- SPPC’s response to the Long Term Conditions Strategy Consultation
- SPPC Achievements 2024-25
- Annual Conference 2025: From System Holes to Whole System
- Call for Posters
- Assisted Dying Bill - Perspectives Informed by Palliative Care
Palliative Care Policy in Scotland
Scottish Government
In December 2015 the Scottish Government published a Strategic Framework for Action for Palliative and End of Life Care.
A new palliative cares strategy is currently under development - more information is available here: Scottish Government web pages on Illness and Long-term Conditions
Scottish Parliament
The SPPC provides the secretariat for the Cross Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Palliative Care. More information about this group is available here: Cross Party Group
Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care
The SPPC periodically works with member organisations and stakeholders to articulate their views and expertise, with the aim of supporting, enriching and informing policy development. Most recently, the SPPC published Grasping the Nettle: What action can we take to improve palliative and end of life care in Scotland?
