For queries on AIIHPC events below, please contact info@aiihpc.org or 353 (0)1 491 2948.
For a list of upcoming palliative care events from AIIHPC partner organisations and collaborators on the island of Ireland visit: www.aiihpc.org/events/list/
Webinar | HSE Children’s Palliative Care in the Community
Introduction: The All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care (AIIHPC) hosted the HSE webinar on Children’s Palliative Care in the Community. This webinar highlights recent developments in children’s palliative care which have resulted from the implementation of the HSE 2020 report.
Resources Available: Video
March 2026
Webinar | Benefits of Utilising Virtual & Telehealth Supports in Palliative Care
Introduction: This webinar will set the scene for the need to increase capacity, improve equitable access, and show how we can use the learning from SPaRTa to consider different ways of working to meet these current needs in our communities and across the healthcare systems.
Resources Available: Video | Slides
February 2026
Webinar | Rehabilitative Palliative Care on the island of Ireland
Introduction: Rehabilitative Palliative Care (RPC) integrates rehabilitation principles into palliative and end-of-life care with the aim of supporting function, autonomy, participation and quality of life for people with life-limiting illness. While RPC is gaining international recognition, its implementation across the island of Ireland remains limited and inconsistent.
Resources Available: Video | Report
February 2026
Webinar | Palliative Care Across Continents
Introduction: Gerard Leddy MSC MCSP CF, Service Lead for Specialist Palliative Care in the Southern Health & Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland, shared learning and reflections from his Churchill Fellowship visit to Queensland, Australia’s Palliative Care Teams.
Resources Available: Video | Report
January 2026
Webinar | HSE National Adult Palliative Care Policy Implementation Plan 2025–2026
The All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care (AIIHPC) hosted the HSE webinar on the National Adult Palliative Care Policy Implementation Plan 2025–2026, developed to support the delivery of the Department of Health’s National Adult Palliative Care Policy 2024.
Resources Available: Video | Slides
November 2025
Event | Shaping the Future: Innovation in Palliative Care Education and Practice
This event brought together educators, clinicians, researchers, policy makers and service leaders with a shared commitment to advancing palliative care education across the island of Ireland and beyond.
Resources Available: Videos
October 2025
Webinar | Spiritual Care: What is it and why it matters
Chair | Daniel Caldwell, Chaplain and Lecturer at Atlantic Technological University
Introduction: Spiritual care is about more than religion – it’s about meaning, connection, hope and humanity. In this webinar as part of Palliative Care Week and in conjunction with the launch of a new video resource we will explore what spiritual care really means in palliative and end of life care contexts, why it matters for patients, families and professionals and how it can be integrated into care to support people to live well until they die.
Resources Available: Video
September 2025
Webinar | Delirium in Specialist Palliative Care
Speaker | Dr Regina McQuillan, Palliative Medicine Consultant at St Francis Hospice
Theme: Dr McQuillan discussed:
• Definition of delirium
• Incidence of delirium in people with life limiting illness
• Causes and treatment of delirium – what is the underlying cause and can this be treated effectively before the person dies
• Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions to support
• Delirium Screening Tool – 4AT
Resources Available: Video
June 2025
Palliative Rehabilitation Seminar | Living well with advancing illness
The seminar was targeted at people working within specialist palliative care services and it was an opportunity to explore current rehabilitative practices.
Location | Ashling Hotel, Dublin
Resources Available: Videos | Slides
June 2025
Webinar | Webinar on the New National Adult Palliative Care Policy in the Republic of Ireland
The webinar provided an overview of the new National Adult Palliative Care Policy, its recommendations, planned actions and the next steps to support policy implementation.
Resources Available: Video | Slides
November 2024
Event | Compassionate Communities in Palliative and End of Life Care Conference
All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care, was awarded a grant from the Shared Island Civic Society Fund to fund the Compassionate Communities in Palliative and End of Life Care Conference which took place on the 9th of September in Newry.
Resources Available: Video and other resources
September 2024
Webinar | The Palliative Care Needs Assessment (PCNA) and the new PCNA eLearning Programme
The webinar was targeted at all health and social care professionals and provided a detailed overview of the new Palliative Care Needs Assessment (PCNA) eLearning programme
Resources Available: Video and other resources
September 2024
Workshop | Information workshop about a career in specialist palliative care
AIIHPC hosted an online information workshop about a career in specialist palliative care.
Resources Available: Video and other resources
November 2023
EAPC Seminar | EAPC Reference Group on Public Health and Palliative Care
A Human Rights based approach for Palliative care: Towards Solutions for Public Health Palliative Care.
November 2023
Workshop | AIIHPC Social Prescribing Workshop
The workshop considered the potential for social prescribing to add value to and enhance the range of supports already provided by hospice and specialist palliative care services
Presenters: Professor David Robinson, Consultant Geriatrician at St James’s Hospital and a senior Clinical Lecturer at Trinity College Dublin
Prof Mary Lynch is Professor and Executive Vice Dean for Research in Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery RCSI, Hon Prof of Healthcare in UWS, UK & Vice Chair for Technology and Palliative Care special interest group in AIIHPC
Resources Available: Video and other resources
October 2023
Workshop | Connecting Policy, Practice and Research to Improve Palliative Care in Northern Ireland
Gain an understanding of what is happening across respective work areas in Northern Ireland related to palliative and end of life care, current and future priorities for practice, research and policy and identify opportunities to connect and consider how we can improve palliative care.
Resources Available: Video | Agenda
May 2021
Event | Round Table on a Public Health Approach to Palliative Care
Almost 50 people attended a Round Table on a Public Health Approach to Palliative and End of Life Care on the island of Ireland held in the Ballymascanlon House Hotel on 3 December 2019.
December 2019
