Events Calendar
19 Mar
2018
South West
Working in collaboration with Cornish charity Cornwall Hospice Care, Lostwithiel Young Farmers Club will be running the 'Do it before you die!' campaign for a year. They will be urging fellow clubs, leaders of agriculture and their work colleagues to support Dying Matters by signing up for organ donation and completing an Advance Decision form online. They will be supported by staff from the organisations and charities involved, their aim being to encourage young people to take consider how they could take a positive action around the subject of dying.
15 Jan
2019
London
Do you want to know about end of life care and end of life care planning? Do you want to help yourself and help others around you to ‘put your/their house in order’?
Our Future Matters 4-day training course covers the benefits and barriers of talking about and planning for the end of life.
21 Jan
2019
London
The prevention and management of pressure ulcers at the end of life must be balanced alongside the patients preferences presenting ethical dilemmas such as when prevention and active management should stop in the last days of life. This national conference focuses on the reduction and management of pressure ulcers at the end of life, from risk assessment to controlling pain and discomfort in the last days of life.
24 Jan
2019
Scotland
So we’ve somehow managed to get through the (probably dreaded) “festive season”. No matter if it was the first without your loved one or if you’ve already gone through several Christmases…chances are it will have been difficult. But that’s the hardest bit over now, right? Maybe not…. From my experience the feeling of emptiness and hopelessness about having to face another year without him was almost worse once I had mastered the landmarks I had expected to be hard.
01 Feb
2019
London
Healthcare Conferences UK in association with Christopher Fincken, Independent Member UK Caldicott Guardian Council, (Chairman 2012-2017) & Caldicott Guardian at Marie Curie are pleased to announce this Conference which will focus on Information Sharing and Caldicott Principles in the health and social care of children and young adults.
01 Feb
2019
London
Healthcare Conferences UK in association with Christopher Fincken, Independent Member UK Caldicott Guardian Council, (Chairman 2012-2017) & Caldicott Guardian at Marie Curie are pleased to announce this Conference which will focus on Information Sharing and Caldicott Principles in the health and social care of children and young adults.
05 Feb
2019
London
Building on the success of this annual event, we are delighted to announce that we now have a full and exciting programme of speakers. This conference will focus on some of the challenges we face as professionals working in a neonatal unit, including, having difficult conversations, breaking bad news and how best to manage parents’ expectations.
06 Feb
2019
West Midlands
The national controlled drugs summit focuses on the safe use, prescribing and management of controlled drugs including monitoring adherence against the NICE guidance on the safe use and management of controlled drugs. This year there is an extended focus on identifying and investigating Controlled Drugs abuse by healthcare staff following the Care Quality Commission recent findings that “we have become aware of an increasing number of incidences of healthcare staff diverting or misusing controlled drugs”.
07 Feb
2019
West Midlands
Understand more about teenagers’ responses to grief to help you communicate with them and provide appropriate support.
09 Feb
2019
Wales
I am developing a workshop for exploring our thoughts and experiences around death and dying through the reading and writing of poetry.
Spaces will be limited to about twenty individuals (but if you miss out there will be another workshop in June). Tickets are free for anyone working in healthcare and medicine.
