Committee Inquiry: Access to Palliative Care Services
Terms of Reference
Terms of Reference for the inquiry can be found here.
Appendix 1: Minutes of Proceedings (extracts)
- 12 September 2024
- 19 September 2024
- 24 October 2024
- 28 November 2024
- 12 December 2024
- 16 January 2025
- 13 February 2025
- 27 February 2025
- 20 March 2025
- 27 March 2025
- 03 April 2025
- 10 April 2025
- 01 May 2025
Appendix 2: Minutes of Evidence
- 16 January 2025 - Department of Health
- 20 March 2025 - BHSCT, WHSCT, NI Ambulance Service
- 20 March 2025 - Carers NI, Rural Community Network
- 27 March 2025 - AIIHPC
- 03 April 2025 - Marie Curie
- 03 April 2025 - Hospice UK
- 10 April 2025 - Foyle Hospice
- 10 April 2025 - Royal College of Nursing NI & Regional Specialist Palliative Care Nursing Group
- 01 May 2025 - Consultants
Appendix 3: Written submissions received
Written responses were received from the following organisations:
- All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care (pdf, 12 pages, 359Kb)
- All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care Psychological, Social and Spiritual Care Research and Special Interest Group (pdf, 4 pages, 278Kb)
- Association of Hospice and Palliative Care Chaplains NI and Donegal Regional Group (pdf, 4 pages, 41Kb)
- Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland (pdf, 5 pages, 48Kb)
- Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (pdf, 5 pages, 39Kb)
- British Association of Social Workers Northern Ireland (pdf, 5 pages, 44Kb)
- Carers NI additional information (pdf, 92 pages, 2538Kb)
- Community Pharmacy Northern Ireland (pdf, 5 pages, 43Kb)
- Community Transport Association (pdf, 9 pages, 317Kb)
- Democratic Unionist Party (pdf, 3 pages, 68Kb)
- Fermanagh and Omagh District Council (pdf, 4 pages, 175Kb)
- Fermanagh Community Transport (pdf, 4 pages, 43Kb)
- Foyle Hospice (pdf, 5 pages, 43Kb)
- Hospice Sector (pdf, 2 pages, 121Kb)
- Hospice UK (pdf, 12 pages, 223Kb)
- Independent Autism Reviewer (pdf, 10 pages, 337Kb)
- Life and Time Nursing Agency (pdf, 5 pages, 171Kb)
- Macmillan Cancer Support (pdf, 4 pages, 40Kb)
- Marie Curie (pdf, 20 pages, 313 Kb)
- Northern Health and Social Care Trust (pdf, 4 pages, 98Kb)
- Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (pdf, 3 pages, 37Kb)
- NI Hospice & NI Children's Hospice (pdf, 9 pages, 178Kb)
- Northern Ireland Palliative Care Pharmacists Group (pdf, 6 pages, 83Kb)
- Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman (pdf, 10 pages, 355Kb)
- Presbyterian Church in Ireland (pdf, 4 pages, 199Kb)
- Regional Palliative Medicine Group Northern Ireland (pdf, 4 pages, 41Kb)
- Regional Specialist Palliative Care Nursing Group (pdf, 5 pages, 45Kb)
- Royal College of General Practitioners Northern Ireland (pdf, 3 pages, 39Kb)
- Royal College of Nursing NI (pdf, 9 pages, 491Kb)
- Rural Community Network (pdf, 9 pages, 312Kb)
- Southern Area Hospice Services (pdf, 17 pages, 263Kb)
- Trusts Bereavement Co-ordinators NI (pdf, 4 pages, 38Kb)
- Western Health and Social Care Trust (pdf, 4 pages, 41Kb)
Appendix 4: Research papers received
- 27 February 2025 - Introduction to Palliative Care in Northern Ireland (pdf, 34 pages, 746Kb)
- 20 March 2025 - Current Provision of Palliative and End of Life Care Services in Northern Ireland (pdf, 39 pages, 1216Kb)
- 01 May 2025 - Global Perspectives - How other Countries Fund and Deliver Palliative Care (pdf, 53 pages, 650Kb)
Appendix 5: Papers from the Department of Health
- 16 January 2025 - Briefing Paper (pdf, 53 pages, 1835kb)
- 10 February 2025 - Follow up to briefing on 16 January 2025 (pdf, 18 pages, 32Kb)