Making Choice Happen: Delivering quality end of life care to make choice a reality for everyone – London (supported by the Housing LIN)

To be held at The Waldorf Hilton Hotel, Aldwych, London, WC2B 4DD

It is widely acknowledged that choice is important to individuals and those close to them when approaching the end of life. However too many people still do not receive good quality care which meets their individual needs and wishes. The recent independent review 'What's important to me: a review of choice in end of life care' sets out the actions required to enable choice, as more needs to be done to make this a reality for everyone. If you are passionate about end of life care and want to make choice a reality, then this is the conference for you.

The event will bring together experts from across health and social care, to share ideas and approaches to supporting the delivery of choice for individuals and their carers. Delegates will hear from people who have set up innovative services and learn from their experience, as well as from people with personal experiences of choice in end of life care.

09.00 Registration, refreshments and exhibition

09.45 Chair's Welcome
Claire Henry MBE, Chief Executive, The National Council for Palliative Care & Dying Matters

10.00 What does choice for care at the end of life mean?
Dr David Brooks, Macmillan Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Chesterfield Royal Hospital

10.20 Fostering the development of choice in the community and measuring its impact
Professor Julia Verne, Head of Clinical Epidemiology and Clinical Lead - National End of Life Care Intelligence Network, Public Health England

10.40 The impact of choice - panel discussion with people with personal experience
Including 'I Didn't Want That' film presentation
Panellists:
Lynn Cawley, End of life campaigner and chaplain to a homeless community
Helen Findlay, Ex-carer; campaigner to improve end of life care and PhD candidate on service user involvement in palliative care; Member of the Choice at the End of Life Independent Review Panel
Harvey Ward, RCGP's Lay Chair - Patients and Carers Partnership Group and member of NCPC's People in Partnership group
June Hennell, Guest Lecturer in Dementia; Member of GAP, Worldwide Global Action for Personhood in Dementia

11.10 Q&A - All morning speakers

11.20 Coffee and exhibition

11.40 Workshop Sessions 1 - Practical delivery of choice for end of life care

Workshop A: Cost of delivering choice
Simon Jones, Director of Policy and Public Affairs, Marie Curie

Workshop B: Commissioning for choice
Paul Hayes, End of Life Programme Lead, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Workshop C: Using technology to deliver choice
Claire Pearson, VitruCare Project Manager, Sue Ryder

Workshop D: Having meaningful conversations to support choice
Jo Wilson, Macmillan Consultant Nurse Practitioner, Frimley Health Foundation Trust

12.40 Lunch and Poster Session

1.40 Workshop Sessions 2 - Repeat of above

2.40 Coffee & exhibition

3.00 Afternoon Chair's Welcome
Baroness Ilora Finlay, Chair Elect of The National Council for Palliative Care & Dying Matters

3.05 Sharing knowledge of person-centred care coordination for choice at the end of life
Dr Gemima Fitzgerald, Clinical Psychologist, The Rowans Hospice & Kay McConville, Heath Centre Manager, The Rowans Hospice

Annmarie Casey, Specialist Palliative Community Nurse, Foyle Hospice, Northern Ireland

3.25 Supporting carers' needs and involving them in discussions about care
Jen Kenward, Head of Patient Experience, Community, Primary & Integrated Care, Nursing Directorate, NHS England

3.45 Key Note Speech: Priorities for choice at the end of life
Ben Gummer, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health for Care Quality [Invited]

4.05 Q&A - Afternoon speakers

4.20 Call to action: how we can make choice happen
Professor Rob George, Medical Director, St Christophers' Hospice; Professor Palliative Care, Cicely Saunders Institute, KCL; President, Association

• Commissioners, including leaders of CCGs and Health & Well Being Boards, NHS Trusts, social care and primary care organisations
• Voluntary and independent sector staff
• Health and social care staff in acute and community services
• People managing and working in palliative and end of life care services
• General Practitioners, community and district nurses
• Health and social care chaplains
• People with personal experience of end of life care and carers

• Showcase new approaches to delivery of choice for people at the end of life
• Hear about collaborations between health and care services
• Use workshops to share innovative good practice from around the country
• Highlight the power of partnership working to improve services
• Provide a valuable forum for people in all care settings who care and support people at the end of life to share ideas and make new connections

Event Workshops: Please note that the below workshops take place once between 11.40 - 12.40 and again between 13.40 - 14.40.

• Workshop A: Cost of delivering choice
  Simon Jones, Director of Policy and Public Affairs, Marie Curie
• Workshop B: Commissioning for choice
  Paul Hayes, End of Life Programme Lead, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
• Workshop C: Using technology to deliver choice
  Claire Pearson, VitruCare Project Manager, Sue Ryder
• Workshop D: Having meaningful conversations to support choice
  Jo Wilson, Macmillan Consultant Nurse Practitioner, Frimley Health Foundation Trust

View the full programme online or download the PDF (opens new window)

NCPC Subscribers

• £120 (Early Bird Rate - Valid until 4th September)
• £150 after 4th September

Non-Subscribers

• £240 (Early Bird Rate - Valid until 4th September)
• £300 after 4th September

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