The Royal Marsden GP seminars

As a teaching hospital, The Royal Marsden is committed to passing on its knowledge and sharing the latest developments in cancer care. As part of this commitment we organise a series of seminars for general practitioners here at the hospital.

9 September 2008: Hospital2Home

Implementation of the End of Life Care Strategy in London

  • 18:00 to 18:05 – Welcome and Introduction
    Professor the Lord Darzi of Denham KBE, Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health
  • 18:05 to 18:15 –The London Context
    Ms Ruth Carnall, Chief Executive, NHS London
  • 18:15 to 18:25 – End of Life Care Strategy
    Professor Sir Cyril Chantler, Chair of Clinical Advisory Group and EOLC
  • 18:25 to 18:40 – Hospital2Home: implementation of the EOLC strategy through the development of a new model of co-ordinated complex care for terminally ill patients
    Dr Julia Riley, Clinical lead for Palliative Medicine, Royal Marsden Hospital
  • 18:40 to 18:50 – A challenge to the National Programme for IT: provision of an electronic contemporaneous, sharable document accessible to all palliative care professionals
    Prof Michael Thick, Chief Clinical Officer, National Programme for IT
  • 18:50 to 19:00 – Questions: key issues to take forward and next steps
    Professor the Lord Darzi of Denham KBE, Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health


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Future events


If you are a GP and are interested in attending future events, please email Malvin Sayle for more information.