Palliative & End-of-Life Care
London: 30th Sept & Manchester: 4th Nov

Chair: Tessa Ing – Head of End-of-Life Care, Department of Health

AM Sessions

9.20 When does end-of-life care start?    
London: Dr Helen Bowden – Assistant Clinical Lead, National Gold Standards Framework Centre, Walsall PCT.
Manchester: Prof. Keri Thomas – GP, National Clinical Lead Palliative Care & the GSF Programme, NHS End-of-Life Care Programme.

9.50 Carers 24/7
How do we engage with hidden carers? Dealing with carers on their terms. The impact of Caring with Confidence upon carers looking after those facing the end of life.
Tom Memery – Development Director, Omega, the National Association for End-of-Life Care

10.20 Exhibition & Morning Coffee

11.00 The good, the bad & the ugly: Experiences in palliative & end-of-life care
London: Helen Findlay – Helen’s father died of MND in a hospital & her
mother died with dementia in a care home.
Manchester: Kate Hall – Kate’s brother David died from prostate cancer at the age of 66, two years ago.

11.45 What’s new in palliative & end-of-life care?
Implementing the national strategy – examples of best practice. Quality markers in end-of-life care. Principles & competencies of the health & social care workforce. Transforming community services. End-of-life care intelligence networks. End-of-life care e-learning. New tools & resources. Raising public awareness about death & dying.
Simon Chapman – Interim Director of Policy, Ethics and Parliamentary Affairs, NCPC.
London: Anita Hayes – National End-of-Life Care Programme Manager.
Manchester: Sheila Joseph – National End-of-Life Programme Manager.

12.30 Exhibition & Lunch

PM Sessions

1.10 Implementing the national end-of-life care strategy: Where are we now?
Tessa Ing – Head of End-of-Life Care, Department of Health

1.45 Advanced care planning: Implementing the Preferred Priorities for Care (PPC) across organisations
What is important about advanced care planning? Facilitating the implementation of the PPC, what worked well & what could have been done differently. How can we facilitate/advocate for individuals within our care to die in their place of choice. The value of audit. Case studies: The impact upon patients & families when PPC has been achieved. The way forward.
London: Eleanor Sherwen – Senior Service Development Manager, End-of-Life Care, West Essex PCT
Manchester: Adrienne Betteley – PPC National Team member & End-of-Life Care Lead Nurse within a cancer network.

2.20 Overcoming the challenges of managing patients with dementia in end-of-life care
The context of end-of-life care for people with dementia - why palliative and end-of-life care is so important. Implementing both National Dementia and End-of-Life Care Strategies in achieving the best outcomes for people with dementia and their carers. The needs of people with dementia and their carers at the end-of-life. Learning from the good practice and innovation of others.
London: Karen Harrison Dening - Consultant Admiral Nurse, Mental Health Services for Older People, Barnet Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust, St Ann’s Hospital.
Manchester: Kim Wrigley – End-of-Life Care Lead for Greater Manchester & Cheshire Cancer Network.

3.00 Exhibition & Afternoon Tea

3.20 Best practice: Pain control in the community
Dr Andrew Lawson FRCA FANZCA MSc – Medical Ethicist & Consultant in Pain Medicine, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Medical Ethics, Imperial College London.

3.50 Allowing a natural death/do not resuscitate       
Dr Mark Roland – Respiratory Consultant Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, & Chair,
End-of-Life Care Clinical Review, South Central