National Implementation Group for Terminal Illness

Overview

The purpose of the National Implementation Group is to ensure the smooth implementation of the new terminal illness definition, for the purposes of accessing disability assistance in Scotland, when Scotland’s new forms of disability assistance launch.

The group, comprised of clinicians and wider stakeholders, is providing support for the refinement and application of the Chief Medical Officer’s guidance and the evaluation of its implementation. This will ensure the guidance is applied appropriately. It will also allow us to identify and address any issues which emerge as the policy is established.

This group was formed following the work of the Terminal Illness Stakeholder Reference Group and the Short-Life Working Group on Terminal Illness.

Members

• Param Bhattathiri (Chair) Consultant Neurosurgeon & Department Chairman
• Flora Watson (Vice Chair) Scottish Strategic Nursing Leads for Palliative Care, NHS Grampian 
• Dr Annabel Howell, Consultant Paediatrician, NHS Tayside, and Medical Director CHAS
• Ellie Wagstaff, Senior Policy Manager, Marie Curie Scotland
• Helen Malo, Policy and Advocacy Manager, Hospice UK
• Kirsty MacIver, NHS Scotland
• Margaret Greer, Strategic Partnership Manager, Macmillan
• Mark Hazelwood, Chief Executive, Scottish Partnership for Palliative care 
• Peter Maclean, Service Manager for Primary Care Contracts, NHS Grampian 
• Richard Gass, Welfare Rights and Money Advice Team (Glasgow City Council)
• Stephen Wilson, Health board Clinical Lead for Realistic Medicine 
• Susan Webster, Head of Policy and Campaigns, MND Scotland
• Dr Teresa Cannavina, Scottish GP Committee
• Thomas Mulvey, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Marie Curie Scotland
• Tracey Crickett, NHS Scotland

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