Chairperson Padraigh O Ceidigh listens as Dr. Ita Harnett answers question from audience in Galway.
Chairperson Padraigh O Ceidigh listens as Dr. Ita Harnett answers question from audience in Galway.

Updates

This section regularly updates the work of the Forum and also some key developments in end-of-life at home and abroad.

Majority ‘uncomfortable’ discussing death wishes (08/11/2010)
MOST people are more concerned about the quality of their dying than death itself, a study reveals.
Irish Doctor Recounts Uganda Experience (07/22/2010)
An Irish doctor in Uganda has recounted her experience of setting up hospices in Africa in a book published yesterday, writes Alison Healy.
Quality of Death (07/22/2010)
Report by the Economist Intelligence Unit for the Lien Foundation ranked Ireland as fourth worldwide in end-of-life care. Importantly it demonstrates what is already apparent from the national audit on end-of-life care in hospitals, that this country is as good as others in how it cares at end of life.
Forum on End of Life Consultation Period Closes (07/05/2010)
The Forum on End of Life Consultation Period on its Draft Action Plan has closed.
Chair, Mrs. Justice Catherine McGuinness
Former Supreme Court Judge to Chair New National Council for End of Life (05/14/2010)
Mrs. Justice Catherine McGuinness will be the Chairperson for the new National Council of the Forum on End of Life in Ireland. The Forum on End of Life is an initiative of the Irish Hospice Foundation.
President McAleese welcomes Quality Standards for End-of-Life Care in Hospitals (05/14/2010)
The development of these standards is an important stimulus to promote ongoing improvement of end-of-life care in hospitals and there can be no doubting the commitment of many hospitals to the process.