WEBINAR — Jun 4, 2026

Supporting Wellbeing at Work: Experiences of Staff Caring for People with Advanced Illness

Summary:

This webinar explores the wellbeing of staff who care for people with advanced illness. Speakers will discuss current approaches to supporting workplace wellbeing and the specific support needs of healthcare assistants providing care in the community. The webinar will consist of a 1-hour session of presentation and Q&A, followed by a 30-minute of discussion where attendees are invited to reflect on the session and share perspectives on relevant topics. We warmly encourage you to share your thoughts on this topic by engaging with our Padlet to help shape and enrich the discussion. All contributions are anonymous, and no account is required to take part.  Please click here to download the handout of this session. Useful resources related to this webinar: 1. ‘That just doesn’t feel right at times’ – lone working practices, support and educational needs of newly employed Healthcare Assistants providing 24/7 palliative care in the community: A qualitative interview study 2. Workplace support, wellbeing and intention to leave among lone working healthcare assistants providing palliative and end-of-life care in the community: A mixed methods study 3. ‘You’re a human being and not a robot that goes out to work’: A qualitative study exploring factors impacting on wellbeing and intention to leave among lone working healthcare assistants providing palliative and end-of-life care in the community (Just to highlight: the beautiful and powerful painting by Dáire Lawlo can be found in this paper 👏) 4. Co-development of a peer-to-peer intervention to support healthcare assistants' delivery of hospice care at home 5. "We are running on the fumes of goodwill" Professionals' experiences of delivering 24/7 end-of-life care to children and their families: a qualitative study 6. “We’re teetering on unsteady ground” parents’ experiences of accessing 24/7 paediatric end-of-life care: a qualitative study

Key speakers:
Prof Jason Boland (Chair), Professor of Palliative Medicine and Education; Consultant in palliative medicine, Hull York Medical School
Kasia Patynowska, HSC R&D Doctoral Research Fellow; Research Nurse, Ulster University; Marie Curie
Dáire Lawlor, Community based Heath Care Assistant; Visual artist, Marie Curie
Laura Barrett, Research Associate in Paediatric Palliative Care & Medical Complexities Group, University of York
Dr Anne Finucane, Senior Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh; Marie Curie

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