Palliative Care

Purpose of the group

• To act as a channel of communication between the Scottish Parliament and people and organisations working in palliative care
• To provide opportunities for Members of the Scottish Parliament to learn about palliative care needs and service, and the issues involved in palliative care provision
• To increase awareness and raise the profile of palliative care
• To put palliative care on to the agenda of the Health and Sport Committee.

Minutes

• Minutes of AGM on 20 June 2012 (16KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting on 13 March 2013 (260KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 12 June 2013 (255KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 11 September 2013 (142KB pdf)
• Minutes of joint meeting with the CPG on Heart Disease and Stroke on 4 December 2013 (336KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 11 June 2014 (96KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 10 December 2014 (371KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 11 March 2015 (370KB pf)
• Minutes of Meeting 9 September 2015 (370KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 2 December 2015 (144KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 10 February 2016 (1.2MB pdf)

Annual Return/Report

• Registration Form (758KB pdf)
• Annual Return 8 March 2013 (142KB pdf)
• Annual Return 19 July 2013 (135KB pdf)
• Annual Return 24 June 2014 (225KB pdf)
• Annual Return 30 September 2015 (262KB pdf)   

Group Officers

• Convener: Michael McMahon
• Deputy Convener: Dennis Robertson
• Deputy Convener: Jamie McGrigor

Group Members

• Dave Thompson
• Jackie Baillie
• Ken Macintosh
• Nanette Milne
• Richard Simpson
• Siobhan McMahon

Non MSP Individuals

Organisations

Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care - Secretariat and Treasurer

ACCORD Hospice

Alzheimer Scotland - Action on Dementia

Ardgowan Hospice

Association for Palliative Medicine

Association of Bereavement Service Co-ordinators: Hospices & Palliative Care

Association of Hospice and Palliative Care Chaplains

Association of Palliative Care Social Workers

Ayrshire Hospice

Barchester Healthcare Ltd

Bethesda Hospice

Breast Cancer Care (Scotland and Northern Ireland)

British Heart Foundation (Scotland)

British Lung Foundation (Scotland)

British Medical Association

BSN Medical UK

Cairdeas International Palliative Care Trust

Cancer Link Aberdeen and North (CLAN)

Cancer Research UK

Care Inspectorate

Care not Killing

Changing Faces

Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland

Children’s Hospice Association Scotland

Coloplast UK

Cruse Bereavement Care Scotland 

Forth Valley Spiritual Care Committee

General Medical Council (Scotland)

General Pharmaceutical Council (Scotland)

Health and Social Care Alliance (Scotland)

Health Inequalities Alliance

Healthcare Improvement Scotland

Highland Hospice

Holyrood Magazine

International Association of Nurses in Palliative Care

John Birrell Bereavement Consultancy and Training

Kilbryde Hospice

Macmillan Cancer Support

Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres, Scotland

Marie Curie

Marie Curie Hospice Edinburgh

Marie Curie Hospice Glasgow

MND (Scotland)

MS Society (Scotland)

National Kidney Federation

National Network for Palliative Care for People with Learning Difficulties

NHS Ayrshire and Arran

NHS Borders

NHS Dumfries and Galloway

NHS Fife

NHS Forth Valley

NHS Grampian

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

NHS Highland

NHS Lanarkshire

NHS Lothian

NHS Orkney

NHS Shetland

NHS Tayside

NHS Western Isles

NMCN Children with Exceptional Health Care Needs (CEN)

Parkinson’s UK

Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice

Queen Margaret University

Royal College of Nursing (Scotland)

Royal Pharmaceutical Society (Scotland)

Scottish Care

Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance

Scottish Kidney Federation

Scottish Non-Malignant Palliative Care Forum

Scottish Palliative Care Pharmacists Association

South East Scotland Kidney Patients Association (SESKPA)

St Andrew’s Hospice

St Columba’s Hospice

St Margaret of Scotland Hospice

St Vincent’s Hospice

Strathcarron Hospice

Stroke Association

Sue Ryder Care, Scotland

University of Dundee

University of Edinburgh

University of Glasgow

University of Strathclyde

West of Scotland Paediatric, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition MCN