Care of Dying Adults in the Last Days of Life: Improving Care and Ensuring Adherence to the NICE National Quality Standard

Care of Dying Adults in the Last Days of Life: Improving Care and Ensuring Adherence to the NICE National Quality Standard is organized by Healthcare (HC) - UK Conferences and will be held on Jan 18, 2019 at De Vere West One, London, England, United Kingdom.

Through national updates, and practical case studies the conference will focus on improving care of adults in the last days of life. Sessions will focus on putting personal experience first, monitoring adherence against the national NICE standards in practice, alignment of care with the preferences and needs of the dying person and those important to them, predicting and recognising last days of life and managing uncertainty, developing individual care plans and goals, symptom control and hydration and effective prescribing including anticipatory prescribing at the end of life.

Benefits of attending:
This conference will enable you to:
• Network with those working to improve care in the last days of life
• Reflect on the lived experience of a person with a terminal illness
• Monitor progress and adherence against the National Quality Standard in your service
• Update your knowledge on national developments in end of life care
• Learn from established practice in supporting people to live well to the very end
• Ensure best practice in clinical management of the dying phase including symptom control, hydration and prescribing
• Explore latest evidence in predicting and recognising last days of life and managing uncertainty
• Develop effective individual care plans and goals for every end of life care patient in line with the national evidence
• Understand how you can improve Palliative Care at the Front Door: earlier decisions, earlier conversations
• Self assess and reflect on your own practice
• Gain CPD accreditation points contributing to professional development and revalidation evidence.