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EAPC 2020 Open interest group meeting
We are pleased to announce that we are hosting an open interest group meeting at the upcoming EAPC conference on Friday 15th May from 6.15pm – 7.45pm. Further details to follow…
New Project ECHO network in collaboration with Hospice UK
The CSNAT team are collaborating with Hospice UK to establish a new Project ECHO network which aims to bring together Hospices all over the UK to access education, advice and peer support to help with implementation of person-centred assessment and support for family … Continue reading
CSNAT recommended in the new Daffodil Standards
We are delighted that the CSNAT, together with our online training, has been recommended in the newly released Daffodil Standards (Royal College of General Practitioners). For further information see: Standard 3 – Carer Support – before and after death
CSNAT conference 2019 a huge success!
Implementing the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool (CSNAT) Approach: Views from research and practice Through popular request, we hosted our second fully booked ‘CSNAT’ conference on Friday 1st March 2019. This was an update our first conference we hosted in … Continue reading
Online training: Launch day!
Launch of ‘The CSNAT Approach Training and Implementation Toolkit’ (Feb 2019) We are delighted to announce that The CSNAT Approach Training and Implementation Tookit has now launched! The new online training package can be accessed free of charge and allows … Continue reading
Update on the latest CSNAT research
We have two research projects currently running in collaboration between the University of Manchester and University of Cambridge, exploring the use of the CSNAT in different settings. In the CSNAT hospital discharge study, we are looking at the feasibility … Continue reading
New face to face CSNAT training workshops
We are pleased to announce that new training workshops are now available in the autumn for palliative care services planning to implement the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool in a UK setting. This carer-led approach to assessment and support is … Continue reading
Survey on Carer Assessment and Support
If you are a member of Hospice UK providing services for adult patients, you should have recently received a survey to complete – the Hospice UK Organisational Survey of Carer Assessment and Support. You will be pleased to know that … Continue reading
Winners at NIHR Charities Consortium Conference for Hospice and Community based Research 2018
The CSNAT team were delighted to receive the award for the Research team which has published the results of practice changing research study on the NIHR portfolio at the first ever NIHR Charities Consortium Conference for Hospice and Community based Research. … Continue reading
The CSNAT Approach online implementation toolkit: coming soon!
To meet national and international demand for CSNAT training, we have developed an online implementation toolkit (designed to replace our face-to-face training sessions). Five palliative services have now completed the pilot version and provided us with valuable feedback on toolkit … Continue reading