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Time to care: fresh approaches to supporting carers

This conference was chaired by Geraldine Burke, Director of Patient Services at St Luke’s Hospice in Harrow, and chair of the Help the Hospices Carers Steering Group.

Speakers included Alison Ryan, CEO at Weldmar Hospicecare Trust, and Professor Sheila Payne, Help the Hospices Chair of Hospice Studies at Lancaster University.

There were also presentations from hospices that received grants to develop support services for carers, as well as examples of partnership working at both a local and national level.

Event details

Title

Time to care: fresh approaches to supporting carers

Date

26 November 2008

Location

MI Centre, London

About this event

This conference explored

learning from the projects funded by the CfC programme
information resources for professionals developed via the CfC programme
examples of partnership working, locally and nationally, to support carers
the political context and research agenda with regard to carers of the terminally ill.

Conference presentations

Twenty-one projects funded via the CfC programme presented posters at the conference. You can view the Time to Care poster presentations.

You can also download the following oral presentations:

Programme
Presentation by Alison Ryan, Weldmar Hospicecare Trust
Presentation by Professor Sheila Payne, Lancaster University
Presentation by Dr Terri O'Brien, Lancaster University
Presentation by Jim Cunningham, Northern Ireland Hospice Care
Presentation by Elaine Syrett and Sally Hood, St Christopher’s Hospice
Presentation by Jessica Milburn and Katharine Spence, Marie Curie Hospice, Edinburgh
Presentation by Sara Higginson, St Michael’s Hospice, Hereford
Presentation by Dr Heather Richardson, St Joseph’s Hospice, London
Presentation by Lucy Daniels, Working Families
Presentation by Olivia Belle, Help the Hospices
Presentation by Tanya Sealey and Jo Blackburn, Help the Hospices