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life care in Scotland: The rationale for a public health approach The Scottish Public Health Network has published Palliative and end of life care in Scotland: The rationale for a public health approach , and five accompanying briefing

video summarising the rationale for for early palliative care. The film accompanies a recent analysis in the BMJ entitled Palliative care from diagnosis to death . ( BMJ 2017;356:j878) Launch of the National ACP documents and the

to hear about the rationale and great potential of this Forum from Tim Warren, the new Policy Lead at the Scottish Government. There will also be the opportunity to discuss the terms of reference of the group, and for participants to

report outlines the aims and rationale behind the festival, and gives an overview of festival activity. The report explores ways of evaluating the effectiveness of the festival, and reflects on learning gained. The full report can be accessed

Care Journal, explains the rationale for initiating the To Absent Friends festival (TAF), provides an overview of TAF and gives case study illustrations of four different categories of activity: public; private; community and online. Ref: To

to death: developing a rationale Palliative intent treatment for head and neck cancer: an analysis of local practice and outcomes A full list of posters from the 2017 SPPC Annual Conference is available here: Poster displays 2017 .

involved read on...... Rationale Around half of people who die in Scotland die in hospital. This means that it is important that hospitals are places where people receive good care at the end of their life. Hospitals also have an important

Grief websiteexplains the rationale for ‘health promoting palliative care’ – the need for more openness about death, dying and bereavement. Children and young people ACT Children and Teenagers Scottish Cancer

to death: developing a rationale 31. Palliative intent treatment for head and neck cancer: an analysis of local practice and outcomes 32. Patients, carers and healthcare professionals’ perceptions and experiences of managing

out below is the rationale for including ‘Adjusting to the needs of an ageing population’ as a public health priority, framed under the list of questions developed by the expert group chaired by Professor John Frank. 1 Is this an