From radical to real: Implementing new models of palliative care

Dr Viv Lucas, President, Palliative Care Section, Royal Society of Medicine and Jane Collins, CEO, Marie Curie

Professor Bridget Johnston, Florence Nightingale Foundation Professor of Clinical Nursing Practice Research, University of Glasgow and Representative, Macmillan Cancer Support

Ms Lyndsay Carter, Chief Executive, The Norfolk Hospice

Mr Brendan Martin, Managing Director, Public World and Buurtzorg Britain and Ireland

a. Evaluation of a nurse directed beds model of care in a stand alone hospice inpatient unit (IPU)

Ms Wendy Hills, Director of Nursing and Care Services, Pilgrims Hospices in East Kent

b. Learning from a new model of end of life care for older people with frailty/multi-morbidities' - the challenges and opportunities for specialist palliative care services.

Ms Jan Noble, Service Development and Transformation Lead, St Christopher's Hospice

c. Is it acceptable to use technical monitoring to assess palliative care patients' level of consciousness? A qualitative exploration with patients and relatives

Ms Anna-Maria Krooupa, PhD Student, Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, University College London

Professor Xavier Gomez-Batiste, Director, WHO Collaborating Centre, Cátedra de Cures Palliatives and Chair of Palliative Care, University of Vic, Spain

d. Designing dying well: Toward a new architectural approach of in-patient palliative care environments

Ms Annie Bellamy, PhD Candidate, University of Cardiff

e. What needs to change to better support carers at end of life? A multi-perspective mixed methods study to identify recommendations for change in organisational structures and processes

Dr Gail Ewing, Senior Research Associate, University of Cambridge

f. Compassionate neighbours - an innovative model building caring communities

Ms Carly Attridge, Head of Volunteering, St Joseph’s Hospice