This programme will run within the exhibition itself. The paintings, films, music and poetry will be within the church from 10am to 10pm daily from Tuesday 20 May to Friday 23 May. You will be able to spend time with the paintings, you will be able to speak to me, to the AGD team, you will be able to write your thoughts and you will be able to eat cake. Always cake available. Because there is so much to say on the subject of end of life, we are delighted to present the events and talks below, and thank everyone for their support and expertise.
Tuesday
20 May 6pm Private View - formally opened by
Glynn Jones, Chair to the Friends of Brighton & Hove Hospitals and Deputy Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex
followed by introductory talk by the artist Antonia Rolls. Harp music played by Jane Saunders.
Wednesday
21 May 2 to 4pm: Session 1 Planning Dying - Much can be done way ahead of someone dying; raising awareness is
not as difficult as it seems.
Panel speakers : Eleanor Langridge Dementia
Speaker on EOLC; Rachel Reed - Palliative Care Lecturer, St Barnabas Hospice
Worthing; Rev Canon Peter Wells, Senior Chaplain, BSUH.
Panel chair: Alan Bedford - Former NHS Chief
Executive, Non Executive Director Martlets Hospice.
Wednesday
21 May 6 to 7pm: Session 2 Dementia
Information Session - Nigel Spencer Dementia
Friends Champion.
Thursday
22 May 2 to 4pm: Session 3 Supporting
Dying - Being alongside patients and families -
knowing what help is at hand.
Panel speakers: Dr Mark Bayliss, Consultant in
Elderly Medicine BSUH; Dr Simone Ali, Consultant in Palliative Medicine at the
Martlets Hospice Hove; Nigel Spencer, Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner, St
Catherines Hospice Crawley.
Panel chair: Professor Bobbie Farsides BSMS
Thursday
22 May 6 to 8pm : Session 4 An early
Evening Salon on The Art of Dying - Ars Moriendi.
Contributors: Dr Muna AlJawad, Consultant in
Elderly Medicine, BSUH, Medical Students
at BSMS, Rev Robert Eastern, Chaplain to Brighton College.
Friday
23 May 2 - 4pm: Session 5
Communicating with the Dying - Having a
conversation - are the dying any different to the rest of us?
Panel speakers: Dr Catherine Gleeson, Palliative
Care Consultant, St Catherines Hospice, Crawley; Dr Rose Turner, Palliative
Care Consultant, the Martlets Hospice, Hove; Dawn Allen, Chaplain, the Martlets
Hospice, Hove.
Panel chair: Professor Bobbie Farsides BSMS
Friday
23 May 6 - 8pm: Session 6 Working with
the dying - Taboo or not Taboo, that is the
question?
Panel speakers:
Antonia Rolls, A Graceful Death Artist; Mandy Preece, Soul Midwife for
Macmillan Unit, Christchurch Hospital.
Panel chair: Nigel Spencer, Palliative Care
Nurse Practitioner, St Catherines Hospice, Crawley
Friday 23
May 20h30 Closing thoughts to end of exhibition.
All events are free to attend but due to limited
seating and high level of interest booking recommended via email to Peter.wells@bsuh.nhs.uk
Donations to support the exhibition welcome
