Major conference at Clontarf Castle, Dublin to launch the national audit on end-of-life care in hospitals and new quality standards — part of the Hospice Friendly Hospitals Programme, a project of the Irish Hospice Foundation.

The conference will interest managers and staff from acute and community hospitals, nursing home managers and staff, clinical and social care providers, policy makers, healthcare trainers, hospice and palliative care professionals, bereavement support services, and all healthcare providers with an interest in the provision of quality end-of-life care.

Contact: Online registration is available on www.hospicefriendlyhospitals.net or by contacting Grace O’Sullivan at the Irish Hospice Foundation, 32 Nassau Street, Dublin 2. Tel: (01) 673 0068, or at grace.osullivan@hospice-foundation.ie.