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Welcome to Update, a monthly round-up of news relevant to palliative care in Scotland, brought to you by the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care. |
Policy |
NHS in Scotland 2019 Audit Scotland has published NHS in Scotland 2019, its annual report on the NHS in Scotland. |
Practice |
Supporting LGBT+ people around bereavement NHS Education for Scotland (NES) has recently launched new educational resources on Supporting LGBT+ people around death and bereavement, to guide health and social care professionals on addressing the bereavement care needs of people who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual/Transgender, and of other non-heterosexual identities. Training video: DNACPR policy A training video is available, designed to enhance professionals' awareness of the NHSScotland Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation policy, its decision-making framework and some key communication issues. Planning in Angus HSCP Elaine Colville, Senior Nurse for Palliative Care at Angus Health & Social Care Partnership, has written a blog outlining their work to develop an adult palliative and end of life care plan for Angus Health and Social Care Partnership. Poster abstracts of the month Each month our blog focuses on a few of the posters displayed at previous SPPC Annual Conferences. This month we look at the following posters from the 2018 conference:
Sharing your practice The SPPC hosts a 'sharing current Scottish practice' blog as a platform for people to share examples of current Scottish palliative care practice that might be of interest to the palliative care community more widely. If you know of work underway that might be relevant for sharing on our website, please email: rebecca@palliativecarescotland.org.uk |
Academic and Research |
New online courses in End of Life Studies The University of Glasgow is making available a three week free MOOC this month (18 November) as a taster for a wholly online MSc in End of Life Studies that will commence in Autumn 2020. Grief in the workplace The Irish Hospice Foundation has published the preliminary results of research into grief in the workplace. New report on deaths in hospital in England The National End of Life Care Intelligence Network (England) have published Older people who died in hospital: England 2017. The report looks at deaths in hospital for people aged 75 years and older in 2017. Differences by age, sex deprivation are explored. In addition, the length of admissions ending in hospital death is examined. |
SPPC News |
To Absent Friends This week sees the launch of the sixth annual To Absent Friends festival. All kinds of events will take place across Scotland, organised by a range of individuals and organisations. Some are personal events amongst friends or communities, some are open to the public. You can view our full listings here to see if anything is taking place near you, with new events being added all the time. This year's events include old favourites like the Edinburgh Brass Band who have performed their annual To Absent Friends concert every year since we started in 2014. You can see them at St John's Church on Saturday 2 November. There are also new groups taking part including Dumfries Get Together ladies' social group who are hosting a To Absent Friends tapas evening on Friday 1 November and the Leadhills Family Action Group who are hosting a storytelling workshop on Sunday 3 November. If you'd like to join in with this year's festival, you can:
End of Life Aid Skills for Everyone (EASE) EASE is a new public education course for anyone who wants to know more about dying, death and bereavement. Developed by the SPPC, the course explores the basics of end-of-life care and addresses some of the fears and uncertainties many people have about death, dying and bereavement. We are currently running a pilot version of the course in two locations - Musselburgh and Dundee - and both courses quickly filled up, with long waiting lists. Refinements will be made to the course following feedback from course facilitators and participants, and we hope to make the course more widely available in 2020. Posters and Presentations from SPPC Annual Conference Speaker presentations and posters from the SPPC Annual Conference (held in September) can now be accessed on the SPPC website. SPPC Annual Conference - New date The next SPPC Annual Conference will take place on 30th September 2020, at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Please save the date! SPPC blog Elaine Colville, Senior Nurse for Palliative Care at Angus Health & Social Care Partnership, has written a blog for us, outlining their work to develop an adult palliative and end of life care plan for Angus Health and Social Care Partnership. |
Other News |
Palliative Medicine Workforce The Association for Palliative Medicine has published a Report and Overview of the Palliative Medicine Workforce in the UK. CHAS Bereavement Support Service Development Lead Chidren's Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) has a job vacancy for a Bereavement Support Service Development Lead. New Chief Executive at CHAS Maria McGill will be standing down as Chief Executive of CHAS on 31 January 2020. Her successor will be Rami Okasha who already works with CHAS as Director of Transformation and Innovation. Before joining CHAS, Rami was the Executive Director for Strategy and Improvement at the Care Inspectorate where he played a major national role in Scotland’s social services sector. In the Media Third Force News: Hospice funding “on a knife-edge” |
Courses and Events |
Save the date - SPPC Annual Conference 2020The next SPPC Annual Conference will take place on 30th September 2020, at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Please save the date! To Absent Friends, a people's festival of storytelling and remembranceOrganised by people and organisations across Scotland, co-ordinated by Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief. 1-7 November 2019. More information is available here: weblink. Bereavement by suicide: supporting children, young people and familiesOrganised by Child Bereavement UK 1 November 2019, Inverness. More information is available here: weblink. New online courses in End of Life StudiesThe University of Glasgow End is making available a three week free MOOC this month (18 November) as a taster for a wholly online MSc in End of Life Studies that will commence in Autumn 2020. Dame Cicely Saunders – my experience as her biographerOrganised by St Margaret of Scotland Hospice. Speaker: Professor David Clark, OBE, University of Glasgow. 5 November, Clydebank. When a child dies – supporting parents and familiesOrganised by Child Bereavement UK. 15 November 2019, Kinross. More information is available here: weblink. Care Home Conference 2019: Essential Care: the critical role of care homesOrganised by Scottish Care. 15 November 2019, Glasgow. More information is available here: weblink. National Care Home Conference, Exhibition & Awards 18Organised by Scottish Care. 16 November, Glasgow. More information is available here: weblink. Scottish Cancer ConferenceOrganised by Cancer Research UK. Monday 18 November, Glasgow. More information is available here: weblink. Dying for ChangeOrganised by Hospice UK. 20 - 22 November. More information is available here: weblink. Paediatric End of Life Care Network (PELiCaN) Introductory RoadshowsA series of roadshows are taking place to introduce PELiCaN, the new national paediatric end of life care network. The roadshows are an opportunity to find out about the national network, engage with other interested stakeholders, get involved and have a voice:
Email nss.pelican@nhs.net or phone 0131 275 7612 to book a place. Building and sustaining compassionate communities: The role of the Churches in supporting people with end of life mattersOrganised by Faith in Older People and the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care. Wednesday 27 November, Edinburgh. More information is available here: weblink. Collaborative Learning Event: Young Adults in TransitionOrganised by the Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice. 28 November 2019, Glasgow. More information is available here: weblink. Effective Non-Medical Prescribing in End of Life CareOrganised by Health Conferences UK. 2 December 2019, London. More information is available here: weblink. Professor Ian Deary gives the Annual Professor John Starr Winter Lecture.Organised by Alzheimer Scotland. 2 December 2019, Edinburgh. More information is available here: weblink. 10th neonatal palliative and end of life care conference: Working together to provide high-quality supportOrganised by Child Bereavement UK. 11 February 2020, Leeds. More information is available here: weblink. Bereavement training for professionals working in the education sectorOrganised by Child Bereavement UK . 3 March 2020, Kinross. More information is available here: weblink St Columba's Hospice/Queen Margaret University programmes of studySt Columba’s Hospice in collaboration with Queen Margaret University provide two programmes of study:
Further information about the modules which are running 2019/20 is available here: weblink. If you would like to discuss your learning need/mode of study please contact: Janice Logan. If you have any difficulties applying via the Queen Margaret University website, please contact Sue Thorburn on 0131 551 7710. St Margaret of Scotland Hospice coursesA full list of courses delivered by St Margaret of Scotland Hospice is available on their website. |
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