1. Palliative Care Study Day Jenny Lowe Tutor: Palliative Care St John’s Hospice July 2010

2. 9.15 a.m.- 9.30 a.m.Tea /Coffee and Registration 9.30 a.m.- 9.40 a.m. Welcome / Introduction to day Jenny Lowe: Tutor Palliative Care 9.40 a.m.-10.45 a.m. Preferred Priority of Care Cathryn Greaves: Ward Sister, Renal Unit and PPC facilitator (Sends Apologies) 10.45 a.m.-11.00 a.m.Tea/Coffee 11.00 a.m.-11.45 am. Gold Standards Framework Sharon Cansdale: GSF facilitator for care homes 11.45a.m.- 12.45 p.m. Liverpool Care Pathway Jenny Lowe: Tutor Palliative Care 12.45 p.m.- 1.30 p.m.Lunch 1.30 p.m.-4.15 p.m. Communication Skills in Palliative Care Dr. Carolyn Watt: Consultant in Palliative Medicine, St. John’s Hospice and Jenny Lowe Tea / Coffee Break 4.15 p.m.- 4.30 p.mEvaluation and Closure

3. Ground Rules Mobile phones switched off unless absolutely necessary Confidentiality One person at a time Respect and seek to understand each others difference Share responsibility for the success course Engage, contribute, ask for clarification if you need to. Be open to possibility and be prepared to work outside your comfort zone

4. Definitions of Palliative Care Helps all those with advanced, progressive, incurable illness to live as well as possible until they die It enables the supportive and palliative care needs for both patient and family to be identified and met throughout the last phase of life and into bereavement. It includes management of pain and other symptoms and provision of psychological, social, spiritual and practical support. (Source: National council for Palliative Care 2006)

5. ↔ 1 2345 The Northwest Five Phase Model For end of Life Care Advancing disease Death 1 year First Days of Death BereavementIncreasing Decline Last Days of Life 6 months1 year NHS North West ↔↔↔

6. Collaboration with other agencies specific to Palliative Care Macmillan Nurses Marie Curie Nurses Hospice at home service Hospice inpatients Day Hospice Cancercare