Through education, we share our experience and make end of life care better for everyone.
Our team
Our multi-professional teaching team brings together experienced practitioners from all areas of our work. As well as being highly skilled in their field, they are also qualified lecturers. Between them, the team have experience of working in inpatient and community settings in both health and social care.
To support our study days, workshops and programmes, we’re also able to draw on the expertise of the wider hospice team.
We’re also fortunate in having a specialist librarian based in the library and resource centre and a fantastic administration team to support your registration and attendance of courses.
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Jane is a nurse by background and has worked predominantly in the community first as a District Nurse, then a Clinical Nurse Specialist. She completed her Masters Degree at Birmingham University and moved into education working at Bangor University as a Lecturer. Jane has a particular interest in supporting staff in care homes to provide high-quality end of life care. -
Lorraine comes from a social care background, working as a social worker for many years in inner London Boroughs, with older people and people with learning disabilities. She left social work to become an independent trainer, supporting the learning of health and social care staff in areas like safeguarding, mental capacity, professional boundaries and the legal framework in which they practice. Lorraine has a passion for staff support and development and she is an experienced clinical supervisor.
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Clare is a Registered Nurse and has worked in Palliative & End of Life Care since 2011 in both clinical and education roles.
Her background includes infectious and tropical diseases, HIV and working as a volunteer nurse educator in developing countries.
Following a Masters in Social & Medical Anthropology, she has worked primarily in practice development and education within a Hospice setting and has a particular interest in the different social & cultural approaches to end of life care.
Clare co-ordinates European Certificate in Essential Palliative Care (ECEPC).
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Carole has worked as a palliative care nurse and clinical nurse specialist for several years and completed her Masters Degree in Advanced Practice at the University of Surrey. Prior to this, she worked in care home settings and has a passion for sharing our expert palliative care practice with the generalist community setting. She has completed her Certificate for assessing vocational qualifications and her Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE).
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Kathy is an occupational therapist by background who has worked predominantly with people with neurological and other complex conditions and injuries. Her Master’s dissertation focused on Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. Her undergraduate degree in English reflects her interest in the power of language and communication.
Kathy has moved from clinical practice into education because she loves learning and sharing knowledge, and will be completing a postgraduate course in higher education as part of her role.
She is also a trained yoga teacher and has travelled extensively, including undertaking both voluntary and paid teaching work abroad.
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Matt is a paramedic by background, graduating from the University of Surrey in 2026. During his studies, Matt developed a strong interest in palliative care and published research in collaboration with SECAmb during an elective placement, researching advanced care plans and resuscitation which also inspired his dissertation.
In addition to this, he undertook several community and hospital-based clinical placements and spent most of his placement with the ambulance service, bringing him a range of experience to carry forward into his role. Matt will be working alongside the team to develop and deliver community education sessions.
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Dr Alice Firth is the Research Lead at Princess Alice Hospice, where she leads the organisation’s research strategy and oversees the development and delivery of internal research projects.Her role also includes the dissemination of research to clinical teams across the hospice and working in partnership with universities to support the hospice as an active research site. She has worked in palliative care since 2013, bringing over a decade of experience across both academic and applied research. Alice previously spent 12 years at the Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, developing a strong foundation in palliative care research and practice.Her research focuses on improving models of community and out-of-hours palliative care, with a particular emphasis on service delivery, equitable access, and patient and family outcomes. She completed her PhD, “Understanding and improving models of out-of-hours community palliative care,”. Alice has authored a number of peer-reviewed publications in leading journals.Alice’s research draws on both qualitative and quantitative methods and has contributed to the development and evaluation of palliative care services at local and national levels. In 2024, Alice spent a year working in the UK Parliament, gaining valuable insight into how palliative care and research can inform and influence policy.Alice’s full list of publications and research outputs is available via her ORCID profile (0000-0003-0726-0502). -
Marianne is the Princess Alice Hospice Librarian and manages the library and learning resources for the Hospice. She works closely with staff and students to make sure the Hospice has the latest and most relevant resources needed to inform staff practice, and also manages the specialist palliative and end-of-life library collection. Marianne has previously worked in University libraries for several years. -
Please contact us with any queries, questions, feedback from training, information about bespoke courses, joining instructions and we will do our best to help.
Email: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01372 461844Chloe Larcombe, Education Administrator
Gavin Sapsed, Education AdministratorECEPC Email: [email protected]
Alison Scott, ECEPC Administrator
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