Marie Curie Cancer Care Palliative Care Research Conference, March 14, 2008: Future Challenges for Palliative Care
This year’s Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Conference took place at the Royal Society of Medicine on March 14 2008. The invited speakers included Sir Peter Williams, Trustee and Research Patron, Marie Curie Cancer Care; Mike Richards, National Cancer Director, Department of Health; Alison Blight, Dementia Services Project Manager, National Council for Palliative Care; Julian Hughes, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University; and Adrian Tookman, Clinical Advisor, Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Unit. Karen Harrison and her team from the Admiral Nursing Service also spoke about the work carried out by Admiral Nurses with dementia patients and their families/carers.
Through our conference, we try to get people thinking about key research issues for palliative care both now and for the future. In addition to showcasing high quality research from within the Charity, we hope to encourage reflection on current thinking in academic disciplines related to end of life care. This year, we targeted the key challenge of care of the frail elderly and demented, both with and without cancer as a co-morbidity. We hope that audiences in both Marie Curie and other end of life care services, such as those caring for people with dementia in particular, will have had the opportunity to share skills and learning as a result of this day. We heard some very interesting research papers from across the charity and members of staff can view the presentations on the Marie Curie Moodle online learning site, accessible via the Marie Curie Learning Zone.
The Joanna Mugridge Research Awards were presented to the best posters and the best oral abstract presentation. The winners were:
Poster Awards
- Runner-up: Lindsay McNeil, Alison Mitchell
Are referrals to the specialist palliative care team influenced by the team’s presence at multi-disciplinary meetings?
Prize: £100 book vouchers - Joint winner: Dr Alice Jordan, Dr Julian Hughes, Prof John O’Brien
Assessing and managing pain in severe dementia
Prize: £200 travel expenses - Joint winner: Marlene Taylor, Gerardine Cunningham
Meeting the spiritual needs of patients and families through holistic practice: An evaluation of the role of the chaplain.
Prize: £200 travel expenses
Presentation Award
- Winner: Dr Julie Bellieu, Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool
Dying in the emergency department
Prize: £500 travel expenses
The prizes given will pay for travel expenses and/or poster printing costs for the winning researchers to attend other conferences to present their findings.
Next year’s conference is being held at the Royal Society of Medicine for the 4th year running, and will take place on Friday 27 March 2009. Further details will be made available over the coming months.
Contact
Beth Downe
Email: e.downe@medsch.ucl.ac.uk
Tel: 020 7794 0500 ext 36890
Marie Curie Cancer Care Palliative Care Research Conference, March 2, 2007: Palliative Care for All
This year’s conference was held at the Royal Society of Medicine in London, and proved very popular with over 100 delegates attending.
Keynote speakers included Mike Richards, Cancer Tsar, Roger Boyle, Heart Disease Tsar, and Sue Hawkett, Team Leader in Palliative and End of Life Care, from the Department of Health. Presentations were also heard from the NCRI Supportive and Palliative Care Research Collaboratives, the Marie Curie Delivering Choice Programme and the Making the Most of our Hospices project. Four abstracts from Marie Curie researchers were also presented orally.
The Joanna Mugridge Research Awards were presented to the best posters and the best oral abstract presentation. The winners were:
Poster Awards
- Runner-up: Dr Papiya Russell, Phil Mackie, Dr David Oxenham
Which carers don’t know what to expect when a patient is dying?
Prize: £100 book vouchers - Joint winner: Mary Batchelor, Dr Papiya Russell, Dr David Oxenham
Does patient or carer age affect communication with healthcare professionals in hospital cancer care?
Prize: £200 travel expenses - Joint winner: Dr Alice Jordan, Dr Julian Hughes, Prof John O’Brien
The assessment of good practice in pain management in severe dementia: a pilot study.
Prize: £200 travel expenses
Presentation Award
- Winner: Stephen Mason, Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute
Tomorrow’s doctors: longitudinal evaluation of a palliative care programme for medical undergraduates.
Prize: £500 travel expenses
The prizes given will pay for travel expenses and/or poster printing costs for the winning researchers to attend other conferences to present their findings.
