relating to caring for people in the last days and hours of life.
SPPC response to HIS standards consultation
The SPPC has submitted a response to the recent Healthcare Improvement Scotland consultation on the draft Care of Older People in Hospital draft standards. The response can be viewed here: SPPC consultation response to HIS draft standards.
Winter lecture series
The Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care and Marie Curie present a new winter lecture series: Can death get any better? The lecture series will highlight ongoing challenges and unmet needs in death and dying.
In the opening lecture, Dr David Reilly, Director of the Wellness Enhancement Learning Programme, will explore Uniting love and skill in the art of human caring.
The February lecture will feature Dr Bee Wee, National Clinical Director for End of Life Care for NHS England speaking on the subject of Care for older people towards the end of life: tensions and challenges.
The lecture series closes with a lecture on Living and dying in very old age: the limits of choice by Professor Tony Walter, Director of the University of Bath Centre for Death & Society.
Full details of the lectures are below. To RSVP for any of these events please contact Susan Lowes at Marie Curie.
Uniting love and skill in the art of human caring
Dr David Reilly, Director of the Wellness Enhancement Learning and The Healing Shift Programmes.
Wednesday 21 January, 6pm, MacDonald Holyrood Hotel, Edinburgh
Care for older people towards the end of life: tensions and challenges.
Dr Bee Wee, National Clinical Director for End of Life Care for NHS England
Wednesday 25 February, 6pm, The Lighthouse, Glasgow
Living and dying in very old age: the limits of choice
Professor Tony Walter, Director of the University of Bath Centre for Death & Society.
Wednesday 25 March, 6pm, MacDonald Holyrood Hotel, Edinburgh
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