A summary of sessions taking place on the first day of our National Conference in Liverpool on 25 - 27 November 2025.
Looking for sessions of particular interest for you and your role? Our suggested key audiences, marked with 👥, can help you to plan your visit to the event.
Sessions with a '📽️' symbol next to them will be available for digital ticket holders to watch via a live stream.
Members of the Hospice UK Technology Leaders Network are invited to meet up with their peers.
👥: Technology leads
Fellow trustees and chairs are welcome to join this informal meet-up to connect with colleagues.
👥: Trustees
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13:30-14:45: Parallel sessions
Abstracts selected via the Call for Papers, to be announced.
👥: All delegates
A safe space for hospice Chief Executives to discuss how we can learn from the past and the present and consider the options for hospices in the future. This includes hospices' position in the system and the community, service design, partnerships, funding and risk.
Speakers:
James Sanderson, Chief Executive Officer, Sue Ryder
Nigel Hartley, Chief Executive Officer, Mountbatten Hospice Group
Kate Heaps, Chief Executive, Community Hospice
Steph Edusei, Chief Executive Officer, St Oswald’s Hospice
Chair: Toby Porter, Chief Executive, Hospice UK
👥: CEOs
This session will cover the results and efforts of the National Hospice Legacy Campaign, and explore future income opportunities for hospices.
Speakers:
Catherine Bosworth, Director of Income Generation and Grants, Hospice UK
Speaker from RBC Brewin Dolphin
Chair: Catherine Bosworth
Kindly supported by our Gold sponsors, RBC Brewin Dolphin
👥: Income Generation
This session will highlight how timely palliative input can enhance quality of life, symptom control and advance care planning and promote effective partnership working between neurological services, charities and hospice teams
Andy Barrick, Chief Executive Officer, Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) Trust
Lynda Friel, Head of Service Improvement and Transformation, Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association
Dorinda Moffat, MND and Neurorespiratory Specialist Practitioner, Prospect Hospice
Cath Stanley, Chief Executive Officer, Huntington’s Disease Association
Chairs: Julia Russell, Senior Clinical Practice & QI Manager, Hospice UK and Candice Lewis, Senior Programme Manager, Hospice UK
👥: Clinical
Session looking at work with the homeless community in Canada and in the UK, and supporting people detained in prisons.
Speakers:
Fr. Dr. Matthew Durham, Executive Director, Hospice Palliative Care and Community Development, Saint Elizabeth’s Foundation, Canada
Emma Dixon, Director of Clinical and Digital Services/Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO), St Ann’s Hospice
Heidi McIntyre, Homeless Palliative Care Coordinator, St Ann’s Hospice
Ruth Driscoll, Associate Director for Policy and Public Affairs, Marie Curie
Lucy Brant, Senior Policy Manager, Marie Curie
Chair: Katie Reade, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Hospice UK
👥: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Clinical, Community Engagement
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15:45-17:00: Parallel sessions
Abstracts selected via the Call for Papers, to be announced.
👥: All delegates
More sessions on topics including assisted dying, frailty care and AI.
17:15-18:00: Commission on Palliative and End-of-Life Care 📽️
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A panel of commissioners from the Commission on Palliative and End-of-Life Care will discuss the key findings and next steps following the publication of the Commission's report Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care: Opportunities for England, and their thoughts on NHSE 10-year plan.
Speakers:
Prof Sir Mike Richards, Chair of the Commission on Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Prof Bee Wee, Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Fellow of Harris Manchester College, Oxford University
Baroness Ilora Finlay of Llandaff, practising consultant at Velindre Cancer Hospital, Cardiff, and Professor of Palliative Medicine at Cardiff University
Chair: Sharon Allen OBE, CEO, Arthur Rank Hospice and Trustee, Hospice UK
👥: All delegates
Join other delegates for drinks and networking.
👥: All delegates
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Please note this programme is provisional and subject to change. More speakers and sessions will be confirmed, and updates will be made every two weeks.
