Mentoring Guide: for health and social care professionals who provide palliative care in a variety of care settings
AIIHPC produced a Mentoring Guide to inform the future development of mentoring programmes within palliative care
Bringing care closer to home: Improving palliative care in remote, rural and island communities.
Hospice UK report that shines a light on people’s experiences of death, dying and bereavement in rural communities, shares learning and innovative approaches to delivering care for both adults and children, and makes recommendations for services, local systems and policy makers to improve care and support in rural communities across the UK
IAHPC Manual on the Use of Essential Palliative Care Medicines for Adults.
This Manual provides practical recommendations for the safe and effective use of the medications for palliative care included in the WHO EML and in the Lancet Commission Report. The Manual is intended to support health professionals who are not specialists in palliative care — doctors and others providing generalist or primary palliative care
Telling It Like It Is series – Experiences of Older People at End of Life 2025
The Alliance of Age Sctor NGOs report draws on the findings from the National End of Life Survey, as well as the wider evidence-base on older people’s experiences at end of life, to describe critical areas of importance to older people, and their families, facing death and bereavement.
National End of Life Survey
In 2023 Ireland’s first National End of Life Survey was carried out. Individuals who registered the death of a relative or friend that occurred between 1 September and 31 December 2022, were invited to participate in the survey between March and May 2023. Please download our national report to explore the survey findings.
Marie Curie Scotland Dying in Poverty 2025 Report
Marie Curie and Loughborough University report which explores the impact of end of life poverty and fuel poverty in Scotland in 2025.
Palliative and End-of-Life Care at the Deep End: Trauma-informed and inclusive approaches to palliative and end-of-life care for people experiencing marginalisation.
Shaun Peter Qureshi, Churchill Fellow 2023, has published a report representing the results of his Churchill Fellowship research exploring overcoming the problem of inequity in palliative and end-of-life care access in the UK. This report is the culmination of international learning and discovery which has led to the development of ten recommendations for inclusive trauma-informed palliative care. The report focuses in detail on the needs of people who are in prison and people experiencing homelessness (encompassing all forms of homelessness and being vulnerably housed)
Expanding Specialist Palliative Care Access: Telehealth Solutions for Rural Communities – The Churchill Fellowship
Report by Gerard Leddy, Service Improvement Lead, Southern Health & Social Care Trust. It focuses on expanding access to Specialist Palliative Care, including areas of more rurality. This paper not only provides the opportunity to look at how we can work differently, supported by evidence and outcomes from other areas, but showcases the wonderful work being done by the SPaRTa team Palliative Care Queensland, which Gerard travelled to over the course of his Fellowship
Dying, Death and Bereavement in Ireland 2026
Death is an integral part of life and grief is a universal experience. How people die has changed radically over recent generations. People are living longer and for many, death comes much later in life. We are also more aware about the impact of grief on our lives. This Irish Hospice Foundation report brings together national and international research and data to examine the current realities of dying, death and bereavement in Ireland, revealing emerging trends in these areas, highlighting concerns, and actions and recommendations that will deliver improvements.
Evidence for Children’s Palliative Care in Ireland
This report aims to provide a better understanding of the needs of children with life-limiting conditions and improve the planning and delivery of children’s palliative care services across Ireland.