Supportive and palliative care community of practice

We're delighted to invite you to our in-person supportive and palliative care community of practice on Monday, 14 September.

This event is open to members of supportive and palliative care community across the South West Central Regional Research Delivery Network region.

The aim of this meeting is to continue building a network of research-active or interested hospices to strengthen the delivery of palliative care research in the South West Central region. We will discuss the benefits of working with the RDN Agile Team, review the current portfolio of studies, and explore how the South West Secure Data Environment can facilitate data-driven research in hospices.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

We are excited to be able to hold this event in-person and hope you can join us on the day.

If you have any questions about the event, please email swc.rrdn@nihr.ac.uk.

Agenda

10:30 - Welcome 

10:35 - Review of portfolio studies (Claire Prendergast, RRDN Residential Settings Lead, and Natasha Lovell, RRDN Palliative Care Specialty Lead)

11:00 - Strategic funding bid workshop (Chris Voisey, RRDN Head of Research Delivery and Support for Wider Care Settings)

12:30 - Lunch

13:30 - Working together - Weldmar Hospice and the RDN Agile Team (Justin Jacob, Assistant Clinical Research Practitioner, and Paul Barker, Associate Specialist at Weldmar Hospicecare)

13:50 - Starting a project and disseminating findings: Management of Choking in People Living with Motor Neuron Disease: A Co-designed, Evidenced-Based Clinical Algorithm (Dorinda Moffatt, physiotherapist at Prospect Hospice)

14:10 - Break

14:25 - Improving access to health and care data for research (Vicki Dunn, South West Secure Data Environment)

14:45 - Sharing successes and barriers; Collaborative working discussion

15:25 - Close