Welcome to the MSE System-wide Area for Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Providing high-quality, compassionate care at the end of life is one of the most profound responsibilities in health and social care. This training area has been developed to support professionals across mid and south Essex Integrated Care System to deliver coordinated, person-centred palliative and end-of-life care that honours the dignity, values, and choices of individuals and their families.
In this space, you will find practical tools, evidence-based resources, and training modules designed to strengthen collaboration between healthcare providers, social care teams, voluntary organisations, and other key partners. Whether you’re working in hospitals, primary care, care homes, hospices, or in the community, this platform aims to build shared understanding and consistent practices across all sectors involved in end-of-life care.
The following training programmes are available to all colleagues working in palliative and end-of-life care settings across Essex, regardless of their employing organisation.
Upcoming Training Opportunities
St Luke’s Hospice – Foundation in Palliative and End of Life Skills – February 2026
Cancer and Palliative Care Clinical Development Training – February/March 2026
- Personalisation, Proactive (Anticipatory) Care and Shared Decision Making Skills Free online training designed and delivered by the Personalised Care Institute – For further information, email [email protected]
- Advanced Palliative Care Course 20 sessions (one per month) delivered virtually by Fairleigh Hospice. Includes all topics required for those working at specialist level in palliative care. For further information, email [email protected]
- Principles of Palliative Care Course 8 sessions delivered face to face at Farleigh Hospice, Chelmsford one day per week for 8 weeks. Includes all essential topics for those who are new to palliative care. For further information, email [email protected]
- Foundation Skills in Palliative and End of Life Care: Symptom Management – Face to Face programme held at St Luke’s Hospice Education Suite, Bulphan, RM14 3EB. Exploring enhanced clinical understanding of pain assessment and management. Available to all nurses, care home staff and allied health professionals working in palliative and end of life settings in MSE. Cost – £90 per delegate. For further information, email [email protected]
- Foundation Skills in Palliative and End of Life Care: Tier 2 Communication Skills – Face to Face programme held at St Luke’s Hospice Education Suite, Bulphan, RM14 3EB. Explores a range of communication skills and raising awareness of barriers to communication at the end of life. Available to all nurses, care home staff and allied health professionals working in palliative and end of life settings in MSE. Cost – £90 per delegate. For further information, email [email protected]
- Foundation Skills in Palliative and End of Life Care: Talking with a Bereaved Person (version for non-clinical staff) – Face to Face programme held at St Luke’s Hospice Education Suite, Bulphan, RM14 3EB. Designed for administration and business support staff working within a clinical setting across MSE. Cost – £90 per delegate. For further information, email [email protected]
- Foundation Skills in Palliative and End of Life Care: Physiology of Dying & Advanced Care Planning – Face to Face, half day session held at St Luke’s Hospice Education Suite, Bulphan, RM14 3EB. Explores the physiology of dying, develops knowledge and confidence in advance care and explores responses to palliative care emergencies. Recommended for nurses, care home staff and allied health professionals supporting patients nearing the end of life. Cost – £90 per delegate. For further information, email [email protected]
- Advanced Communication Skills Training Programme – 2 days, face to face delivery held at St Luke’s Hospice Education Suite, Bulphan, RM14 3EB. Enhances communication skills in palliative care settings, supports empathetic and effective dialogue with patients and families and helps improve clinical outcomes. Available to all band 6 and above nurses, care home staff and allied health professionals working in palliative and end of life settings in MSE. For further information, email [email protected]
- Specialist Skills in Palliative and End of Life Care: Loss and Grief – One day training exploring losses experienced during life for people with a palliative illness, and the loss of life experienced by their loved ones. Available to all nurses, care home staff and allied health professionals working in palliative and end of life settings in MSE. Cost – £90 per delegate. For further information, email [email protected]
- Talking with a Bereaved Person – Face to Face, half day session held at St Luke’s Hospice Education Suite, Bulphan, RM14 3EB. Exploring how to approach and speak to bereaved individuals, the importance of verbal and non-verbal communication and what to say when supporting someone who is bereaved. Available to all nurses, care home staff and allied health professionals working in palliative and end of life settings in MSE. Cost – £40 per delegate. For further information, email [email protected]
- Frail+ Excellence in Personalised Care (Including How to Use FrEDA Training) – Award winning free online learning module including 10 educational webinars to support all professionals working with adults with frailty, dementia or end of life (EOL) needs. Available here
- Frailty Plus Cancer – Tier 1 – 9 short modules of learning followed by an interactive quiz exploring topics including: understanding the changing face of cancer, understanding what frailty is and how the diagnostic process and treatment of cancer can affect frailty. Available here
- Frailty Plus Cancer – Tier 2 & 3 – 4 modules of learning about frailty and best practice management. Available here
- FRAIL+ in Action – Illustrative Case Examples – 3 illustrative case studies giving examples of how the FRAIL+ approach can be applied to help those living with frailty and/or cancer. Available here
- Cancer+ How FrEDA Can Help Assess Patients in Cancer Pathways – 5 lessons to learn how to use FrEDA in SystemOne as an effective and efficient tool to help proactively identify all those with frailty, dementia or deemed likely to be within their last year of life (end of life). Available here
- Frailty Tier 1 – e-Learning for Healthcare – Accredited, online programme exploring what frailty is, what the symptoms of frailty are, how to identify frailty and how to assess those who may have frailty. Available here
- Frailty Tier 2 – e-Learning for Healthcare – Accredited, online programme exploring the impacts of frailty on health, wellbeing, morbidity and mortality. Available here
- Advanced Practice Seminars Virtual webinars covering various subjects related to clinical practice. To view recordings of previous sessions, visit the Advanced Practice Directorate page here. For details of upcoming sessions, email [email protected]
System colleagues can access MSE FrEDA Immersive Simulation Training on the Virti platform by emailing [email protected] to request a free licence. You will receive a licence code and further instructions on how to access this training module.
- Syringe Pump Training Virtual training available on demand. Self register for this training by setting up a username and password using the link here. If self register option is not available, scroll to the bottom of the screen and select “register yourself”
- BD Bodyguard Syringe Pump Resource Folder Available here
For any enquiries relating to the BD Bodyguard Syringe Pump Training, please contact the team using: [email protected]
Virtual training sessions on a range of topics relevant to healthcare professionals working in cancer care including: cancer information and support, psychological care and communication skills, leadership and professional development, palliative and end of life care, personalised care and support planning and primary, community and social care. To access this training visit the website here.
For health and social care professionals who are not specialists in palliative care. Online learning modules include: condition specific care, care at the end of life, symptom management, recognising an emergency, planning and communication, guidance and safeguarding. To access this training visit the website here.
Internal Training Opportunities for Mid and South Essex System Providers
If you are employed by one of our Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System providers, you can access a range of palliative and end-of-life care training opportunities tailored to your organisation.
Below, you’ll find details of system providers and their internally available courses, along with key contacts for your local palliative and end-of-life training team who can provide further support or guidance.
Support and training offers accessible to all current Farleigh Hospice employees.
- Registered Nurse Verification of Expected Death – Half day, face to face training.
- Use of Syringe Pumps – Half day, face to face training for Registered Nurses.
- Palliative and End of Life Care for Registered Nurses: The Essentials – Three day course for Registered Nurses held at Farleigh Hospice, Chelmsford. Includes: communication skills, symptom management, ACP, DNACPR, identifying dying, bereavement, spirituality, ethics and self care.
- Palliative and End of Life Care for Healthcare Support Workers – Two day course for Healthcare Support Workers held at Farleigh Hospice, Chelmsford. Includes: defining palliative care and end of life care, what normal dying looks like, understanding the benefits of a syringe pump, recognising total pain and exploration of supportive strategies, symptoms at end of life, ethical principles and importance.
- Identifying Dying – Half day, face to face training.
- Advance Care Planning – Half day, face to face training. Includes: PEACE, DNACPR, ACP, PPC, PPD, LPA etc.
- End of Life Care for Domiciliary Care Workers – Three day course for Domiciliary Care Workers held at Farleigh Hospice, Chelmsford in collaboration with Essex County Council, St Luke’s Hospice and St Francis Hospices. Includes: what is palliative and end of life care, challenges in delivering end of life care, communication skills, bereavement, spirituality, managing symptoms at home, ACP and DNACPR.
- DNACPR for Those Having Recording Conversations with Patients and Families – One day course for staff working at specialist level who complete DNACPR paperwork in the role of Senior Responsible Officer.
- Advanced Palliative Care Course – 20 sessions (one per month) delivered virtually by Fairleigh Hospice. Includes all topics required for those working at specialist level in palliative care.
- Principles of Palliative Care Course – 8 sessions delivered face to face at Farleigh Hospice, Chelmsford one day per week for 8 weeks. Includes all essential topics for those who are new to palliative care.
For any enquiries relating to Farleigh Hospice’s internal palliative and end-of-life training, please contact the team using: [email protected]
Support and training offers accessible to all current St Luke’s Hospice employees.
- Registered Nurse Verification of Expected Death – Two, 3 hour face to face sessions to cover theoretical knowledge.
- Registered Nurse Clinical Supervisor Training – Half day programme covering best practice and reflective discussions.
- Syringe Pump Training – Collaborative Community Nurse Training Programme delivered by NELFT and St Luke’s Hospice.
For any enquiries relating to St Luke’s Hospice internal palliative and end-of-life training, please contact the team using: [email protected]
Support and training offers accessible to all current Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Southend employees.
- Cancer and Palliative Care Course – 7 week, face to face course held at Little Havens Hospice, Thundersley. For further details contact the Southend Hospital Palliative Care team or register via elevate.
- Palliative and End of Life Care Syringe Pump Training – Online and face to face training.
For any enquiries relating to Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s internal palliative and end-of-life training, please contact the team using: [email protected]
Support and training offers accessible to all current Saint Francis Hospice employees.
- LSBU Degree and Masters Programmes in Palliative and End of Life Care 3 specialist modules delivered as a mixture of face to face and virtual. Modules include: pain and symptom management, psychosocial, spiritual and ethical aspects and dementia and other non-malignant conditions. Modules can be taken as stand alone or as part of a longer degree programme to achieve MSc. Programmes are eligible for HUK grant application funding.
- Essential Palliative and End of Life Care One day course delivered face to face and virtually.
- Advanced Communication Skills Training Two day course delivered face to face by experienced facilitators and actors for real time feedback.
For any enquiries relating to Saint Francis Hospice’s internal palliative and end-of-life training, please contact the team using: [email protected]