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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 |
Budget Bill: £100 million funding to address delayed discharge £100 million funding in the 2025-26 Budget to tackle delayed discharge will make Hospital at Home the ‘biggest hospital in the country’, if approved by Parliament The service, which offers a safe alternative to admission to an acute hospital, will grow to 2,000 beds by December 2026, alleviating pressure on health and social care settings. The money will also ensure all A&E departments in Scotland have frailty units directly linked to community care settings, with an increased focus on collaborative working to identify ways to improve patient experience. Read more here. |
Practice |
New report: People who are terminally ill need more help with their energy bills Consumer Scotland has published a new report highlighting the energy affordability challenges facing disabled people, those with health conditions and the terminally ill, with recommendations on how governments can address them. Read more here. |
SPPC News |
Demystifying Death: Making Change Happen The next Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief conference will be on the theme of Demystifying Death: Making Change Happen. It will take place at the Renfield Centre in Glasgow on 26 February 2025. Find out more about conference here. Registration is now open - book your place here. Further details and programme will be announced soon. SNAPC: Celebrating Achievements and Shaping the Future SNAPC will be holding a one-day networking event on Tuesday 21 January 2025 at the Renfield Centre, Bath Street, Glasgow to share learning and celebrate five years of the Scottish Network for Acute Palliative Care (SNAPC). This event is open to all (not just acute specialist teams). The agenda will share successes of the Building on the Best Project and look to the future development of integrated palliative care services across settings. The event will also seek ideas on the development of the innovation network proposed in the draft SG palliative care strategy and prioritise areas identified for improvement. Everyone is welcome for networking, information sharing and planning ahead, so come and join us and be a part of the conversation. Please register for your free place here. Seeking your views on the future direction of SPPC SPPC is thinking about where to focus its efforts over the next 3 years. It is important to us that our members and stakeholders help to shape the future of our work. It would be a big help to us if you could tell us what you think by completing this short survey. Thank you! |
Other News |
NHS in Scotland 2024 Finance and performance The NHS in Scotland 2024 Finance and performance report has been published. Read it in full here. New training: Addressing the Unmet Needs of Older LGBTQ+ Individuals and Those Living with Dementia A new training course from the University of Stirling’s Dementia Services Development Centre, designed for health and social care professionals, aims to equip professionals with the knowledge and skills to provide inclusive, affirming care for LGBTQ+ individuals. Find out more here. Pension Age Disability Payment - Information events from Social Security Scotland Pension Age Disability Payment is replacing Attendance Allowance in Scotland. From early 2025, adults in Scotland in receipt of Attendance Allowance will start to have their awards transferred to Pension Age Disability Payment. New applications for Pension Age Disability Payment can be made from 24 March 2025 for people living in: Aberdeenshire, Angus, Clackmannanshire, Dundee City, East Ayrshire, Falkirk, Fife, Moray, Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles), North Ayrshire, Perth and Kinross, South Ayrshire and Stirling. Pension Age Disability Payment will be available to every area in Scotland from 22 April 2025. Social Security Scotland will be holding free online stakeholder information events to share details on Pension Age Disability Payment at the following dates and times:
Social Security Scotland are also holding an online event about case transfer for those wishing to learn more about the policies underpinning the transfer process and how clients currently on Attendance Allowance will be selected for case transfer. This online session will take place on Tuesday, 28 January at 10:30. Book your place here. If you have any questions about any of the events, please contact the National Engagement and Partnership Team at stakeholderengagement@socialsecurity.gov.scot. |
Courses and Events |
Training courses from Cruse Scotland Bereavement Support
More information is available here: Cruse Scotland Training Calendar Healthcare Conferences UK: CPD Virtual ConferencesOrganised by Healthcare Conferences UK. For dates and times of individual sessions, see below. Readers of this newsletter can receive a 20% discount with the code hcuk20sppc.
Healthcare Conferences UK: Professional Development Conferences & MasterclassesOrganised by Healthcare Conferences UK. For dates and times of individual sessions, see below. Readers of this newsletter can receive a 20% discount with the code hcuk20sppc.
Talk by Hanneke van Laarhoben - In search of stories: Narrative-aesthetic interventions to hear cancer patients’ voicesOrganised by St Columba’s Hospice Care Palliative Arts No. 17 Talks. Friday 17th January 2025, 6pm UK time, hybrid event at No.17 conference venue in Edinburgh and online via Zoom. For more information and to book your place, please click here. RCPE Online Symposium: Palliative MedicineOrganised by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 22 January 2025, online. For more information and to register, please visit the symposium website. Social Security Scotland’s Pension Age Disability Payment Case Transfer event Organised by Social Security Scotland. 28 January 2025, online. For more information and to book your place, please click here. 2025 Marie Curie Research into Practice ConferenceOrganised by Marie Curie. 11-14 February 2025, online. More information on the conference is available here. Save the Date: Demystifying Death: Making Change HappenOrganised by Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief. 26 February 2025, Renfield Centre, Glasgow. Find out more about conference here. Registration is now open - book your place here. Further details and programme will be announced soon. Social Security Scotland’s Pension Age Disability Payment Stakeholder EventsOrganised by Social Security Scotland. Pension Age Disability Payment is replacing Attendance Allowance in Scotland. SSS are offering a free online stakeholder information event to share details on Pension Age Disability Payment. These sessions will be online. Dates and times, as well as registration links, are below:
Advanced European Bioethics Course: “Suffering, Death and Palliative Care”Organised by the section of Healthcare Ethics, IQ Health, Radboud university medical centre Nijmegen. Nijmegen, the Netherlands, 25-28 March 2025. For more information and to register, please visit the course website at Advanced European bioethics course ‘Suffering, Death and Palliative Care’ - IQ Health. Training course: LGBTQ+ Inclusivity in Ageing and Dementia Organised by the University of Stirling’s Dementia Services Development Centre. Training will take place at the Dementia Services Development Centre, Iris Murdoch Building, University of Stirling FK9 4LA Training dates are 27 March 2025 or 12 June 2025. Click on each date to find out more and to book your place. |
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