Palliative Care Training Courses

If you are a healthcare professional with an interest in palliative care, you may benefit from training at the St Gemma’s Academic Unit of Palliative Care.

We offer a range of palliative and end of life education programmes for healthcare professionals.

Limited free and funded places available

We are pleased to offer a number of free or funded places on some of our programmes, available through certain workplaces. To see if you’re eligible, please refer to the individual course details and criteria.

For further details and dates for all courses, or to enquire about education not currently in our brochure, please contact us on AUPCCourses@st-gemma.co.uk or call our Academic Unit on 0113 2185500.

Current palliative care courses and workshops running at the Academic Unit of Palliative Care

Palliative & End of Life Care Virtual Study Session: Care in the Last Days of Life

Virtual

3 hours

Monday 13th October 2025

This 1/2 day session equips you with the skills to recognise signs of dying, communicate effectively, manage symptoms, and provide compassionate comfort and support to individuals and their families in the final days of life.

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Palliative & End of Life Care Virtual Study Session: Loss, Grief & Bereavement Awareness

Virtual

3 hours

Thursday 30th October 2025

This 1/2 day session will build your awareness and confidence in supporting people through grief and bereavement, with practical insights and tools for compassionate support.

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Palliative & End of Life Care Virtual Study Session: End of Life Care for People with Dementia

Virtual

3 hours

Friday 31st October 2025

This 1/2 day course equips professionals and carers with practical tools and strategies to provide compassionate, person-centred end-of-life care for individuals living with dementia.

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Advanced Communication Skills Training

Blended Learning

2 days

Various Dates Available

A 2-day advanced communication skills training workshop for senior clinicians.

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The Principles of Palliative and End of Life Care Programme

Blended Learning

12 weeks

A 12-week blended learning course to help you to gain an understanding of palliative and end of life care

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The Introduction to Palliative and End of Life Care Programme

Virtual

September 2025

An introduction to the key principles of supporting people living towards the end of their life with long-term or terminal conditions.

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Symptom Management, Advance Practice – Care in the Last Days of Life Classroom Study Day

St Gemma’s Academic Unit

Full Day

6th November 2025

A full-day in-person course covering key areas of symptom management for palliative patients aimed at senior healthcare professionals.

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Symptom Management Advance Practice Study Days

Virtual

3hr

A series of study days – our symptom management courses cover a variety of key topics to enable you to support patients with terminal and long-term conditions receiving palliative and end of life care.

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Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist Development Programme

Virtual

6 months

A 6-month programme for Clinical Nurse Specialists to develop core palliative care skills.

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