ReSPECT/ DNACPR Competency Day (to become ReSPECT/ DNACPR Writers)

Tuesday 19th May 2026

9:00 am to 4:30 pm

In Person, HP4 3GW

NOTE: Due to the nature of this course and the inclusion of role play, the course will only run with 4-5 delegates per course.

Register your interest at education@stfrancis.org.uk

Who should attend:

Open to senior (non-medical) clinicians who wish to undertake the Hertfordshire ReSPECT/ DNACPR competencies to enable them to complete ReSPECT forms (including decision around DNACPR)

Course Aims:

To equip delegates with the knowledge, skills and confidence to complete ReSPECT/ DNACPR conversations and paperwork

Objectives:

To identify the context and legality around ReSPECT/ DNACPR conversations
To identify good practice about ways to initiate and have conversations around ReSPECT/ DNACPR
To participate in a ReSPECT/ DNACPR role play and receive feedback
To identify how to complete a ReSPECT form effectively

NOTE: HCT staff

HCT staff to book their place via ‘CPD Apply’ using this link Staff Hub

Presented by

Claire Nicell

Joint Head of Education and Learning

Claire is a Bachelor of Nursing with more than 30 years of clinical experience in many different settings. Throughout her career she has always had a keen interest in teaching and palliative care; so her present role as Lecturer Practitioner is her ideal job!

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 is a qualified physiotherapist with over 20 years’ experience working in primary and secondary healthcare settings and has been working in palliative care since 2014.

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.