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by taking further action to support the establishment of a Scottish Research Forum for palliative and end of life care." The framework specifies that a strategic approach needs to be taken to develop a sustainable and innovative national

in Autumn 2022. Kirsty is supported by a Clinical and Practice Advisory Group (CPAG) which provides specialist and practitioner expertise and experience in palliative care within acute hospitals, the community, and hospices for adults and

public services that support and care for people and communities throughout Scotland. And they are often lifelines for vulnerable citizens who could otherwise go unnoticed. The SPPC won the award in recognition of its work to improve

to improve how hospitals support people who may be approaching the end of their life. 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

scheme has been launched to support improvements to palliative care in Acute Hospitals in Scotland. The grants scheme is part of the Building on the Best Project, which aims to improve palliative and end of life care on hospital wards in Scotland

have been published. Supported by the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care and Healthcare Improvement Scotland, the new Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines reflect expert opinion about good practice in the management of adult patients

and Scottish policy aim to support this process and also to ensure that patients and families are involved in choices about their care. The Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care welcomes the new guidance and the planned review of Scottish

to share learning, provide support and facilitate collaboration on issues of common interest. It is part of the Building on the Best project. The inaugural meeting was attended by over 50 representatives of hospital specialist palliative care

Everyday Compassion: Supportive responses to dying and bereavement by schools, neighbourhoods and workplaces will bring together experts from across Scotland and the UK. It will be a chance to explore this diverse field from various

at how to encourage more supportive attitudes and behaviours relating to death, dying and bereavement in Scotland. A Road Less Lonely, Moving forward with public health approaches to death, dying and bereavement in Scotland explores some