Project ECHO

What is Project ECHO?

Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a worldwide movement providing an online learning and support methodology. It supports knowledge sharing between professionals from across the health and social care sector, and facilitates the exchange of specialist knowledge and best practice.

Join us for Herefordshire & Worcestershire’s Monthly Palliative & End of Life ECHO Hub, an online learning and development platform dedicated to enhancing the exchange of specialist knowledge and promoting best practices amongst those in health and social care.

Session Format:

FREE to attend.
Delivered virtually via Zoom.
Sessions are 60-90 minutes long.
A topic expert delivers a 45 minute presentation/teaching session followed by discussion.
During the discussion, participants are welcome to discuss issues and experiences they’ve had relating to the session topic. These discussions allow participants to work together and learn from other professionals working in similar healthcare settings.
Sessions are recorded and stored with additional resources/materials in our online library. Please note, this is only accessible to those who have registered.
To register, please complete/submit a registration form (available at the bottom of the page).

2025 Dates	Topic	Guest Speaker
30/01/25	Trauma Informed Palliative & End of Life Care	Sheena Mackenzie – Counsellor – St Richard’s Hospice
27/02/25	Agitation at End of Life	Dr Mary Wall – Medical Officer – St Michael’s Hospice
27/03/25	Diabetes Management at End of Life	Tilda Beech – Diabetes Specialist Nurse – Diabetes Centre – Worcester Royal Hospital
11/04/25	The Role of Analgesic Patches	Dr Jim Burtonwood – Lead Specialist Doctor – St Michael’s Hospice
29/05/25	Breaking Bad News from a Paramedic Perspective	Joseph Hamilton – Clinical Skills and Simulation Lecturer – University of Worcester
25/06/25	TBC	Rosa Hooks – Teenager Cancer Trust – Teenage & Young Adults Clinical Liaison Nurse Specialist – Worcester Acute
31/07/25	Breaking Bad News	Dr Michelle Palmer – Clinical Psychologist – Wye Valley Trust
28/08/25	TBC	TBC
25/09/25	Managing Parkinson’s at End of Life	Ella Millington – Lead Parkinson’s Clinical Nurse Specialist – Wye Valley Trust
30/10/25	TBC	Adele Brooks
27/11/25	Call Out at End of Life – A Paramedic’s Perspective	Nathan Caswell-Price – Lecturer (Teaching) Paramedic Science – University of Worcester

Please note: The programme curriculum is co-designed by the Education Team at St Michael’s Hospice and the Learning Team at St Richard’s Hospice, however, we do welcome topic suggestions from participants. Please email echo@smhospicehereford.org if you would like to make a topic suggestion.

Project ECHO Registration Form

If you’re interested in joining project ECHO, please register using the below form and we’ll be in touch as soon as possible.

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Herefordshire & Worcestershire Palliative & End of Life ECHO Hub

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Project ECHO – Participant Commitment and Statement of Collaboration:(Required)

As a Key Stakeholder in the Herefordshire & Worcestershire Monthly Palliative and End of Life ECHO Hub, I will:

• Participate in each Project ECHO learning session via Zoom.

• I grant permission for St Michael’s Hospice to manage my personal data safely in connection with Project ECHO®.

• I grant St Michael’s Hospice the permissions required to transfer my data to the U.S.

• I understand that my participation in Project ECHO is entirely voluntary and that I am free to withdraw at any time, without providing a reason or explanation.

I understand that:

• Project ECHO case consultations do not create or otherwise establish a provider‐patient relationship between any ECHO clinician and any patient whose case is being presented in an ECHO session.

• While the case consultations and ECHO sessions may offer recommendations regarding effective evaluation, care, and treatment options, these represent recommendations only. The patient’s treating provider retains sole responsibility for selecting and implementing the plan for evaluation, care, and treatment of the patient.

• My contact information will be shared with other members of this program’s cohort.

I agree and understand that data will be collected and held under the following restricted terms:

• In order to facilitate Project ECHO, St Michael’s Hospice will be recording each ECHO session. These recordings will be password protected and made accessible to Herefordshire & Worcestershire ECHO Hub members only.

• If you wish to participate in any way in the “ECHO®” movement, some information which comes within the GDPR definition of personal data is required by Project Echo in the United States. To ensure that the requirements of UK law are met, St Michael’s Hospice requires your permission to transfer and store your data within the US before you can participate in an “ECHO®” session or in any aspect of the ECHO® movement.

• Your data will be stored digitally within an application that tracks the growth, and activities, of the ECHO® movement.

• Data from participants is “aggregated” (i.e. anonymised, combined and measured in various ways for analysis).

• This data is used for reporting to funding and governmental entities, in public-facing mappings, visualisations, and directories of the movement, for research related to the movement, for data quality assurance activities, in communications and surveys related to the movement, and in decision-making related to new initiatives. UNMHSC will not use your data for any other purposes.

I agree and am happy to comply with the Participant Commitment and Statement of Collaboration as outlined above.

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Project ECHO

What is Project ECHO?

Herefordshire & Worcestershire Monthly Palliative & End Of Life ECHO Hub

Project ECHO Registration Form

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