Palliative Care

The Health and Social Care Committee has established and commissioned a politically impartial panel of experts to conduct an evaluation – independently of the Committee – of palliative care in England . The Expert Panel will produce a report after each evaluation which will be sent to the Committee to review. The Expert Panel is … Show more

The Health and Social Care Committee has established and commissioned a politically impartial panel of experts to conduct an evaluation – independently of the Committee – of palliative care in England . The Expert Panel will produce a report after each evaluation which will be sent to the Committee to review. The Expert Panel is chaired by Professor Dame Jane Dacre, and is comprised of core (i.e. permanent) members and subject specialists. Core members of the Expert Panel are: Sir Robert Francis QC; Sir David Pearson; Professor Emma Cave; Anita Charlesworth; and Professor Stephen Peckham. Palliative care specialist members of the Expert Panel are: Anita Hayes, Clinical Quality Lead at Hospice UK; Professor Vic Rayner OBE, Chair at Global Ageing Network and CEO at National Care Forum; Dr Michael Tatterton, Chief nursing officer at Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Bradford; Dr Sam Royston, Executive Director for Research and Policy at Marie Curie UK; and Dr Sabrina Bajwah, Honorary Consultant in Palliative Medicine at King's Health Partners and Clinical Reader at Cicely Saunders Institute. An overview of the Expert Panel’s work is available here: The Health and Social Care Committee’s Expert Panel Further information on the Expert Panel is set out in the Health & Social Care Committee Special Report: Process for independent evaluation of progress on Government commitments (5 August 2020). Show less