Palliative Care Congress 2027

Science and Spirit: Living and Dying in Modern Times

11-12 March 2027

Lowry, Salford

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About the Palliative Care Congress

The Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland (APM) host the Palliative Care Congress on an annual basis. PCC events attract over 500 delegates from around the world from a diverse multidisciplinary background.

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PRIZE: Sustainability

WINNER: Dr Victoria Cox
The MIBARB Review Revolution: Reimagining Deprescribing in Palliative Care
All authors: Victoria Cox, Samuel Fingas, Enoch Chan, Mark Porter

PRIZE: Specialty Trainee

WINNER: Katy Hyams
Assisted Dying in Frailty: Scoping Literature Review

Runner-up: Dr Amy Wood
‘At a critical time’: Palliative Care involvement in the unwell deteriorating patient in hospital under Martha’s Rule

PRIZE: SAS Doctor

WINNER: David Waterman
Trends in hospice inpatient characteristics: a repeated cross-sectional study
All authors: Lesley A Henson, Henrietta Kelly, Chris Page, David Waterman

Runner-up: Dr Sarah Marshall
End of Life Care and People with Learning Disabilities: Are we meeting their needs in a hospital setting?

PRIZE: Nursing

WINNER: Sarah Stanley
A constructivist grounded theory study to explore experiences of healthcare professionals, patients receiving palliative care, family caregivers and bereaved people’s when including digital legacy in planning for the end-of-life
All authors: Sarah Stanley, Karen Higginbotham, Julie-Ann Hayes, Cristina Vasilica, Caroline Mogan, Mari Lloyd Williams

Runner-up: Sidhi Sharma
The first year implementation of a bespoke End of Life Care (EOLC) education programme in a large multi-site tertiary academic centre
All authors: Sidhi Sharma, Tori Martin, Lucinda Reeves, Jocelyn Farinto, Guy Schofield, Lucia Meneghelli, Katherine Buxton

PRIZE: Medical Student

WINNER: Mabel Brown
The Influence of Individualism and Collectivism in End-of-Life Decision Making in Chinese Populations
All authors: Mabel Brown, Linda Lee, Catherine Evans

Runner-up: Lily Gryspeerdt
What About Hope? The Ethics of Truth and Hopefulness in Palliative Care

Runner-up: Dr Anna Mistry
From cordoned consultations to cohesive care: A service evaluation of a novel one-stop, multi-speciality, hospice-based Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Clinic, UK
All authors: Anna Mistry, Amanda Brain

PRIZE: Junior

WINNER: Dr Rebecca Newell
Connecting Communities Across the Globe: Atlas project
All authors: Rebecca Newell, Juan Correa, Vilma A Tripodoro, Steven Vanderstichelen, Libby Sallnow, Nicola White

Runner-up: Dr Tommaso Squeri
Assisted Dying and Frailty: a document analysis to assess the eligibility of frailty in 29 jurisdictions where assisted dying is approved
All authors: Tommaso Squeri, Christina Luk, Annabel Price, Sarah Hopkins, Simon Noah Etkind

PRIZE: Allied Health Professional

WINNER: Jeff O’Loughlin
A Stage-Based Framework for Psychosocial Care in Assisted Dying

Runner-up: Nga Chee Tristan Chan
Creating Meaning in the Moment: Single-Session Art Therapy as an Organic Space for Connection in a Hospice In-Patient Unit
All authors: Nga Chee Tristan Chan, Charlotte Orton, Grace Morgan, Maela Amin, Paul Sullivan

Runner-up: Dr Holly Young
“Pallitrigger”: A novel palliative screening tool used within the emergency department to identify patients in their last year of life
All authors: Holly Young, Julia Hallghan, Amy Moffat

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PCC 2027 Call for Papers Opening

September 2026

PCC 2026 – Brighton Dome

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Palliative Care Congress 2026 – The Art of Possibility: Creativity and Science in Modern Palliative Care

Thank you to all of our PCC 2026 volunteers

  • Hena Ramdany
  • Fredrika Collins
  • Grace Mann
  • Sam Rose
  • Hannah Poole
  • Yasmin Alagaratnam
  • Erica Partridge

Published Abstracts

View all abstracts published in an online supplement of the BMJ’s Supportive and Palliative Care Journal