Registration now open to attend Marie Curie Annual Palliative Care Research Conference

This year’s Marie Curie Annual Palliative Care Research Conference, held jointly with the Palliative Care Section of the Royal Society of Medicine, is to take place at the Royal Society of Medicine on Friday 27 March 2015, this year focusing on the future of palliative care.

The Annual Palliative Care Research Conference will include expert researchers who are working to improve the future of palliative care. The presentations will cover clinical outcome measures, social media and priorities for research.
Speakers include:

• Dr Fliss Murtagh, Reader in Palliative Medicine, Cicely Saunders Institute, King’s College London
• Laura Middleton-Green, Lecturer, School of Nursing, University of Bradford
• Dr Sabine Best, Head of Research, Marie Curie
• Alistair Canaway, Research Fellow, University of Birmingham
• Dr Emma Carduff, Research Lead, Marie Curie Hospice, Edinburgh
• Professor Scott  Murray, St Columba's Hospice Chair of Primary Palliative Care, Primary Palliative Care Research Group, Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh

Interactive poster presentations will be available throughout the day covering the latest research on the future of palliative care.

Dr Bill Noble, Medical Director at Marie Curie said: “Our annual conference provides an opportunity for researchers and palliative care professionals to come together and share research and best practice.  As a leading funder into palliative and end of life research we feel that our conference enables researchers to share their findings and look at how we can develop new ways of caring for people with a terminal illness. We want everyone to be able to have the care they want and need, with support for them and their families.”
The conference is open to all organisations and healthcare professionals interested in palliative and end of life care.  CPD accreditation will be available for medical professionals. Delegates can register to attend the conference at www.rsm.ac.uk/palliative/events/plf04.
 
For any other enquiries about the conference or research please contact: Rhiannon Smith Tel: 0207 091 4154 Email: Rhiannon.smith@mariecurie.org.uk