2006

27- 28 January Cancer Care 2006 - Chester

• A retrospective audit of agitation in a community sample of patients dying on the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) - Mannering, E., Gambles, M. and Matthews, K. - Poster Presentation

17 March Marie Curie Palliative Care Research

“Improving our Understanding"

Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK 

• A Qualitative Evaluation of a nurse shadowing programme across community, hospital and hospice sectors - Gambles M, Matthews KE, Jones L, Saltmarsh P, Ellershaw J - Poster Presentation

• Resilience, hardiness, and coping in palliative care: a qualitative study of nurses' experiences of work - Ablett, J - Poster Presentation

• Physical compatibility of oxycodone injection with supportive drugs in palliative care - A Dickman and S Hunter - Poster Presentation

• Diagnosis and management of spinal cord compression - what's the urgency? - H Hugel, L Jones, P Saltmarsh and A Coackley - Poster Presentation

• Working together - The value of a palliative care network nurse programme for the dissemination of best practice within the acute hospital setting - B Jack, M Gambles, P Saltmarsh, D Murphy, T Hutchinson and J Ellershaw - Poster Presentation

• Guidelines for the development of psychological support services - S Mason, J Wiseman and J Ablett - Poster Presentation

• How well do we care for dying patients? Instruments used with bereaved relatives to measure the quality of dying - C Mayland, JE Ellershaw, and E Williams - Poster Presentation

• Communication skills training needs assessment of cardiologists in the Merseyside and Cheshire cardiac network - Ankers, D - Oral Presentation

21st - 24th March RCN annual international nursing research conference

York Racecourse, York, England

• Disseminating Specialist Practice in the acute hospital. The value of a network nurse programme Jack BA, Gambles M, Saltmarsh P, Murphy D, Hutchinson T, Ellershaw J - Poster Presentation

• Care Pathways in the hospice setting. Doctors and Nurses perceptions of using the Liverpool Care of the Dying Pathway Gambles M, Stirzaker S, Jack BA, Ellershaw J - Oral Presentation

5 - 7th April Palliative Care Congress.

University of Sheffield. 

• Enhancing palliative care in the acute hospital: The value of a palliative care network nurse programme - Jack BA, Gambles M, Saltmarsh P, Murphy D, Hutchinson T, Ellershaw J - Poster Presentation

• The challenge of communication in the dying phase: Evidence from a recent cancer network benchmarking exercise using the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) - Gambles M, Hamblin G, Murphy D, Ellershaw J - Poster Presentation

• Benchmarking care of the dying with the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) - Gambles M, Hamblin G, Murphy D, Ellershaw J - Poster Presentation

• A Longitudinal Study of Quality of Life in patients with MND and the influence of current care practice, Hugel H, et al - Poster Presentation

3rd - 5th May Renal Association Spring Meeting, Harrogate.

• Analgesia prescribing practices in palliative care patients with renal failure: A retrospective study and the development of evidence based guidelines - CA Douglas, F Twomey, A Anthony, C Lewis-Jones, MLP Howse, and JE Ellershaw - Poster Presentation

17th May 14th Annual Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool Conference

Palliative Care: challenges in meeting the supportive care agenda

• A Qualitative Evaluation of a nurse shadowing programme across community, hospital and hospice sectors. Gambles M, Matthews KE, Jones L, Saltmarsh P, Ellershaw J - Poster and Oral Presentation

• Guidelines for the development of psychological support services. Mason S, Wiseman J and Ablett J - Poster Presentation

• How well do we care for dying patients? Instruments used with bereaved relatives to measure the quality of dying. Mayland C, Ellershaw JE and Williams E - Poster and Oral Presentation

• A retrospective audit of agitation in a community sample of patients dying on the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP). Mannering E, Gambles M and Matthews K - Poster Presentation

• A Longitudinal Study of Quality of Life in patients with MND and the influence of current care practice. Hugel H, Grundy N, Young CA - Poster Presentation

• The challenge of communication in the dying phase. Evidence from a recent cancer network benchmarking exercise using the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP). Gambles M, Hamblin G, Murphy D, Ellershaw J - Poster Presentation

25th- 27th May 4th Research Forum of the European Association of Palliative Care

(ONLUS): Collaborate to Catalyse Research.

Palazzo del Casino, Venice, Italy.

• Evaluating “Partnerships in Care": A 2 day shadowing programme for nurses across hospital, hospice and community sectors - Gambles, M., Matthews, K., Jones, L., and Saltmarsh, P - Poster Presentation

• The challenge of communication in the dying phase: Evidence from a recent cancer network benchmarking exercise using the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) - Gambles M, Hamblin G, Murphy D, Ellershaw J - Poster Presentation

• Valuing variance: An in-depth exploration of how variance is reported on the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) for the dying - Gambles M, McGlinchey T, Murphy D, Gomm S, Ellershaw J - Poster Presentation

• An action research project to modernise the Minimum Data Set (MDS) for Specialist Palliative Care Services in the United Kingdom - Littlewood C, Murphy D, Jack BA, Eve A, Young E - Poster Presentation

• Providing optimal pain control for cancer patients. The impact of the hospital specialist palliative care team - Jack BA, Hillier V, Williams A, Oldham J - Oral Presentation

• Is methadone an effective treatment for neuropathic pain? - Makin, M - Poster Presentation

• Rapid escalation of diamorphine dose in the last days of life - fact or fallacy? - Makin, M - Poster Presentation

• Oral Health in Palliative Care and Cancer - F Twomey, H Hugel, A Dickman, and JE Ellershaw - Poster Presentation

• A Retrospective Study of Prescribing Practice in Palliative Care Patients with Renal Failure F Twomey, CA Douglas, A Anthony, C Lewis-Jones, and JE Ellershaw - Oral Presentation

• Guidelines for the development of psychological support services - S Mason, J Wiseman, and J Ablett - Poster presentation

• Expert Panel Review: using a consensus method to develop a ‘quality of end-of-life care' questionnaire - CR Mayland, EMI Williams, JM Addington-Hall, JE Ellershaw - Poster Presentation

• Palliative care needs assessment in the special (High security mental health) hospitals of England and Wales: Background demographic data - F Twomey, GD Corcoran, and JE Ellershaw - Poster Presentation

• Communication skills training needs assessment of cardiologists in the Merseyside and Cheshire cardiac network - Ankers, D - Poster Presentation

• Using cognitive pre-testing to develop a ‘quality of end-of-life care' questionnaire for use with bereaved relatives - CR Mayland, EMI Williams, JM Addington-Hall, JE Ellershaw - Poster Presentation

• Changing Practice Though Action Research; Palliative Care and Intensive Care - L Chapman - Oral Presentation

6th October Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Research and Development Conference 2006

• The challenge of communication in the dying phase: Evidence from a recent cancer network benchmarking exercise using the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) - Gambles M, Hamblin G, Murphy D, Ellershaw J - Oral Presentation

15th November 4th Annual National LCP Conference

RSM, London

• Symptom control for patient dying with end stage renal failure - Douglas C - Oral Presentation
• The Use of Drugs at the end of life - Flockton R, Ferguson H, Brooks M, Dickman A, Groves K - Poster Presentation
• Changing Gear: Guidelines for Managing the Last Days of Life in Adults - Flockton R, Sutton L, Murphy D, Ellershaw J - Poster Presentation
• Using cognitive pre-testing to develop a ‘quality of end-of-life care' questionnaire for use with bereaved relatives - Mayland C, Williams E, Addington-Hall J, Ellershaw J - Poster Presentation
• Expert Panel Review: using a consensus method to develop a ‘quality of end-of-life care' questionnaire - Mayland C, Williams E, Addington-Hall J, Ellershaw J - Poster Presentation
• National Care of the Dying Audit - Hospitals: The Story So Far - Gambles M, McGlinchey T, Murphy D, Ellershaw J, Pearson M - Poster Presentation
• Valuing Variance: An in-depth exploration of how variance is reported on the Liverpool Care of the Dying Pathway (LCP) - Gambles M, McGlinchey T, Gomm S, Murphy D, Ellershaw J - Poster Presentation

11-12th December Intensive Care Society ‘The State of the Art 2007'

Hilton London Metropole, London

• Improving the care of patients dying in intensive care units: the use of the Liverpool Care Pathway - Chapman L, Arthan E, Parsons D, Harper J, Gambles M, Murphy D, Ellershaw J - Poster Presentation