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This national conference will look at improving care of the dying adults in the last days of life and ensuring adherence to the national NICE quality standard in practice.
“High quality palliative care should be accessible to everyone. We will all die. And when we face the end of our lives, we should expect to be offered the highest possible quality of care that attends to our physical, psychological, emotional, social and spiritual needs. Our families and those close to us should feel valued, involved and supported.”
Through national updates, and practical case studies the conference will focus on improving care of adults in the last days of life. Sessions will focus on putting personal experience first, monitoring adherence against the national NICE standards in practice, alignment of care with the preferences and needs of the dying person and those important to them, predicting and recognising last days of life and managing uncertainty, developing individual care plans and goals, symptom control and hydration and effective prescribing including anticipatory prescribing at the end of life. The conference will also look forward to the New NICE Guideline on End of life care for adults: service delivery which is in consultation and due for publication in October 2019.
Benefits of attending:
This conference will enable you to:
- Network with those working to improve care in the last days of life
- Reflect on the lived experience of a person with a terminal illness
- Monitor progress and adherence against the National Quality Standard in your service
- Understand how you can improve Palliative Care at the Front Door: earlier decisions, earlier conversations
- Update your knowledge on national developments in end of life care
- Improving communication skills and competence in dealing with distressing conversations at the end of life
- Learn from established practice in supporting people to live well to the very end
- Ensure best practice in clinical management of the dying phase including symptom control, hydration and prescribing
- Explore latest evidence in predicting and recognising last days of life and managing uncertainty
- Develop effective individual care plans and goals for every end of life care patient in line with the national evidence
- Looking ahead to the New NICE Guideline on End of Life Care: Service Delivery
- Self assess and reflect on your own practice
- Gain CPD accreditation points contributing to professional development and revalidation evidence
100% of delegates at our previous conference on this subject would recommend it to a colleague
“Excellent conference, speakers passionate and v knowledgeable about topics. Usually attend a conference and it reaffirms the knowledge I have, but may change focus. This conference has given me new ideas which will change my approach to practice”
“Really impressed by quality of speakers, subjects covered. Been so informative and given me so much valuable info to bring back to my workplace”
