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12th June 2025 conference
PCiCC Conference
Join us for an exciting day of learning and sharing our experiences. We have a wonderful and experienced group of speakers
Speakers
Dr Hannah Richards
Dr Stephanie Meddick-Dyson
Sally Humphreys
Dr Lizzie Pink
Dr Carol Davis
Expert Panel - Cathy McKenzie, Ivan Kemp, Sally Smith, Cris Ferreira
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 lured away a few years later to start up a Hospital Palliative Care Team at Southampton General Hospital.
She has worked there ever since. Carol is a strong advocate of proactive palliative care- running palliative care alongside more
Carol was appointed Senior Lecturer in Palliative Medicine at The Royal Marsden Hospital in 1992 and was lured away a few years later to start up a Hospital Palliative Care Team at Southampton General Hospital.
She has worked there ever since. Carol is a strong advocate of proactive palliative care- running palliative care alongside more disease-based interventions – and of normalising palliative and end of life care as part of essential care in all care settings. Passionate about the need for a truly personalised approach to health care, she aims to take and create opportunities every day to showcase that and teach others how to ‘seek out the person hiding behind the ill patient.’
Over a decade ago she catalysed a local quality improvement project, ‘Palliative Critical Care’, aimed at better integrating palliative care and intensive care by adopting a broader, more structured and more proactive approach. Palliative Critical Care is now a well established part of intensive care in Southampton.
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. After completing acute medical training with time spent working in the emergency department, intensive care as well as medical specialities, Stephanie chose to focus on acute palliative care. Although her clinical work covers the
A National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Doctoral Fellow in Palliative Medicine working in Yorkshire. After completing acute medical training with time spent working in the emergency department, intensive care as well as medical specialities, Stephanie chose to focus on acute palliative care. Although her clinical work covers the breadth of palliative and end-of-life care, her area of interest for research is palliative care within the intensive care unit, particularly implementation of interventions. She created the End-of-life and Palliative Care in the ICU Research Network (EPCIN) in order to share knowledge between professionals and drive collaboration.
Dr Hannah Richards
Dr Stephanie Meddick-Dyson
Dr Hannah Richards
Hannah is an intensivist working at Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral. She has always had an interest in palliative medicine and now works both on the Critical Care Unit and with the Hospital Specialist Palliative Care team. She is passionate about bringing improved palliative and holistic care to the ICU and integrating palliative care teams into the MDT of critical care.
Sally Humphreys
Dr Cathy McKenzie
Dr Hannah Richards
Sally currently holds a PhD scholarship at the University of Hertfordshire developing an international core outcome set for end-of-life care in critical care and is a NHS critical care research nurse. She chairs the R&D Forum Research Management Working Group, the national membership body for NHS Research, is a co-chair End-of-Life and P
Sally currently holds a PhD scholarship at the University of Hertfordshire developing an international core outcome set for end-of-life care in critical care and is a NHS critical care research nurse. She chairs the R&D Forum Research Management Working Group, the national membership body for NHS Research, is a co-chair End-of-Life and Palliative Care in ICU Research Network (EPCIN), a member of the HRA Study-Set Up Partnership Board, and a NIHR Academy member. In 2020 Sally founded the international #Red4Research campaign which brings together all those participating, supporting, and undertaking research
Kate Tantam, BEM
Dr Cathy McKenzie
Dr Cathy McKenzie
Kate is a Specialist Sister in ICU in Plymouth in the UK. Her role is to support patients, loved ones and staff pre and post ICU discharge. She is a nurse researcher in rehabilitation after critical illness and the founder of the #Rehablegend campaign. The campaign shares patient stories to share best practice, improve patient experienc
Kate is a Specialist Sister in ICU in Plymouth in the UK. Her role is to support patients, loved ones and staff pre and post ICU discharge. She is a nurse researcher in rehabilitation after critical illness and the founder of the #Rehablegend campaign. The campaign shares patient stories to share best practice, improve patient experience, support quality improvement and clinical research and raise awareness of the importance of rehabilitation for all. Her work was recognised with a Parliamentary Award for care and compassion in 2019, National Patient Experience Award in 2024. Her work during 2020/2021 supporting patients with COVID saw her awarded with a British Empire Medal for services to improve patient experience. She is the deputy chair of the National Rehabilitation Collaborative and is keen to develop national work to support recovery after ICU.
Dr Cathy McKenzie
Dr Cathy McKenzie
Dr Cathy McKenzie
Cathy McKenzie is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, and an Honorary Consultant Pharmacist in Critical Care. She has extensive knowledge and clinical experience of medication use in critical illness. Her research interests are PKPD and medicines optimisation in critical illness. She is currently fu
Cathy McKenzie is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, and an Honorary Consultant Pharmacist in Critical Care. She has extensive knowledge and clinical experience of medication use in critical illness. Her research interests are PKPD and medicines optimisation in critical illness. She is currently funded via a the NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) Senior Clinical Practitioner Research Award. Cathy has a special interest in pain, sedation and delirium in the ICU
Cathy is one of three editors in chief for Critical Illness, an internationally acclaimed e-book,(www.medicinescomplete.com), published by Pharmaceutical Press.
Twitter @cathymac40