Day 2: Wednesday 26 November

The ultimate guide to thriving under CQC and Charity Commission regulation 

This session is kindly supported by DAC Beachcroft.

Speakers:

• Corinne Slingo, Partner, DAC Beachcroft
• Emma-Jane Dalley, Partner, DAC Beachcroft 

Chair: Julia Russell, Senior Clinical Practice & QI Manager, Hospice UK 

👥: Clinical

This session includes four presentations of abstracts submitted via our Call for Papers.  

These abstracts are published in an online conference supplement produced by BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, an official journal of Hospice UK.  

👥: All delegates

This session will launch a new pack of Hospice UK resources to support hospices and local health boards with contracting guidance, consistent service descriptions and frameworks for staffing and costing.

Speakers: 

• Annette Alcock, Director of Programmes, Hospice UK
• Anita Hayes, Clinical Quality Lead, Hospice UK
• Jane Turner, Chief Nursing Officer, Sue Ryder

Chair: Annette Alcock

👥: CEOs, Clinical, Finance, People and Human Resources, Trustees

Hear from two hospices who are piloting a new Greener Palliative Care Award developed by the Palliative Care Sustainability Network. 

You'll hear how hospices are making changes to their clinical practice to lessen their environmental impact, and be part of a discussion around the benefits and barriers to this.

Speakers:

• Angela Hayes, Nurse Fellow and Project Lead, Centre for Sustainable Healthcare
• Dr Christine Mott, Medical Director, Acorns Children’s Hospices
• Dr Tiffany D’Silva, Junior Clinical Fellow in Palliative Medicine, Marie Curie Hospice, Cardiff and the Vale 

Chair: Paul Fraser, Deputy Director of Programmes, Hospice UK

👥: CEOs, Finance, Clinical

Session looking at integrated services across the system, including examples from primary care, community, hospice in reach to the acute hospital and ambulance service improvements.

Speakers:

• Alice Lee, Clinical Nurse Specialist, St Barnabas Hospice (Lincoln)
• Dr Rakesh Koria, Acute Response Team GP Lead, NHS Kent & Medway ICB Ageing and Dying Well Clinical Lead
• Dr Sarah Mitchell, Clinical Associate Professor of Palliative Care, St Gemma’s Academic Unit of Palliative Care, University of Leeds; National Clinical Director for Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care, NHS England
• Dr Margred Capel, Clinical Lead, City Hospice    

Chair: Dr Sam Kyeremateng, Medical Director and Clinical Lead for Programme Development, St Luke’s Hospice, Sheffield; Trustee, Hospice UK

 👥: Clinical, CEOs, Trustees

The UK Commission on Bereavement found that 40% of adults who wanted formal bereavement support did not receive any. Four years later, very little has changed, and huge inequities remain. 

Join us for a discussion of the latest research, policy and innovative service delivery and how we can ensure everyone grieves with the care and support they need.     

 Speakers: 

• Kerrie Jones, Bereavement Services Lead, Mary Stevens Hospice
• Dr Sabrina Bajwah, Clinical Reader in the Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King’s College London, and Honorary Palliative Care Consultant at King’s College Hospital.
• Dr Catriona Mayland, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Palliative Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield
• Dr Alison Penny, Assistant Director, Wellbeing National Children’s Bureau & Director, Children Bereavement Network & Coordinator, National Bereavement Alliance  

Chair: Jodie Beck, Policy & Public Affairs Manager (England), Hospice UK 

 👥: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Community Engagement

This session includes four presentations of abstracts submitted via our Call for Papers.  

These abstracts are published in an online conference supplement produced by BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, an official journal of Hospice UK.  

👥: All delegates

This session will talk about how leaders can support technology change, working with trustees and looking at risk management and funding. 

Hear first-hand from non-technical leaders in the hospice sector and beyond as they share their real-world experiences - what worked, what didn’t, how they overcame challenges and how you can help in your role as a leader. 

Speakers:

• Mark Hawkins, Chief Executive Officer, Rowcroft Hospice
• Julia Mixter, Executive Director of Business Services, Anchor
• Speaker from PIB Insurance

Chair: Steve Thorlby-Coy, Director of Transformation, Hospice UK

Kindly supported by our Gold sponsors, PIB Insurance

👥: Technology leads, CEOs, Trustees

This session will expand on discussions about how different professions can work together more closely: GPs and integrated neighbourhood teams, district nursing, social care workforce and geriatricians. 

Speakers:

• Prof. Fliss Murtagh, Professor of Palliative Care, Hull York Medical School
• Prof. Jugdeep Dhesi, President, British Geriatrics Society; Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Kings College London and Consultant Geriatrician, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust 

Chair: Prof. Max Watson MBE, Hospice UK

👥: Clinical, CEOs, Trustees, People and Human Resources

Join us for a discussion of how best to work in partnership with our local communities to strengthen the care and support hospices provide.

We will highlight the common threads across a diverse range of projects focused on improving care and support for LGBTQ+ people of colour, Irish survivors of institutional abuse and people in poverty. 

Together, we will explore what it takes to meaningfully engage with the people we serve to drive positive change.    

 Speakers: 

• Gemma Allen, Director of Strategy, Innovation and Communications, The Mary Stevens Hospice and Co-founder and Lead, No Barriers Here

• Dr Jed Jerwood, Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, University of Birmingham; Advanced Clinical Academic Art Psychotherapist, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Co-founder, No Barriers Here

• Emma Browrigg, Poverty Proofing Health Team Manager, Children North East

• Ailbhe Cashman, Poverty Proofing coordinator, Children North East 

• Dr Jo Brady, Deputy Medical Director, North London Hospice   

• Brian Dalton, CEO, Irish in Britain

Chair: Katie Reade, Head of Policy & Public Affairs, Hospice UK 

 👥: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Community Engagement

At this session you will hear how adult hospices can make the first steps to caring for young people moving from children's to adult hospice care.   

We will help you to understand the importance of adult hospices being part of the support for young people with a life limiting condition. You'll have a chance to ask questions to the four centres of learning who are integral to the Hospice UK National Transition Programme. 

Speakers: 

• Joanna Elverson, Specialist Palliative Medicine Consultant, St Oswald’s Hospice 

• Sharon Warner, Transition Lead, Rainbows Hospice 

• Tracy Jones, Director of Family Wellbeing & Outreach Services, Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospice 

• Dr Sheonad Laidlaw, Specialist Doctor in Palliative Medicine, Clinical Lead Young Adult Service, The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice  

• Lorna Fraser, Professor of Palliative Care and Child Health, Kings College London 

Chair: Amanda Whateley, Clinical Programme Manager – Transition, Hospice UK 

👥:  Clinical, CEO, Community Engagement