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12th June 2025 conference
PCiCC Conference
Join us for an exciting day of learning at the 2025 conference, where we will share our experiences in critical care and palliative care. We have a wonderful and experienced group of healthcare speakers who are passionate about improving patient care.
Speakers
Dr. Hannah Richards, Dr. Stephanie Meddick-Dyson, Sally Humphreys, Dr. Lizzie Pink, and Dr. Carol Davis are among the esteemed healthcare speakers featured at the 2025 conference. This event will also include an expert panel comprised of Cathy McKenzie, Ivan Kemp, Sally Smith, and Cris Ferreira, focusing on crucial topics in critical care and palliative care, ultimately enhancing patient care.
2025 Speakers
Dr Carol Davis
Dr Stephanie Meddick-Dyson
Dr Stephanie Meddick-Dyson
Carol was appointed Senior Lecturer in Palliative Medicine at The Royal Marsden Hospital in 1992 and was later drawn to start a Hospital Palliative Care Team at Southampton General Hospital a few years after. She has been dedicated to her work there ever since. As a strong advocate of proactive palliative care, Carol emphasizes the import
Carol was appointed Senior Lecturer in Palliative Medicine at The Royal Marsden Hospital in 1992 and was later drawn to start a Hospital Palliative Care Team at Southampton General Hospital a few years after. She has been dedicated to her work there ever since. As a strong advocate of proactive palliative care, Carol emphasizes the importance of integrating palliative care alongside more disease-based interventions, and she strives to normalize palliative and end-of-life care as essential elements of patient care in all healthcare settings. Passionate about personalized healthcare, she aims to create opportunities daily to demonstrate this approach and teach others how to ‘seek out the person hiding behind the ill patient.’ Over a decade ago, she initiated a local quality improvement project called 'Palliative Critical Care,' which focuses on better integrating palliative care with intensive care through a broader, more structured, and proactive approach. This initiative has now become a well-established part of critical care in Southampton and will be highlighted by healthcare speakers at the upcoming 2025 conference.
Dr Stephanie Meddick-Dyson
Dr Stephanie Meddick-Dyson
Dr Stephanie Meddick-Dyson
A National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Doctoral Fellow in Palliative Medicine working in Yorkshire, Stephanie has a robust background that includes acute medical training with experience in the emergency department, intensive care, and various medical specialties. She chose to focus on acute palliative care, aligning with her pas
A National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Doctoral Fellow in Palliative Medicine working in Yorkshire, Stephanie has a robust background that includes acute medical training with experience in the emergency department, intensive care, and various medical specialties. She chose to focus on acute palliative care, aligning with her passion for enhancing patient care. Although her clinical work encompasses the full spectrum of palliative and end-of-life care, her research interests lie specifically in palliative care within the intensive care unit, particularly in the implementation of interventions. In her commitment to advancing this field, she established the End-of-life and Palliative Care in the ICU Research Network (EPCIN), fostering collaboration among healthcare speakers and professionals. Stephanie looks forward to sharing her findings at the upcoming 2025 conference, where critical care and palliative care will be key topics of discussion.
Dr Hannah Richards
Dr Stephanie Meddick-Dyson
Dr Hannah Richards
Hannah is an intensivist working at Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral. With a strong passion for palliative care, she engages with both the Critical Care Unit and the Hospital Specialist Palliative Care team. Her commitment to enhancing patient care in the ICU includes integrating palliative care teams into the multidisciplinary team (MD
Hannah is an intensivist working at Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral. With a strong passion for palliative care, she engages with both the Critical Care Unit and the Hospital Specialist Palliative Care team. Her commitment to enhancing patient care in the ICU includes integrating palliative care teams into the multidisciplinary team (MDT) of critical care. As she prepares for the upcoming 2025 conference, she looks forward to connecting with healthcare speakers who share her vision for improving holistic care in critical care settings.
Sally Humphreys
Dr Cathy McKenzie
Dr Hannah Richards
Sally currently holds a PhD scholarship at the University of Hertfordshire, where she is developing an international core outcome set for end-of-life care in critical care settings. As an NHS critical care research nurse, she is actively involved in enhancing patient care. Sally chairs the R&D Forum Research Management Working Group, the
Sally currently holds a PhD scholarship at the University of Hertfordshire, where she is developing an international core outcome set for end-of-life care in critical care settings. As an NHS critical care research nurse, she is actively involved in enhancing patient care. Sally chairs the R&D Forum Research Management Working Group, the national membership body for NHS Research, and serves as a co-chair of the End-of-Life and Palliative Care in ICU Research Network (EPCIN). Additionally, she is a member of the HRA Study-Set Up Partnership Board and an NIHR Academy member. In 2020, Sally founded the international #Red4Research campaign, which unites those participating, supporting, and undertaking research, and she looks forward to engaging with prominent healthcare speakers at the upcoming 2025 conference.
Kate Tantam, BEM
Dr Cathy McKenzie
Dr Cathy McKenzie
Kate is a Specialist Sister in ICU in Plymouth in the UK, where she plays a vital role in supporting patients, their loved ones, and staff before and after ICU discharge. As a nurse researcher focused on rehabilitation after critical illness, she founded the #Rehablegend campaign, which shares patient stories to promote best practices, en
Kate is a Specialist Sister in ICU in Plymouth in the UK, where she plays a vital role in supporting patients, their loved ones, and staff before and after ICU discharge. As a nurse researcher focused on rehabilitation after critical illness, she founded the #Rehablegend campaign, which shares patient stories to promote best practices, enhance patient care, support quality improvement, and foster clinical research. This initiative raises awareness about the importance of rehabilitation for all individuals. Her dedication to palliative care and patient experience earned her a Parliamentary Award for care and compassion in 2019 and the National Patient Experience Award in 2024. Notably, her work during the challenging times of 2020 and 2021, particularly in supporting patients with COVID, led to her being awarded a British Empire Medal for her efforts to improve patient experience. As the deputy chair of the National Rehabilitation Collaborative, she is eager to contribute to national initiatives that support recovery after ICU, including her participation as one of the esteemed healthcare speakers at the upcoming 2025 conference.
Dr Cathy McKenzie
Dr Cathy McKenzie
Dr Cathy McKenzie
Cathy McKenzie is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton and serves as an Honorary Consultant Pharmacist in Critical Care. With extensive knowledge and clinical experience in medication use during critical illness, her research interests focus on PKPD and medicines optimisation in critical care
Cathy McKenzie is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton and serves as an Honorary Consultant Pharmacist in Critical Care. With extensive knowledge and clinical experience in medication use during critical illness, her research interests focus on PKPD and medicines optimisation in critical care settings. Currently, she is funded through the NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) Senior Clinical Practitioner Research Award. Cathy has a particular interest in pain, sedation, and delirium management in the ICU, which aligns with her commitment to enhancing patient care. Additionally, she is one of three editors in chief for Critical Illness, an internationally acclaimed e-book published by Pharmaceutical Press, which is a great resource for healthcare speakers. Cathy is also looking forward to participating in the upcoming 2025 conference, where topics like palliative care will be discussed. Follow her on Twitter @cathymac40.