Conference 2025

Our annual conference

Our conference in 2026

We will be announcing details of our Summer 2026 conference in the Springtime. You can watch videos from some of our our previous conferences and events by clicking here

Our conference in 2025

Bridging Troubled Waters – A Palliative Care Update

On the 18th of June 2025 we welcomed 150 guests to Michael Sobell House for our annual conference. It was a vibrant and provocative day. The conference was open for all and largely attended by those who work in the community, hospital or care homes with patients facing the final months of life.

The conference was a huge success and we look forward to our conference in 2026.

Jane Wheeler. Chief Executive at Michael Sobell House & Harlington Hospice opening the conference.

Conference programme in 2025

Videos from the talks shown in the programme below can be found and watched further down this page.

8:30-9:20 Registration, coffee and pastries
9:20-9:30 Opening of Conference Jane Wheeler CEO Harlington Hospice
9:30-9:55 25mins All You Need to Know About Immunotherapy in Primary Care Dr Mohammed Abdul-Latif Consultant Clinical Oncologist Mount Vernon Cancer Centre
9:55-10:20 25mins Food Fights at The End Of Life Caryn Straker Specialist Dietician Nightingale Hammerson Care Home
10mins PANEL Q&A
10:30-10:55 25mins The Impact of Assisted Dying on Palliative Care Jo Fernandes RGN MA Nurse Consultant in Palliative Care
10:55-11:20 25min Digital Legacy – What Does It Mean and Why Is It Important? James Norris Digital Fellow, Harlington Hospice Founder Digital Legacy Association 10mins PANEL Q&A
11:45-12:15 25mins Hospital Dramas – and How To Escape Dr Sarah Russell RGN DHRes Nurse Consultant, Lead Nurse Palliative and End of Life Care Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
12:20– 12:30 Meret Bachmann and Cassidy Keen Brunel 2nd Year Medical Students Brunel 2nd Year Medical Students Community Hospice project
13:20-13:40 Disability, Intimacy and Self Esteem – A personal reflection Harriet Moxon RGNi in Conversation with Dr Ros Taylor
13:40-14:05 Bladder and Bowels – Dignity When It Matters Most Zena Aldridge RGN MA QN Social Care Nurse Fellow 10mins PANEL Q&A
14:15-14:40 Palliative Care Tips From Around The World Dr Ros Taylor MBE Medical Director Harlington Hospice
14;40-14.55 Funeral Fun Facts Gemma Godivala Civil Funeral Celebrant PANEL Q&A & TEA 15:10-15:35 25mins Mortality And You Dr Julia Verne Consultant in Public Health
15:35-15:45 Relaxation Bhavini Pandya Rehabilitation and Wellbeing Therapist
15:45-16:20 5 cases – 5 stories – 5 mins Dr Ajmal Singh Amie Lacy Sania Sajjad Barbara van Brummen Dr Helena O’Driscoll
16:20-16:30 Reflections and Close Jane Wheeler