Advanced heart and lung disease - The potential of palliative care

This day focused on issues relating to palliative care in patients with chronic heart and lung conditions with lectures delivered by experienced healthcare professionals expert in their fields. 

Speakers

  • Professor Miriam Johnson - Director of Wolfson Palliative Care Research 
    Chronic breathlessness: evidence-based management
  • Dr Anna Reed - Consultant in Respiratory and Transplant Medicine 
    Advance respiratory failure and lung transplant
  • Dr Elisabetta Renzoni - Consultant in Respiratory Medicine
    Interstitial Lung Disease and Palliative Care needs
  • Dr Rebecca Lane - Consultant cardiologist
    The challenges of Advanced Heart Failure
  • Fiona Cathcart - Clinical Specialty Lead - Adult CF therapies team
    Liberating life through advance care planning in cystic fibrosis
  • Dr Alex Lyons - Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist
    Cardio-oncology - a new sub-specialty
  • Jo Fernandes - Practice Development Nurse
    Autonomy, trust, intent and authenticity in Palliative Care: when time is not on your side
  • Dr Ros Taylor - Consultant in Palliative Care
    Working in a heart and lung hospital - palliative care not palliative scare! 
  • Lauren Berry - Lead Nurse in Palliative Care and Linda Freeman - Clinical Practice Educator/CNS
    Early access to Palliative Care