Improving End of Life Care for people with Cardiovascular Disease & Heart Failure

Wednesday 2 Dec 2020

VIRTUAL, Online

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Find out more about virtual attendance

This virtual conference focuses on improving end of life care for people with Cardiovascular Disease and Heart Failure through a person centred approach. Through national updates and practical case studies the conference aims to support you to meet the end of life care needs for people with heart disease.

The conference will also discuss starting difficult conversations: talking to people with heart failure about end of life care & advance care planning, and understanding progression of Heart Failure: Predicting and recognising last days of life and managing uncertainty.

“Heart and circulatory diseases cause more than a quarter of all deaths in the UK, that’s nearly 170,000 deaths each year – an average of 460 deaths each day or one every three minutes in the UK.”

British Heart Foundation

“There is extensive evidence that the distress faced by those living and dying with advanced heart failure is similar, and in many cases more severe, than those dying of cancer. Yet very few patients are referred for palliative or hospice support by their primary care or hospital cardiology teams.”

Hospice UK

This conference will enable you to:

Network with colleagues who are working to improve end of life care for people with cardiovascular disease and heart failure
Learn from the experience of someone living with heart failure
Reflect on national developments and learning
Understand what excellence in end of life care for heart failure looks like in practice
Improve the approach to talking to people with heart failure about end of life care & advance care planning
Learn from services developing pioneering models of palliative care for patients and their carers living with advancing heart failure
Ensure effective psychological support
Reflect on progression of Heart Failure: Predicting and recognising last days of life and managing uncertainty
Understand how you can improve symptom control, hydration & prescribing
Self assess and reflect on your own practice
Gain CPD accreditation points contributing to professional development and revalidation evidence

Speakers Include:

Dr Charles Daniels

Medical Director
St Lukes Hospice

Mr Gilbert Wheeler

Patient Ambassador and Operations Officer
British Cardiovascular Society

Virtual Attendance

Our online virtual events include a combination of live webcam presentations, training materials, video sessions and interactive exercises.

All you need is a quiet space, a good internet connection and PC or laptop with camera and microphone to allow you to see, hear and speak to the facilitator and other delegates. We will provide full instructions for accessing the platform along with login details.

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In-house Training

This course can be held at your organisation for up 25 delegates, we can tailor the content to suit your organisation and CPD needs of your staff. Led by experienced and highly rated trainers, in-house training works out cost-effective for groups and saves travel time.

Enquire
Contact katym@hc-uk.org.uk with your requirements for further information and a quote.

Exhibition & Sponsorship Packages

This conference offers a valuable opportunity for industry suppliers to personally meet with their target audience where they will have time to talk and demonstrate the benefits of their products. High quality specialist audiences make having a presence at our events a highly targeted and cost effective marketing channel.