Hospice UK National Conference
Hospice UK's National Conference 2025 is titled Collective Strength, Compassionate Care.
This year's event takes place at the ACC in Liverpool from 25 – 27 November.
Collective Strength, Compassionate Care
Bringing people together from across the sector, this event is for people in all roles working in hospices and in palliative and end of life care.
This year's conference celebrates the power of our movement, and the quality, patient-centred care that is at the heart of all that we do.
Following our engagement with delegates last year, the theme of our National Conference 2025 will again be guided by our strategy, focusing on 3 key themes: equity, sustainability, quality.
"Stepping out of the day-to-day to focus on the bigger picture of hospice care in the UK keeps us tuned in to mutual challenges, such as current financial pressures, and lets us be inspired by some of the amazing innovative work being done by other hospice teams, health and care partners and academic researchers."
- Jackie Butler, St Luke's Hospice Plymouth.
Read more about her team's visit to last year's National Conference
2025 programme
Over three days, you can join colleagues from across the sector for sessions covering topics including:
- leading organisational resilience
- key findings and thoughts from the Commission on Palliative and End-of-Life Care
- navigating uncertainty and hearing international evidence about assisted dying
- fundraising and sustainability
- integrated services
- providing compassionate care in alignment with cultural beliefs
Book your place
In-person ticket bookings have now closed.
Online tickets are still available until Friday 21 November. Book now to get access to live-streamed sessions including Q&A.
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Registration for online access to live stream only:
Both prices below give gives you access to our National Conference content online.
Digital delegates can:
- access our live-streamed sessions, including participating in Q&As
- access the full poster exhibition online
- access post-conference to recordings of live-streamed sessions
Download our guide to ticket pricing
Member fee £227.50 Ex Vat (£273)
Non-member fee £323.33 ex vat (£388)
Bookings are open to anyone working for any end of life care provider or related non-profit organisation.
Any commercial, profit-making organisations or consultancies wishing to attend should contact Paula Scanlon (p.scanlon@hospiceuk.org) to find out about opportunities available for them to attend.
Venue and accommodation
Venue
ACC Liverpool King's Dock, Port of Liverpool, Kings Dock St, Liverpool L3 4FP
How to get there
ACC Liverpool is a short taxi or bus ride away from Liverpool Lime Street station and its direct services to London that take a little over two hours. Many bus routes serve the bus station at the Liverpool ONE retail development, just a five-minute walk from ACC Liverpool.
Find out more about how to get there on the ACC website.
Accommodation
Liverpoolcvbres is the official accommodation booking provider for the Hospice UK National Conference 2025.
They can offer guaranteed secured rates for conference attendees at accommodation providers across the city.
We recommended booking early to ensure you are able to select your preferred accommodation option.
Other ways to get involved
As well as attending as a delegate, there are lots of ways you can be involved in our National Conference. Find out more about sponsorship opportunities, the Hospice UK Awards, and what you need to know if your work has been accepted for poster or oral presentation.
This year's sponsors and exhibitors
We would like to extend our thanks to all sponsors and exhibitors without whom this conference would not be possible. Your continued support is greatly appreciated.
Last year's conference
National Conference 2024 took place in Glasgow. The conference programme explored three priorities and the challenges facing our members and the sector: improving equity of access, enhancing quality care and achieving sustainability.