National Conference
The National ACP Conference will return in 2025
The National Advance Care Planning Conference 2025 will take place on the 7th May in Norwich. Details will be announced in January
The Getting Your House in Order Conference took place on the 8th May in Norwich. It was a face to face event and over 200 people attended.
Organisations and individuals unable to attend streamed it live to virtual attendees in the UK and across the globe.
The conference was sponsored by the N&N Hospitals Charity.
The livestream is now available to watch for free on demand. Simply scroll down the page to find the conference videos, the conference agenda and a number of pledge cards.
Watch the conference & make a pledge
The National Advance Care Plan Day Conference can be watched in its entirety below. The conference video has been split into three parts.
We would love for you to make a pledge whilst watching the conference and share it on social media. Pledge card can be found below the three videos. Simply click on the relevant pledge card, download it and then upload it to your favourite social network (don’t forget to add the hashtag #ACPDay2024).
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Part 3
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National Conference
Full Conference Agenda | |
8.30 to 9.15am | Coffee and Registration |
9.15 to 9.30 | Welcome. |
9.30 to 10.20 | ‘Hope for the best plan for the rest. Waiting Room Revolution.’ Dr. Samantha Winemaker, Associate Clinical Professor, McMaster University, Dr. Hsien Seow, Professor McMaster University, bestselling authors. |
10.20 to 11.00 | ‘You Make a difference (intelligent kindness).’ Tommy Whitelaw, National Lead Person Centred Voices, Alliance Scotland. |
11.00 to 11.45 | Coffee break |
11.45 to 12.20 | ‘What you do want? Planning for the future: why it matters and where to start.’ Zoe Harris, CEO from My Future Care. |
12.20 to 12.55 | ‘What do you not want to happen? Advance Decisions and how they help.’ Usha Grieve, Director of Partnerships and service, Compassion in dying. |
12.55 to 1.25 | ‘Ethical and Policy Dilemmas in (DNA) CPR Decisions: Results from the Autonomy Project Audit.’ Wayne Martin, Professor of Philosophy, The Autonomy Project, University of Essex. |
1.25 to 2.25 | Lunch and networking |
2.25 to 2.55 | “Who would speak for you” Clare Fuller (RGN, MSc), Advance Care Planning Advocate, Educator & Coach and LPA Consultant – Speak For Me LPA. |
2.55 to 3.30 | ‘Getting your digital life in order.’ James Norris Founder of My Wishes & Digital Legacy Association. |
3.30 to 4.15 | ‘Advance Care Planning Journeys, Q&A Panel.’ Suzie Taylor patient, Dr Louise Grant Palliative Consultant NNUHFT, Dani Ayre SPCN NNUHFT, Clare Fuller Advance Care Planning Advocate, Educator & Coach and LPA Consultant – Speak For Me and Chaired by Sammy Winemaker Associate Clinical Professor, McMaster University. |
4.15 to 4.30 | Close and thank you. |
Conference poster
Streamed live...
This conference was live streamed to nearly 300 countries, health and social care settings across the globe.
The free to attend conference, live stream and the on demand conference content was made possible thanks to the support of Norfolk & Norwich Hospitals Charity.
Thank you for the support and enabling this this year’s conference to happen.
Where you can watch the live stream
Those who watched the live stream
Below you will find a list of some of the charities, health and social care organisations from across the globe live who streamed this year’s Getting your House in Order Conference.
De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute
Soul palliative care Home
End of Life Doula UK
Pantai Jerudong Specialist Centre under Palliative Care
University Hospital Birmingham, located at the Queen Elizabeth site.
District Nursing Team, Cardiff & Vale University Health Board
Whitchurch district nursing team
Palliative care OPD , Yangon General Hospital
U Hla Tun Hospice Cancer Foundation, Myanmar
U Hla Tun Hospice Cancer Foundation
Centre for Palliative Care, Nigeria.
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Norfolk Hospice Tapping House learning hub
Manchester University Foundation Trust *MRI, oxford road site).
Sacred Heart Hospital Abeokuta, Ogun State Nigeria.
Croydon University Hospital, located in London
Manchester Foundation Trust is the biggest NHS trust (3 main acute sites).
Wythenshawe Hospital part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.
University of East Anglia (Edith Cavell building classroom)
Cardiff and vale premises
Lindfield Medical Centre, West Sussex
St James, Exton’s rd, kings lynn , Norfolk
Norfolk Community Health & Care NHS Trust (Community matron team)
Pilgrims Hospices
Great Massungham clinic
James Paget University Hospital
Longfield Hospice
Cambridge University Hospital (Palliative Care Department)
Addenbrooke’s Hospital (Palliative Care office)
Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust
Palliative Care Team | CUH (addenbrookes)
Norfolk Hospice
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London W12 0HS
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We are super excited to be live-streaming the “getting your house in order” advance care planning conference today! Come and join us in the MRI undergraduate lecture theatre 2 for some of the sessions pic.twitter.com/hMS3x3hKpu
— SPC Team MRI (@EOLC_TeamMRI) May 8, 2024
Further videos & information
A Powerpoint presentation containing a number of Advance Care Planning resources and videos was displayed at the Conference in between sessions. This can be viewed (after 18th May) by clicking here.
Conference aftermovie
Conference attendee feedback
We are super excited to be live-streaming the “getting your house in order” advance care planning conference today! Come and join us in the MRI undergraduate lecture theatre 2 for some of the sessions pic.twitter.com/hMS3x3hKpu
— SPC Team MRI (@EOLC_TeamMRI) May 8, 2024
To mark @ACPDay2024 – the UK's first national day dedicated to Advance Care Planning – we have made a pledge through our #HospitalatHome service.
— Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (@HCTNHS) May 8, 2024
Find out more about why it’s so important to make your care wishes known here: https://t.co/nz0oqpSSHk#ACPDay2024 pic.twitter.com/yC36DtspCq
As part of #DMAW24, we welcomed healthcare professionals to a livestreamed event hosted by @NNUH. This Advance Care planning conference took place on the first national #ACPDay2024; it was an enjoyable event and we hope it was the first of many. 🥳 💙 pic.twitter.com/XnGfSp8HW0
— Pilgrims Hospices (@PilgrimsHospice) May 10, 2024
This website was made with love and care by MyWishes, Michael Sobell Hospice, Gate 3, Mount Vernon hospital, Northwood HA6 2RN, United Kingdom