2008

14 March                      Marie Curie Cancer Care Palliative Care Research Conference, London

• Using evidence from the Liverpool Care of the Dying Pathway (LCP) in a Cancer Network in England to compare patient comfort in the last days of life in hospice and hospital environments - Gambles M, McGlinchey T, Murphy D, Gomm S, Ellershaw JE - Poster Presentation

• The first national audit of care of the dying in England using the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP) - Physical, Psychosocial & Spiritual Aspects of Care - Gambles M, McGlinchey T, Murohy D, Ellershaw JE - Poster Presentation

• The attitudes of critical care staff towards end-of-life guidance: a survey questionnaire - Chapman L, Gambles M, Richardson K, McGlinchey T, Murphy D - Poster Presentation

• An audit of referral practice of patients with end stage renal disease to the Royal Liverpool University Hospital Palliative Care Team - McKeown A, Hugel H, Ellershaw JE

08 - 11 April                  RCN Annual International Nursing Research Conference, Liverpool

• Are patients in clinical trials receiving sub-optimal care? A systematic review of best supportive care in lung cancer trials - Jack BA, Boland A, Dickson R, Stevenson J - Oral Presentation

• Dying at home: why is it not happening? An exploratory study of community nurses views on factors that influence home death - Jack BA, O'Brien M - Poster Presentation

29 Apr - 01 May            7th Palliative Care Congress, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

• Dying at home: The view of community nurses views on why cancer patients may not be able to achieve a home death- Jack BA, O'Brien M - Oral Presentation

• How well do we care for dying patients? The development and validation of 'Evaluating Care & Health Outcomes - for the Dying (ECHO-D) - Mayland CR, Williams EMI, Addington Hall J, Ellershaw JE - Oral Presentation

• Defining Best Supportive Care: A Systematic Review of Best Supportive Care in Lung Cancer Trials - Jack BA, Boland A, Dickson A, Stevenson J - Poster Presentation

• How well are the following symptoms being controlled in the last hours and days of life: pain, restlessness, respiratory tract sectretions, breathlessness, nausea & vomiting? - Mayland CR, Williams EMI, Addington Hall J, Ellershaw JE - Poster Presentation

• The first national audit of care of the ding in England using the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP) - Organisational Profile of Participating Hospitals - Gambles M, McGlinchey T, Murphy D, Ellershaw JE - Poster Presentation

• A European Collaboration to optimise research and clinical care for cancer patients in the last days of life - Gambles M, Ellershaw JE - Poster Presentation

• Which opioid should we prescribe for patients dying with advanced chronic kidney disease? Guidelines produced by an Expert Consensus Group - Douglas C, Murtagh F, Chambers J, Howse M, Chesser A, Meyer M, Gomm S, Ellershaw JE - Poster Presentation

• The Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) for the patient dying with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease: Development of evidence-based guidelines by an Expert Consensus Group - Douglas C, Murtagh F, Chambers J, Howse M, Chesser A, Meyer M, Gomm S, Ellershaw JE - Poster Presentation

20 - 23 May 2008            Renal Association Annual Conference, Brighton Conference Centre

• The Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) for the patient dying with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease: Development of evidence-based guidelines by an Expert Consensus Group - Douglas C, Murtagh F, Chambers J, Howse M, Chesser A, Meyer M, Gomm S, Ellershaw JE - Poster Presentation

• The modified Liverpool Care Pathway in Renal Failure: one centre's experience - Brown R, Douglas C, Peters S, Crowe A, Ledson T, Banjeree A. Daryanani I, McClelland P - Poster Presentation

29 - 31 May 2008                 European Association of Palliative Care (EAPC), Trondheim, Norway

• Are religious and spiral needs being met in the last hours and days of life? Mayland CR, Williams EMI, Addington Hall J, Ellershaw JE - Oral Presentation

• Evaluating Care & Health Outcomes - for the Dying (ECHO-D): a questionnaire to evaluate care of patients and their familes in the last days of life - Mayland CR, Williams EMI, Addington Hall J, Ellershaw JE - Poster Presentation

• Dying without data: Modernising the Core Specialist Palliative Care Minimum Data Set - Littlewood C, Jack BA, Eve A, Murphy D, Khatri A, Ellershaw JE

• National Care of the Dying Audit - Hospitals (NCDAH) - The Results! - Gambles M, McGlinchey T, Murphy D, Ellershaw JE - Poster Presentation

• National Care of the Dying Audit - Hospitals (NCDAH) - Data into Action! - Gambles M, McGlinchey T, Murphy D, Ellershaw JE - Poster Presentation

• Strong Opioid Substitution - Brooks M, Hutchison T, Dickman A, Makin M, Emms H - Poster Presentation

• Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions in Palliative Care - Latten R, Bonwick H, Irvine C, Ledson M, Lock K - Poster Presentation