Palliative Care Study Day

Palliative Care and Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment sit hand in hand as more treatments become available for our patients meaning those with palliative diagnoses are living longer.  Palliative care is everyone’s business.  We know we have one chance to get this right.  Interdisciplinary working is not a new concept yet do we really understand how it is working here and now for us?  Join as we come together to explore our roles / experiences and our aspirations for future care.  Help us to explore how we can work collaboratively to get this right for our patients and community of care.

Target audience: Qualified Health Care Professionals working in Cancer Care and Palliative Care in any setting.  A multi-professional conference for all doctors, nurses, allied health care professionals and pharmacists

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Introduction to End of Life Care

Our face-to-face Intro to End of Life course aims to teach all healthcare professionals the core principles of end-of-life care and the importance of advanced care planning. This course is suitable for all healthcare professionals who support individuals with chronic, advanced, or life-threatening conditions.

Target Audience: All Care Home Staff and Community Staff

Six Steps to Success in End of Life care

The Six Steps to Success programme is comprised of six face to face workshops. The aim is to enhance end of life care through facilitating organisational change and supporting and educating staff to develop their roles around end-of-life care. This course is suitable for any care home staff who support patients with chronic, advanced, or life-threatening conditions, typically 1-3 representatives per care home.

Target Audience: All Care Home Staff

Communication Skills

Our face-to-face communication course will teach you how to become a more efficient and effective communicator. We will explore different communication techniques and the skills required to facilitate good communication to help health professionals be prepared to talk about difficult and emotive topics. This course is suitable for all healthcare professionals who support individuals with chronic, advanced, or life-threatening conditions.

Target Audience: All Care Home Staff and Community Staff

Symptom Management for Palliative Care

Symptom Management Training is an in-depth course exploring how to manage pain, nausea and vomiting, respiratory secretions, and agitation at End of Life. The course will provide Registered Nurses with the underpinning knowledge and skills to manage symptoms appropriately to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions. Also, to recognise the signs and symptoms of palliative care emergencies and registered nurses’ role in initial intervention and management of Hypercalcaemia, Superior Vena Cava Obstruction and Spinal Cord Compression.

Target Audience: Registered Nurses

Lunchtime Education Session

A monthly education session covering a range of topics from specialists in Palliative and End of Life Care.

Topics covered at previous sessions are Clinically assisted hydration and nutrition: Shared decision-making in patients with life-limiting illness. Frailty and Wirral’s Vision. Substance Misuse and Palliative Care. Dementia. Enhanced Supportive Care.

MayFly Advance Care Planning and Communication Skills

The aim of this course is to enable staff to support patients to think about what they want to happen regarding their future care and treatment.

The course will illustrate the importance of, and implications of not, planning for the future.

It will also contrast the differences in planning for those with and without capacity

In-house End of Life Care

This two hour introductory course to End of Life Training explores the fundamental principles of End-of-Life care and the knowledge and skills that are needed to facilitate the best quality end of life care.   This course is suitable for all care home staff who support residents with chronic, advanced, or life-threatening conditions.

Target Audience: All Care Home Staff

Syringe Driver Training

Our face to face practical session aims to teach you about the theoretical and practical skills required to use syringe drivers safely and effectively. We will discuss and practice the indications, setup, management, and the monitoring of a syringe driver in a safe environment. This course is suitable for all care home registered nurses and Senior healthcare workers who can second check.

Target Audience: Registered Care Home Nurses

Super Study Day

A free face to face event covering symptom management and end of life care. The session will cover recognizing patients who are end of life, Advance Care Planning & difficult conversations, Spiritual Support, Symptom management and the Role of specialist palliative care on the Wirral.

Training: No Conversation Too Tough - Ruth Strauss Foundation

Preparing children for parental death can be one of the most challenging experiences parents will face. Children who are given information and support when they need it, say they feel more included and better prepared for the death of their parents.

The training programme is delivered by highly experienced facilitators from clinical or children and family bereavement backgrounds

Target audience: Cancer or palliative care nurse or a healthcare professional working in cancer care