Training and resources to enable professionals to have the skills and confidence to provide effective palliative care.
The training within this section could help you to meet knowledge gaps within the following ACCEND capabilities. Visit the ACCEND page to download the framework for your role.
- Domain A, capability 5
- Domain B, capability 13
- Domain C, capability 14 and 20
- Domain E, capability 22
- Domain G, capability 24
The end-of-life care for all e-learning programme e-ELCA
eELCA offers over 170 interactive sessions which are grouped into nine modules:
1. Advance care planning
2.Assessment
3.Communications skills
4 Symptom management
5.Social care
6.Bereavement care
7. Spiritual care
8.Integrating learning in end-of-life care
9.Specialist care
- Target Audience: All
- Type of Learning: E-learning
- Provider: E-Learning for Health
- Link: End-of-life Care For All (e-ELCA) – elearning for healthcare (e-lfh.org.uk)
Communicating with Empathy (CWE)
The Communicating with Empathy programme consists of six sessions that have been developed to promote sensitive and effective communication in end of life care. Topics include introduction to communicating with empathy, listening skills, body language, and responding to challenging in end of life care.
- Target Audience: All
- Type of Learning: E-learning
- Provider: E-Learning for Health
- Link: HEE elfh Hub (e-lfh.org.uk)
Palliative and end of life care
People with life-limiting conditions such as cancer should have early access to palliative and end of life care services regardless of their gender, age, social status or location. In order to achieve this goal, professionals and volunteers require ongoing support and training to have the confidence and skills to provide effective palliative care.
- Target Audience: All
- Type of Learning: E-Learning, blended and webinars
- Provider: Macmillan Cancer Support
- Link: Macmillan (fuseuniversal.com)
Bereavement support through the COVID crisis
This workshop has been developed to teach the knowledge and skills required to provide confident and helpful support to bereaved people impacted by the COVID crisis. Useful as a resource for anyone wishing to support the bereaved.
- Target Audience: All
- Type of Learning: Recorded webinar
- Provider: Rowans Hospice
- Link: Bereavement support through the COVID crisis – Rowans Hospice
Princess Alice Hospice Courses
The Princess Alice Hospice (Surrey) provide a range of lunch and learn sessions and e-learning courses.
Link: Professional Palliative Care Courses – Princess Alice Hospice
Difficult conversations toolkit – Macmillan Cancer Support
Guidance and resources to help you have difficult conversations effectively and confidently
Palliative and end of life care toolkit
Applying palliative and end of life care principles as we move from the acute phase of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis to recovery, remains challenging. There are many factors that impact the care that health and social care professionals can give to their patients
Bereavement resource for health and social care professionals – Macmillan Cancer Support
Supporting someone who has been bereaved during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis is challenging. Here are resources and guidance to help health and social care professionals
You may also like to explore the Communication Skills and Personalised Care sections.
