5 Day Palliative Care course for Registered Health Care Professionals
NHSGGC - Palliative Care
Starting November 2025
Day 1:
- What is Palliative Care
- Future Care Planning
- Online information
- Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines
- Namaste Care presentation
If you were unable to complete an evaluation form at the training, please submit Day 1 feedback
Responses are anonymous and help us to develop future training.
Further reading/useful links:
- Future Care Planning Training Hub, NHSGGC:
- Scottish Parliament, Health and Sport Committee 2015: Prof David Clark report on international comparisons in palliative care provision
- World Health Organization definition of Palliative Care (2020):
Day 2:
Further reading/useful links:
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Day 3:
- Pain assessment and management
- Supporting good mouthcare
- Agitation & Delirum
- Opioid Conversions
- Marie Curie Conversion Chart
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Day 4:
- Nausea and Vomiting – a quick guide
- Management of Constipation
- Long Term Conditions & Improving the Cancer Journey Macmillan Services
- Managing Breathlessness in Palliative Care
- Palliative Care Emergencies
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Day 5:
- What is a good death?
- Decision making in palliative care and what ethical considerations do we need to keep in mind?
- NHSGG&C Spiritual Care in Palliative Care
- Living with Death & The importance of Self Care & Compassion
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Certificate of attendance:
All attendees who have completed all 5 days of this course can download a certificate of attendance here*. Add your name and date and save a copy for your own records.
If you didn't attend all 5 days please email the team at PalliativeCare@ggc.scot.nhs.uk and they will send you certificate for the days that you did attend.
* Once you've clicked on the certificate link above you should see Download File or similar download option. Click on this and the certificate should then open as an editable word document where you can add your name then save or print on your own computer.