Latest news from SPPC

Poster Parade 2022: call for abstracts

Following on from the success of last year's virtual Poster Parade, this year we are once again running a virtual poster display and competition this autumn.

Are you involved in an interesting project or in an area of work that you would like to promote and showcase? If so, why not present your work at our virtual poster exhibition? This is a great opportunity to share your learning and tell others about your work.

More information about how to take part in the Poster Parade and submit an abstract is available here: Poster Parade 2022: Call for Abstracts

Consultation on Health and Social Care Strategy for Older People

The SPPC has submitted a response to the recent Scottish Government consultation on a Health and Social Care Strategy for Older People.

The SPPC's response can be viewed here: SPPC Response to Health and Social Care Strategy for Older People consultation

New Strategy for Cancer Services

The SPPC has responded to a Scottish Government consultation on a new strategy for cancer services.

The SPPC's response can be viewed here: SPPC Response to SG Consultation on a New Strategy for Cancer Services

SPPC letter to the First Minister

Prompted by comments made on the issue of assisted dying, the SPPC has written a letter to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon asking her to consider two practical steps to improve palliative care in Scotland.

The SPPC will ask all MSPs to commit to the same two things as they consider the proposal to legalise assisted dying in Scotland:

Firstly, to ensure that people in Scotland have an explicit legal right to palliative and end of life care. The forthcoming Scottish Human Rights Bill provides a timely and appropriate vehicle for achieving this (and could make Scotland the first country in the world to enshrine such a right in domestic legislation).

In this context, 'palliative and end of life care' refers to care provided to people approaching the end of life across the health and social care system – in hospitals, care homes and at home – not just the specialist providers such as hospices and NHS specialist palliative care units which provide excellent care.

Secondly, SPPC is asking Nicola Sturgeon and all MSPs to support investment in palliative care. The forthcoming new Scottish Government national strategy for Palliative and End of Life Care provides a timely mechanism through which priorities for long overdue and necessary improvements can be identified and funding assigned.

The letter to Nicola Sturgeon is available here: SPPC Letter to the First Minister