International Community of Practice for End of Life Care Launch Symposium

Join us for this international symposium outlining practice development initiatives in palliative and end of life care.

Speakers include Professor Philip Larkin, President of the European Association of Palliative Care and Chair of the All-Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care, Professor of Palliative Nursing at University College Dublin and Our Lady’s Hospice Dublin; Professor Chris Johns, Honorary Professor of Palliative and End of Life Care at Canterbury Christ Church University who is author of the seminal work ‘Becoming a Reflective Practitioner’ and a new book on ‘Mindful Leadership’; and Professor Devakirubai Jebaseelan, Professor of Nursing at the Sacred Heart Nursing College, Madurai, India, together with a range of national and local speakers who will be showcasing their own practice development interests in the area of palliative and end of life care.

Sessions will include:


• Horizon scanning and boundary crossing in end of life care
• Why do we need practice development in end of life care?
• What do we mean by practice development?
• Developing practice in end of life care in India
• Practice development in GP-led end of life care
• Developing end of life care in learning disability
• Developing ‘mindful leaders’ in palliative and end of life care
• Developing practice in end of life care through CPD training
• Developing end of life care for children and young adults