- SPPC's draft response to the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill
- Assisted Dying Bill
- Assisted Dying Bill Published
- Winners of the Derek Doyle Poster Prize
- Palliative Care Poster Parade
Sharing Current Scottish Practice
This blog provides an opportunity for people to share examples of current Scottish palliative care practice that might be of interest to the palliative care community more widely. If you know of work underway that might be relevant for sharing on our website, please get in touch.
Poster Abstracts of the Month: June
The SPPC Palliative Care Poster Parade is an online collection of posters showcasing best practice and new initiatives to improve experiences of living with serious illness, dying and bereavement in Scotland and further afield. All of the posters are available to view on the SPPC website, and each month we'll highlight a few in the the SPPC e-bulletin and in this blog. This month we focus on:
- COMFRT at end of life in ICU - saving other lives and giving hope click here
- Compassionate communication in palliative and end-of-life care workshops for community telecare-alarm responders click here
- Conducting a Phase III Clinical Trial in a Hospice Environment click here
- Creating, nurturing and sustaining service improvement in Scotland's hospitals in the shadow of austerity click here
- Critical Junctures: when children and families need CHAS most click here
- De-Prescribing in Palliative Care: A Quality Improvement Approach at University Hospital Monklands click here
- Deprescribing in Palliative Care at the Ayrshire Hospice click here
- Dundee Enhanced Community Palliative Care Project click here
Poster Abstracts of the Month: October
The SPPC Autumn Season 2022 featured an online poster exhibition of 55 posters, sharing work and research underway across Scotland. Each month, our blog highlights a few of these posters. This month, we're highlighting:
- Views of Care at End of Life: An action research study exploring the best ways of eliciting patient and family views of end of life care and giving real time feedback in acute hospitals
- Views of Care at End of Life: Using Care Opinion to explore end of life experiences
- When Sage and Thyme met Zoom
- Working as a true multi-disciplinary team
The SPPC blog is a space to share practice currently underway in Scotland. If you have practice you'd like to share, please get in touch.
Poster Abstracts of the Month: May
The SPPC Autumn Season 2022 featured an online poster exhibition of 55 posters, sharing work and research underway across Scotland. Each month, our blog focuses on the content of a few of these posters. This month, we focus on:
- Imminence of Death amongst NHS Ayrshire and Arran Hospital Inpatients
- Improving awareness of the UHM Referral Process to the Specialist Palliative Care Team
- Improving the quality and value of care for people with poor prognosis cancers: a national questionnaire survey of General Practitioners in Scotland
- Improving the use of Treatment Escalation Plans within Medicine for the Elderly
- Introducing the Triage Hub Meeting at The Ayrshire Hospice
- No Time to Lose: Addressing the housing needs of people with MND
The SPPC blog is a space to share practice currently underway in Scotland. If you have practice you'd like to share, please get in touch.
Poster Abstracts of the Month: January
The SPPC Autumn Season 2022 featured an online poster exhibition of 55 posters, sharing work and research underway across Scotland. Each month, our blog focuses on the content of a few of these posters. This month, we focus on:
- Adopting a risk management approach
- Assessing the impact of decant from South Ayrshire to East Ayrshire on the demographics of patients admitted to the in-patient unit
- Becoming a University Hospice: From shared values to innovative practice and research
- CHAS Fresh Meals: Nutritious and Delicious
- Confidence is Key: Neighbours Supporting Each Other Through Grief
- Courageous Conversations: Delivering expert level communication skills on a digital platform
The SPPC blog is a space to share practice currently underway in Scotland. If you have practice you'd like to share, please get in touch.
Poster Abstracts of the Month: July
The SPPC Autumn Season 2021 featured an online poster exhibition of 36 posters, sharing work and research underway across Scotland. Each month, our blog focuses on the content of a few of these posters. This month, we focus on:
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