Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care

A) SPPC Annual Conference 2022 - change of date

The SPPC Annual Conference has been rescheduled for Monday 30th May 2022. A lot can happen before then, but for now we are looking forward to welcoming you back in person to the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 

Supporting primary care teams to talk and be with people who are bereaved or experiencing living grief

Organised by NHS Education Scotland, online. 26 January 2022, 5pm. More information is available here: weblink

B) CBUK courses

In February, Child Bereavement UK will run a number of training courses relating to supporting children, young people and families during bereavement, including: 

Bereavement by suicide: Supporting children and young people; Supporting bereaved pupils and managing bereavement in schools; Understanding traumatic bereavement in children and young people; Training for doctors: Maintaining wellbeing in working with loss, death and grief; Bereavement awareness in schools - Early years and nursery; Lunch and learn: When a child dies: What families have taught us; Teenagers and bereavement; Pregnancy loss and the death of a baby: Supporting parents; When a child dies: Supporting parents and families; Lunch and learn: Understanding loss, grief and bereavement; Supporting bereaved children and young people; Bereavement awareness in schools - Primary. 

More information about these courses is available on their website: weblink

C) Improving end of life care for people with dementia during Covid-19

Organised by Healthcare Conferences UK. Online. On demand. More information is available here: weblink

D) UK Launch of Lancet Commission on the Value of Death

1 March 2022, London or online. More information is available here: weblink

Improving Palliative and End of Life Services: Delivering Personalised, Compassionate and Effective Care & Considering the Impact of Assisted Dying

Organised by Public Policy Exchange. Webinar, 22 February 2022. More information is available here: weblink

E) Medical Treatment Decisions: Law & Ethics

Organised by Healthcare Conferences UK. 10 March 2022, online. More information is available here: weblink (20% discount with code hcuk20sppc.) 

F) A Practical Guide to Best Practice Symptom Control & Management in End-of-Life Care

Organised by Healthcare Conferences UK. 10 March 2022, online. More information is available here: weblink (20% discount with code hcuk20sppc.) 

G) Advanced European bioethics course “Suffering, Death and Palliative Care”

Organised by Healthcare Ethics, IQ healthcare, Radboud University Medical centre. Nijmegen, the Netherlands, 22-25 March 2022. More information is available here: weblink

H) Reducing & Managing Pressure Ulcers at the End of Life

Organised by Healthcare Conferences UK. 24 March 2022, online. More information is available here: weblink (20% discount with code hcuk20sppc.) 

I) Improving End of Life Care: Improving care and support during Covid-19 & Meeting the End of Life Care Quality Standard Update (Sept 2021)

Organised by Healthcare Conferences UK. 26 April 2022, online. More information is available here: weblink(20% discount with code hcuk20sppc.) 

J) Caldicott Principles & Information Sharing in End of Life Care

Organised by Healthcare Conferences UK, on demand. More information is available here: weblink (20% discount with code hcuk20sppc.) 

K) Palliative Care Conference 2022 - Challenges in end of life care

Organised by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. Online, 29 April 2022. More information is available here: weblink.