An afternoon looking at the research into end of life care taking place in Kent and Medway.
This will include:
- Results on the research for patient benefit study on rapid response hospice at home.
- The latest NIHR palliative care portfolio studies recruiting in the region.
- Modafinil in lung cancer related fatigue
- Emotionality in Motor Neurone Disease
- Triggers for palliative care in chronic lung disease
- Dissertations from the MSc in palliative and supportive care.
Download the flyer and the full programme for the day.
Programme
| 1:40 – 1:45 | Welcome – Dr. Andrew Thorns, Consultant Palliative Medicine, Pilgrims Hospice. |
| Palliative Care MSc Presentations | |
| 1:50 – 2:00 | Perceptions of Palliative Care, Specialist Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care in a Kent hospital – Sharon Lane, University of Kent. |
| 2:00 – 2:10 | Education in palliative care in Greece – Nikolaos Kakaras, University of Kent. |
| 2:10 – 2:25 | The Sikh population of North-West Kent: the lived experience of caring for a dying relative at home – Margaret Mary Cowan, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, EllenorLions Hospice. |
| 2:25 – 2:35 | Questions for MSc students. |
| 2:35 – 3:00 | Rapid response hospice at home – Clare Butler, Medical Director, Pilgrims Hospice. |
| 3:00 – 3:30 | Break |
| 3:30 – 3:50 | Care homes project – what can we learn and how to take forward – Laura Holdsworth, Research Associate, University of Kent. |
| 3:50 – 4:05 | Validating the PPI the science behind the study – Dr Siva Subramanium, Specialist Trainee, Pilgrims Hospice. |
| 4:00 – 4:20 | PhD: The story so far – Dr Declan Cawley, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Pilgrims Hospice. |
| Local Portfolio studies | |
| 4:20 – 4:30 | SOB in cancer – Rose Ward, Palliative Care Research Nurse, CLRN Kent & Medway. |
| 4:30 – 4:40 | Emotionality in MND – Dr David Oliver, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Wisdom Hospice. |
| 4:40 – 4:50 | Carers Assessment Tool – Tricia Wilcocks, Head of Care, EllenorLions Hospice. |
| 4:50 – 5:00 | Questions and discussion on Local Portfolio Studies. |
| 5:00 – 5:15 | Summary & Close – Dr. Andrew Thorns, Consultant Palliative Medicine, Pilgrims Hospice. |
| 5.15 | Close |