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.
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 Care CNS Network
Virtual
1 hour session held every 3 months
1 hour session held every 3 months
Specialist
A new network for Palliative Care Nurses working across Yorkshire and the Northeast (including Hospital, Hospice and Community Teams).
This study day aims to build confidence and skills in engaging in difficult end-of-life care conversations with people you support and their families or carers (Assistive & Registration levels, NHSE 2025).
This session addresses the challenges of delivering compassionate, person-centred palliative care for people with dementia (Supportive, Assistive & Registration levels, NHSE 2025).
Ethical Issues in Palliative Care and End of Life Decision Making Study Session
Virtual
Half day
10th November 2026; 29th April 2027
Intermediate
This session will explore a range of ethical and legal considerations that guide end of life decision-making (Assistive & Registration levels, NHSE 2025).
Exploring and Processing the Impact of Working with Illness, Death, Dying and Loss Training Session
St Gemma’s Academic Unit
3hrs
22nd October 2026; 27th November 2026; 14th January 2027
Foundation, Intermediate
A reflective training session designed to support frontline professionals in understanding and managing the impact of working with illness, death, dying and loss.
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