External Events

Education at St Christopher’s Hospice

The Education Centre is at the heart of St Christopher’s mission to promote and provide hospice care of the highest standards to all those in need. We achieve this with direct patient services, education and training for others and comprehensive research into the needs of patients, their families, friends and carers. We have an extensive library and bookshop.

To see a list of our courses, visit our website: www.stchristophers.org.uk/education or Email us with any specific requests education@stchristophers.org.uk - we are always interested to receive feedback about courses you would like to see offered.

TheConferenceWebsite

TheConferenceWebsite is a Medical Conference listing of worldwide conferences in Palliative Care and many other subspecialties. Fully searchable and fully comprehensive

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The Third Sector and the White Paper

Regional Voices will be hosting events in 9 locations across the country for the third sector. These will give you the opportunity to learn more about the proposed changes through the White Paper as well as having the chance to attend three interactive consultation workshops during the day to discuss issues in depth and to provide feedback directly to those leading on the consultations from the Department of Health. For more information and booking details, please see http://www.regionalvoices.net/

Regional Voices and NCPC are both members of the Department of Health’s Strategic Partners Programme.

The Pepperell Education Centre at Saint Francis Hospice, Romford

The Pepperell Education Centre at Saint Francis Hospice, Romford offers a full range of palliative care courses and study days throughout the year.

Forthcoming study days include:

Leadership and Management Skills Workshop (13th September)
Managing Difficult Symptoms in Palliative Care (17th September)
Report Writing and Record Keeping (23rd September)
Medical Ethics (29th September)
Three Day Health Care Assistant’s Introduction to Palliative Care (5th, 6th, 7th October)
Dignity in Practice (14th October)
Exploring Bereavement Issues (19th October)
Hot Topics (20th October).

Our 4th Annual Conference will be held on 16th November: “Planning the Challenge of Transition – From Children’s Hospice to the Adult World”.

For further information on these and all our other events or to download a full copy of our current prospectus please visit our website: www.sfh.org.uk (follow the link to training and education) or contact education@sfh.org.uk.

The PSP Association’s Symposium for Carers and Medical Professionals

The PSP Association’s Symposium for Carers and Medical Professionals is on Wednesday 15th September at St Thomas’ Hospital, London.

The study day will be accredited and certificates for healthcare professionals will be provided.

Tickets, including lunch:

Carers / PSP Association subscribers £35
Professionals and non subscribers £50 if booked by 31st July, £60 from 1st August

Telephone 01327 322415 or email deborah.wheeler@pspeur.org or click here for further details and to book.

The National Forum for Hospice at Home

The National Forum for Hospice at Home is a national forum representing adult hospice at home services across the UK, regardless of the model of service provided. It provides support and information to its members and encourages positive networking through its website www.hospiceathome.org.uk

The Forum hosts an annual conference, this year in London on 15 September at the Holiday Inn in Camden Lock, to which all members are invited to attend at a subsidised rate. This event is also open to anyone who has an interest in the provision of hospice at home services and we would be delighted to welcome you there.

www.helpthehospices.org.uk/our-services/running-your-hospice/education-training/short-courses/

Central South Coast Cancer Network

Specialist Palliative Care:
Pivotal in Modern Acute Hospital Trusts
PROVE IT!

Winchester Guildhall

Wednesday 22nd September 2010

09.00 – 16.30

This conference aims to explore and debate the contribution of specialist palliative care in acute hospitals, speakers from across the UK

Mechanisms for opening doors
Quality
Patient and carer experience
Reducing complaints
Influencing clinical decision making

Demonstrating our full potential in the modern NHS

Hospital without walls
Cross boundary working
Appropriateness of care
True multidisciplinary cross specialty working

This one day conference is aimed at all members of the specialist palliative care multidisciplinary team, NHS managers, commissioners, members of acute oncology services, governance and service improvement teams and is a precursor to two days being held by the APMs Training Committee.

5 CPD points applied for

‘Early bird’ discount of £65 (full price £85 after 16th August)

For application forms and further details please contact:

Nicky Gibbons, Education Secretary, Countess Mountbatten House, Moorgreen Hospital, Botley Rd, West End, Southampton SO30 3JB

Telephone 023 8047 5332 Fax 023 8047 5305 E-mail nag1@soton.ac.uk

Multi-Professional Week

27 September - 1 October 2010

St Christopher’s Hospice, London, UK

Multi-Professional Week is 5-day course of intensive tutoring in clinical palliative and end of life care of for new or experienced staff who wish to update to palliative and end of life care.

Course content includes:

Specialist palliative care practice including:

Symptom control in advanced cancer
Multi-professional team working
Spirituality and religion
Challenges in delivering care at home
Palliative nursing
Sexuality
Rehabilitation
Ethics
The patient and family
Working with bereaved children
Culture and ethnicity
Personal motivation and professional survival
Challenging counselling situations
Staff support and supervision
Bereavement

This course is open to any professional working in palliative care including:

Doctors
Nurses
Social Workers
Allied Health Professionals
Psychologists
Counsellors
Bereavement Professionals
Chaplains
Complementary Therapists

If you would like more information about the course and booking details visit www.stchristophers.org.uk/mpweek. If you would like to speak to someone within our Education Department please call +44(0)20 8768 4656 or email education@stchristophers.org.uk

Iain Rennie Hospice at Home Nursing Conference

13^th October 2010

The 15th annual Iain Rennie Hospice at Home (IRHH) nursing conference ‘To Live Until You Die’ - Quality care towards the end of life offers a programme packed full of information and insights from some of the country’s leading specialists in end of life care, such as our own Sue Varvel (one of the first cohort of postgrads undertaking a Masters degree in Hospice Management) and Deborah Murphy from the Liverpool Care Pathway. Topics range from end of life care across various conditions, to the topical debate between palliative care and assisted dying.

Places are limited so why not take advantage of our early bird discount before 23rd July and reserve your place for just £60? Find out more here.

Gemma Walton
Communications Manager
Iain Rennie Hospice at Home
Tel: 01442 890222

Dementia is personal

What does the person with dementia really want to know?

13 October 2010, Engineer’s House, Bristol

Aims of the day

Explore what the person with dementia really wants to know
Understand different perspectives of needs

Speakers include:

Mai Davies, Television and Radio Presenter
Professor Jane Gilliard, National Dementia Strategy Programme Manager, Department of Health
Dr Richard Cheston, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership
Dr Judy Haworth, Psychiatrist, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership

Contact:

Shirine Borbor, Events and Conferences Manager
Soundwell Centre
City of Bristol College
PO Box 2887
Bristol, BS2 2BB
Tel: 0117 312 5851
Fax: 0117 312 1329

Email: thebristolconferences@cityofbristol.ac.uk
Web: www.thebristolconferences.co.uk

2nd National End of Life Care Conference

Joining up services across health and social care

Tuesday 19th October 2010

The King’s Fund WC1, London

The new coalition government’s drive towards greater efficiency and cost cutting will bring change to delivering end of life care. To maximise on resources available and improve quality of care for those nearing end of life it is essential that the health and social care sectors continue on the path towards a more joined up model of service provision.

Attend this conference and hear how others are taking steps towards removing barriers for patients to access services, providing support and joined up working across the social care and health sector and improving quality of care whilst driving short and long term efficiency savings.

Keynote speaker:

Rt Hon Andrew Lansley MP, Secretary of State for Health

Conference Chair:

Professor Peter Littlejohns, Clinical and Public Health Director, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

Other speakers include:

Professor Sir Mike Richards CBE, National Clinical Director for Cancer and End of Life Care, Department for Health
Claire Henry, National Programme Director, National End of Life Care Programme, NHS
Eve Richardson, Chief Executive, National Council fro Palliative Care and the Dying Matters Coalition
Niall Dickson, Chief Executive, General Medical Council
Jonathan Ellis, Director of Public Policy & Parliamentary Affairs, Help the Hospices

First National Symposium for the Arts In End of Life Care

End of Life Care and Everyday Life: Why the Arts Matter

5-6 November 2010
£100 per day
St Christopher’s Hospice, London UK

The first national symposium for the arts in end of life care brings together leaders in the field, as well as presenting a range of current innovations based around the important areas of policy, theory and practice. The symposium will offer opportunities for debate, dialogue and forward planning through: Defining the place of the arts in End of Life Care; Examining and relating policy, theory and practice; Exploring potential and possibility-innovation; Expanding the use of the arts – Care Homes and other settings.

For more information and booking form please visit http://www.stchristophers.org.uk/symposium or email education@stchristophers.org.uk

The First International Multidisciplinary Forum on Palliative Care

November 11-14, 2010 at Budapest, Hungary.

The conference will include mini-courses on symptom management, workshops for coping mechanisms with the dying child, update lectures on different topics, and more. The conference will include participants from all over Europe and South America. The lectures and workshops will be held by senior palliative care professionals in Europe and North America.

We expect Budapest to be a very successful congress and have made sure that the locale and venue provide ample opportunities for learning, sharing, and networking.

For further information, please refer to the website at www.imfpc.org

ECCA 2010 Conference & Exhibition

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE?
Can health and social care ever be happily married?

Wednesday 17 November 2010

Holiday Inn
Bloomsbury
London

Don’t miss this year’s ECCA Conference on integrated commissioning!

The ever increasing demands on public services mean that difficult decisions have to be taken on the allocation of resources.

There is much talk about shared values and common objectives with commissioners and providers collaborating to provide integrated care, but are these the basis for a marriage made in heaven?

Or is divorce already on the cards? This event will review the relationship from all sides and hopefully point the way to a long and happy partnership.

The speaker programme will include leading figures from politics, regulation and commissioning and the confirmed line-up should be announced soon.

Book early and save £25!

Book before 31 August:

Tickets cost £100 for ECCA members, £150 for non members

Book after 1 September:

Tickets cost £125 for ECCA members, £175 for non members

Special offer! Non-member care providers who attend the Conference and decide to join ECCA will be eligible for a £75 discount on their membership fee.

Interested? Find out more

For more information, call 08450 577 677, visit www.ecca.org.uk, or email conference@ecca.org.uk

The NSF for Long-Term Neurological Conditions: Five Years On

Joint conference with the British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine

Thursday 25 November 2010
Venue: Royal College of Physicians
Location: London

This conference aims to provide an update on the needs of people with long-term neurological conditions. It will renew the focus on the NSF standards as the key to providing improved services and look specifically at rehabilitation aspects. Speakers will review the evidence base, propose best-practice models for implementation and consider the issues around commissioning.

Audience: Consultants in rehabilitation medicine, neurology/neurosurgery, geriatric medicine, palliative medicine, trainees, allied health and social care professionals, service providers and commissioners responsible for NSF implementation.

Conference organiser: Royal College of Physicians

Contact Email: conferences@rcplondon.ac.uk
Contact Telephone: 020 3075 1436/1252/1300
http://events.rcplondon.ac.uk/details.aspx?e=1758

End of Life Care and Dementia

29 November 2010

St Christopher’s Hospice, London

www.stchristophers.org.uk/dementia

Palliative Care in South India

23 January - 6 February 2011

Now in its third year and led by Gilly Burn, one of the pioneers of Palliative Care in India, this successful tour provides a top to bottom view of Palliative Care in South India. The professional visits range from large city hospitals and hospices, to rural community projects and Ayurvedic hospitals. Travel from Cochin and the backwaters of Kerala across the Cardamom Hills to Mysore and on to ancient Mahabalipuram on the shores of the India Ocean. Full details at info@jonbainestours.co.uk Tel: + 44 207 223 5618 or www.jonbainestours.co.uk/indiapal