The role of palliative care in the public health response to Covid-19

The aim of this event is to highlight the role of palliative care in the public health response to the Covid-19 pandemic by drawing on the work of the CovPall study.

We are delighted to confirm presentations by Professor Irene Higginson, Professor Katherine Sleeman (Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King’s College London), and Professor Catherine Walshe (International Observatory on End of Life Care, Lancaster University). The presentations will cover topics that include:

• The challenges of caring for people dying with or from Covid-19
• Advance care planning during the pandemic
• Service innovations
• Inequities in service response
• Role of volunteers during the pandemic
• Symptom management of patients dying with or from Covid
• Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on staff wellbeing

This event is a Michal Galazka Study Day; a part of Cicely Saunders International’s global leadership programme and named in honour of Michal Galazka, pioneer of international hospice education.

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