Community palliative and end of life care resources

Free online resources for community-based health and social care providers, including care and nursing home staff.

Recognising dying

It’s important to be able to recognise the common signs of when someone be approaching the last year of their life. If you can recognise them, it will help make sure the person you’re caring for can receive the best possible care, and everyone around them can be prepared. 

Useful resources

Symptom management

Symptom management is part of palliative and end of life care. It aims to relieve distress – whether that’s physical, psychological, spiritual or social distress – to help improve a person’s quality of life.

Useful resources

Grief and bereavement

Many people worry about about saying the wrong thing to someone who has been bereaved, or might not know how to help.

Understanding the process, and impact, of grief and bereavement can equip us to better support people who are bereaved.

Useful resources

Training courses at St Ann's

Looking to develop your palliative care knowledge and skills this year?

Our training sessions are for both clinical and non-clinical staff, and are delivered by an experienced and professional team who are specialists in their own fields.

See upcoming courses