Latest news from SPPC

Annual review 2012

The Annual Review, for the year ended 31 March 2012, is now available and can be downloaded here.

SPPC Makes Submission on Assisted Suicide

Following formal consultation with its membership the Partne rshi p has now made a submission to Margo MacDonald's consultation on a proposal for an Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill. 44% of voting representatives responded to the Partnership's consultation and of these 98% supported the submission. You can download the Partnership's submission here .

Report on Practice Exchange Event published

A report has been published which gives an overview of proceedings at a recent Practice Exchange Event put on by the Joint Improvement Team in collaboration with the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care and a number of other national organisations.

The event, held in October 2011, aimed to engage a wide range of primary, community and secondary care practitioners in Reshaping Care for Older People and exchange models of collaborative interdisciplinary practice with a particular focus on delivering integrated and co-ordinated clinical care to support frail older people to remain at home.

Other objectives of the day were to:

• share experience in managing transitions including out of hours care
• promote closer working between extended primary care teams, community hospitals, secondary care specialists and mental health services
• explore key enablers to improve quality, efficiency and integration

Topics discussed included: Implementation of the Liverpool Care Pathway; using SPARRA to identify older people for case / care management; and Anticipatory Care Planning. The full report can be viewed here.

Proposed Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill

The Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care has produced a briefing outlining the key features of the proposed new Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill. The consultation on these proposals will run until 30 April 2012.