Palliative Care and Neurological Conditions: Defining the Way Ahead
Friday 15 September 2006
Park Crescent Conference Centre, London
Key objectives for the day are to:
- Explore the level of need for palliative care for those with neurological conditions
- Identify current involvement of palliative care for people with neurological conditions
- Highlight good practice examples to influence clinical practice on the ground from both the neurology and palliative care perspectives
- Suggest a pathway to enable service development
- Provide a forum to discuss how the information learnt can be transferred into realistic actions to initiate change
Speakers for the day include:
Sue Thomas - Advisor for Long Term Conditions, Royal College of Nursing
Eli Silber - Consultant Neurologist, Kings College Hospital, London
Nigel Sykes - Medical Director, St. Christopher's Hospice
Christina Mason - Director of Research, St Joseph's Hospice
David Morton - Director of Palliative Services, Lewis-Manning House
Jan Smith - Macmillan Clinical & Education Director, Tapping House Hospice
Rachel Taylor - Clinical Nurse Specialist, The National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, London
Debra Garside - Head of Care Centre Programme, Motor Neurone Disease Association
Judy Byrne - PINC co-ordinator, Sue Ryder Care
David Oliver - Medical Director, Wisdom Hospice
Sue Smith - Regional Care Advisor, Motor Neurone Disease Association
Rebecca Haughty - Neurology Specialist Nurse, Scarborough Hospice
Polly Edmonds & Rachel Burman - Consultants in Palliative Medicine, Kings College Hospital
For more information, please contact:
Mridu Rana - NCPC
Email:m.rana@ncpc.org.uk
or visit
www.ncpc.org.uk/events/neuro.html
