Delivering High Quality End of Life Care – May

Our specialist Knowledge Exchange Team delivers high quality education through interactive training sessions. Our study sessions and courses are continually reviewed and updated, with new subjects added regularly to provide the most up-to-date guidance and expert advice, and to facilitate topical and diverse discussions amongst health care professionals.

Delivering High Quality End of Life Care offers an introduction to the field of specialist palliative and end of life care. This session is suitable for all grades of staff, and in particular, those who are new or who are thinking of working in a palliative care setting.

Covering:

• What palliative care is
• What end of life care is
• How to recognise changes in a person’s condition
• Medical and non-medical ways of managing end of life symptoms
• An overview of Advance Care Planning
• Refresher of basic communication skills
• Case studies looking at equality and fair access to services
• How can we overcome these inequalities?