Call for Papers

Our Call for Papers invites anyone involved in hospice, palliative and end of life care the chance to showcase their work at our National Conference.

Successful applicants will display a poster or give an oral presentation at the conference. This offers many exciting opportunities to make new connections, find inspiration and engage with others in the sector.

Accepted abstracts are published in an online supplement of BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. 

This provides an extra opportunity to share your work. It also helps those interested in your work to get in touch or further build on what you have documented. 

Any abstract submitted must be original. We cannot consider abstracts about work that has been presented or published in any form elsewhere.   

In submitting an abstract, you, and any other authors of the abstract, agree to Hospice UK’s terms and conditions. You also agree to the terms and conditions of BMJ’s standard licence for publication of conference abstracts.   

Important dates and deadlines

Please find below key dates and deadlines relating to your abstract:

Poster exhibition arrangements 

Our guide to taking part in the poster exhibition explains all you need to know about arrangements at the conference venue and how to make sure that a copy of your poster is featured in the conference app.  

Poster competition 

There will be a poster prize awarded on 18 November, courtesy of BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care - an official journal of Hospice UK. The poster prize will be judged by a Hospice UK panel who will consider content, design, and innovation. 

Oral presentations 

If you have accepted an invitation to give an oral presentation, the team will be in touch with you to confirm the date and time of your slot within the conference programme. 

Make sure your presentation complies with copyright 

Presenters are responsible for ensuring that any copyrighted content included in their presentation or poster - including images, diagrams, photographs, illustrations, videos, audio recordings, film clips, broadcast material, and other third-party content - is used with the appropriate permissions or licences in place. 

Please only use content that you own, have permission to use, or that is clearly licensed for your intended purpose. Do not include items copied from websites, social media, publications or other sources unless you have the legal right to use them. Use your own images or those obtained from reputable sources with the correct licence and permissions.