Latest news from SPPC
New premises
The Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care has moved to new premises.
The new office in the west end of the city centre and a 5 minute walk from Haymarket Train Station. It is accessible from many of the city’s major bus routes and within walking distance of Princes Street.
Our new contact details are:
Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care
CBC House
24 Canning Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8EG
Tel: 0131 272 2735
Fax 0131 272 2800
Annual Conference
The 2014 Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care Annual Conference, Choices and Decisions Towards the End of Life took place on 17th September and attracted 250 delegates.
This article in eHospice gives an excellent overview of the conference: eHospice article
More information about the conference, including plenary speaker presentations and workshop slides are available here: weblink
Moving premises
The Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care will be moving from our current offices at 1a Cambridge Street to new offices this September.
Our work is likely to be disrupted between 17 - 26 September due to the move, but we will be back in operation from the new office on Monday 29th September.
Our new contact details will be:
Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care
CBC House
24 Canning Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8EG
Tel: 0131 272 2735
Fax 0131 272 2800
Joint Working Act Consultation
The Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care has submitted a response to the Scottish Government Consultation on the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014.
Changes to regional groups
Following a review and discussions with members of the SPPC's three Regional Constituency Groups, significant changes are being made to the operation of these groups.
The changes are being made with the aim of ensuring that the Partnership continues to effectively engage and exchange information, but in a way which is less time and resource intensive, and which reflects the emergence of local Managed Clinical Network (MCN) or equivalent structures in recent years.
The changes will include:
- the creation of a dedicated web space to support virtual regional groups.
- liaising with relevant local NHS palliative care groups regarding how to receive and cascade information through their existing mailing lists, and to establish a timetable for periodic attendance at local meetings by SPPC staff.
Approval for appropriate amendments to be made to the SPPC’s articles of association will be sought at the next AGM meeting in August, after which terms of reference for regional groups can be amended at the subsequent Council meeting.
Effective engagement and exchange of information and opinion remains central to the SPPC’s purpose and effectiveness, and the new arrangements are designed to support these processes.
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