Purpose of the group
- To act as a channel of communication between the Scottish Parliament and people 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.
Forthcoming meetings
Next meeting: 12 June 2013
This meeting, including AGM, will be held at 5.45pm in Committee Room 3.
Agendas/Links
Annual Return/Report
Group Officers
Group Members
Non MSP Individuals
Bruce Cleminson
Peter Hastie
Grace Lindsay
Douglas McLennan
Mairi Sharratt
Organisations
ACCORD Hospice
Ardgowan Hospice
Association of Hospice and Palliative Care
Chaplains
Audit Scotland
British Medical Association
British Heart Foundation Scotland
BSN Medical
Cairdeas International Palliative Care Trust
Cancer Link Aberdeen and North (CLAN)
Care Inspectorate
Care for Scotland
Care not Killing
Children’s Hospice Association Scotland
CLIC Sargent
Community Pharmacy Scotland
Edinburgh Cancer Centre
Edinburgh University
General Pharmaceutical Council
Health Inequalities Alliance
Health Watch Scotland
Highland Hospice
Holyrood Magazine
Independent Association of Nurses in Palliative Care
Macmillan Cancer Trust
Marie Curie Cancer Care
Marie Curie Hospice Edinburgh
Marie Curie Hospice Glasgow
MND Scotland
Morhamburn
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 Lanarkshire
NHS Lothian
NHS Tayside
Parkinson’s UK
Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice
RCN Scotland
Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance
Scottish Kidney Federation
Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care
St Andrew’s Hospice
St Columba’s Hospice
St Margaret of Scotland Hospice
St Vincent’s Hospice
Strathcarron Hospice
Sue Ryder Care, Scotland
University of Edinburgh
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals