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