Courses
Here you can find out about the wide range of courses available for healthcare professionals working in End of Life and Palliative Care.
Advanced Communications Skills Training– Tier 3 (13 CPD Points), Treetops Hospice
An experiential and learner-led 2-day certificate course for senior healthcare professionals who want to enhance their communication skills to further equip with challenging situations, including:
- Breaking bad news
- Discussing complex treatment plans with patients
- Talking to a distressed or angry patient or their family
- Performance managing or dealing with difficult conversations with colleagues
Date: Various dates between April 2024 and March 2025
Time: 08:45 – 17:00
Venue: Treetops Hospice, Derby Road, Risley, Derbyshire. DE72 3SS
Cost: £610 per person
Click here for additional information and to register. Contact course administrator Wendy Spencer for enquiries.
Training the Teachers in Palliative Care.
This well-established international short course is suitable for
healthcare professionals who have more than two years experience of
working in palliative and end of life care and who are expected to provide
education as part of their role.
Dates: 23rd – 25th June 2025
Venue: Leonardo Hotel, Liverpool
Course Fees: £760
For further information and to book your place, please click here.
Queen Square Multidisciplinary Neuro-oncology Teaching Course.
Benign and Malignant Tumours – 5th March 2025
Course Director: Dr Jeremy Rees
The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust & UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
The need for multidisciplinary working in neuro-oncology is well established but a common theme that will be addressed is the need for better understanding between core specialties within the Neuro-oncology Multidisciplinary Team.
To address this, this course has been designed for Trainees, Consultants and Clinical Nurse Specialists in the core specialities of neuro-oncology – Neurology, Neurosurgery, Clinical Oncology, Neuroradiology, Neuropathology and Palliative Care.
Lectures include:
Palliative Care – Symptom Control, End of Life
Pituitary Tumours
The Role of the Therapist
Complications of Radiotherapy in Adults
Meningiomas and Skull Base Tumours
The role of a Therapy Radiographer in Neuro-Oncology
Brain Metastases
Late Effects of Childhood Brain Tumours
Neurotoxicity of Cancer Therapies
TYA Tumours – Glioma, Medulloblastoma and Germ cell
For more information and to book a place:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/queen-square-multidisciplinary-neuro-oncology-teaching-course
This is the second day of a two day course and will run again in September 2025 and March 2026.
Courses for Healthcare Professionals working in Palliative Care
Palliative Care Unit, University of Liverpool
Courses 2025
- Advanced Communication Skills Training
Two day course exploring effective communication within healthcare and examining the application of specific communication strategies to complex healthcare related interactions. Offered face-to-face and online. - Training for Facilitators
Three day course that prepares facilitators to deliver high quality, evidence based Advanced Communication Skills Training.
- Training the Teachers
Three day course focusing on modern and effective ways of teaching in palliative and end of life care.
- Serious Illness Care Programme Clinician Training Day
One day course providing clinical tools, training and workflow innovations to help clinicians initiate high quality conversations with seriously ill patients and their families.
Click here for dates, fees and additional information. To book a place click here. Contact course administrator Alison Holcroft for enquiries or to book and pay via invoice.