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

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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End of Life Care for People with Dementia Study Session (Virtual)

Virtual

1 day

19th November 2025

Join this study session covering supporting the end of life care needs of people with dementia.

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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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Palliative and End of Life Education Day for Supporting People who are Homeless and Vulnerably Housed

St Gemma’s Academic Unit

Training for outreach workers, support workers and non-clinical workers covering key areas of palliative and end of life care.

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Leeds City Council (LCC) An Introduction to End of Life Care Study Day

Merrion House

One day

8th September 2025

An end of life care study day aimed at health and social care staff working with Leeds City Council.

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