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Palliative Care Overview for Ambulance Clinicians
Wednesday 29th April 2026
9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Virtual via Zoom
Who should attend:
Open to any ambulance staff who have direct patient contact and who wish to gain a basic awareness about palliative and end of life care
Course Aims:
To provide an overview of palliative care essentials
Objectives:
- To recognise dying and deterioration
- To describe the role of anticipatory medicines in making patients comfortable
- To explore documents available to aid decision making in palliative care (including ReSPECT and DNACPR forms)
- To state services that can support the management of palliative care patients (particularly in Hertfordshire)
- To highlight key communication skills
Presented by
Claire Nicell
Joint Head of Education and Learning
Her palliative care experience has involved working in hospitals, hospices and as a Community Specialist Palliative Care Nurse. More recently her focus and experience has switched to education. Within Hertfordshire she was part of the ABC project delivering palliative and end of life care to care homes throughout the county and then spent 18 months with the palliative care team at Watford General Hospital implementing The Rose Project (to promote dignity and respect at the end of life).
Claire loves working collaboratively with different colleagues across the social and health care sectors and helping individuals apply the principles of palliative care to their setting to promote excellent palliative care for those they care for.
She keeps her hand in clinically by working with her colleagues in the Community Palliative Care team and supporting a support group for patients with Pulmonary Fibrosis to ensure she practices what she teaches!
Manisha Cook
Lecturer Practitioner and Specialist Physiotherapist
The Hospice of St Francis
Manisha completed her Level 4 Certificate in Teaching and Education in 2021 and currently practises as a Lecturer Practitioner at The Hospice of St Francis and within Universities.
Manisha is passionate about providing holistic, patient-centred care with a special interest in long term conditions and Pulmonary Fibrosis. She is equally committed to education and professional development, sharing her clinical expertise to support and inspire multidisciplinary teams, students, and colleagues working within palliative and end-of-life care.
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