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exhibition . As many people will know Derek was a key figure in Scotland, the UK and globally in the development of palliative care – instrumental in establishing palliative medicine as a speciality, first chair of the Association for

seeking feedback on people's experiences of Death Awareness Week Scotland , which took place 8-15 May 2016. If you can spare 3 minutes to fill in an online survey , we'd be interested to hear your thoughts. We are keen to hear from

and presents them online for people to view, share and vote on . The Poster Parade will take place over Twitter this week #SPPCPosterParade, and culminate in an event on 29 October when a selection of exhibitors will give brief presentations of

Conference 2016 Over 220 people attended the SPPC Annual Conference on 22 September, and film footage of plenary speakers is now available to view online. The Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care Annual Conference took place on Thursday

and presents them online for people to view, share and vote on . The Poster Parade will take place over Twitter this week #SPPCPosterParade, and culminate in an event on 28 October when a selection of exhibitors will give brief presentations of

on the draft Care of Older People in Hospital draft standards. The response can be viewed here: SPPC consultation response to HIS draft standard s. Posted on December 18 2014 at 15:50 162 b « Later entry Earlier entry » RSS

it is important to identify people for whom CPR won’t work or would not be wanted, so that painful, undignified, intrusive and pointless efforts to resuscitate during the person’s last moments of life are avoided. The UK guidance and

and/or remembrance of people who have died. The maximum sum available through this programme is £250 and the deadline for applications is 23 August 2017 . More information is available here: small grants scheme Posted on June 27 2017

of Brexit on the care of people approaching the end of their lives. Together with the letter SPPC also sent a copy of its updated analysis of the likely impacts of Brexit on palliative and end of life care. You can download a copy of the

unnecessary suffering to people who are at their most vulnerable.” Update: the SPPC has received a response from Jackie Doyle Price MP. NOTES TO EDITORS The Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care brings together over 50