October 28, 2010

CHPCA 2010

Members of the TCPCN recently attended the Canadian Hospice Pallaitive Care Association's 2010 Conference held on October 28-31, 2010. A number of network presentations are listed below:

• "Development of a regional performance index to monitor hospice palliative care systems performance" - Ms. Siu Mee Cheng, TCPCN; Ms. Jane Sanders, Toronto Grace Health Centre

• "A Tale of Three Cities: State of integrated hospice palliative care within the Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network region, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority and Fraser Health Authority" - Ms. Siu Mee Cheng, TCPCN; Dr. Mike Harlos, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority; Ms. Lori Embleton, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority; Dr. Raymond Berry, TCPCN & Toronto Rehabilitation Institute

• "Development of a regional hospice palliative care asset map" - Mapping & Projections Working Group, TCPCN [Poster] download

October 30, 2010

Parliamentary Committee on Palliative & Compassionate Care

On April 2010, a multi-party group of MPs spanning the political spectrum announced the formation the Parliamentary Committee on Palliative & Compassionate Care (PCPCC), an ad-hoc Committee of the House of Commons dedicated to promoting awareness of, fostering substantive research and constructive dialogue on palliative and compassionate care in Canada. PCPCC’s work will culminate with a report urging specific policy action on a series of four challenges: palliative care, suicide prevention, elder abuse, and disability issues. The committee held a roundtable on October 30, 2010 and Mr. Ron Lirette (Executive Director, Dorothy Ley Hospice & Perram House) kindly presented on behalf of the Network. The presentation can be downloaded here

For more information on the committee, please go to their website www.pcpcc-cpspsc.ca