9 am to 12 pm, Monday 17th November 2025
Join our Consultant Pharmacist and Clinical Nurse Specialists to learn more about using syringe drivers, and the medications we may use as someone approaches the end of their life.
This session will be interactive.
By the end of the session, you should
- Understand the rationale for using a syringe driver to deliver medication
- Be confident in setting up a new syringe driver prescription
- Understand and be competent to perform the necessary regular checks on the equipment
- Be confident in explaining use of the device to patients, relatives, and other staff
- Understand more about the medications that may be used for someone approaching the end of life
Suitable for registered staff
This is for syringe driver training ONLY. If you wish to access the bundle, please click on this LINK
If there are no places available, due to high demand, please do contact us on [email protected] and we will do our best to accommodate your booking.
We will also be running a session on 17th November 2025 and 23rd March 2026 - book now before its gone!
Location: Sobell House Hospice, Oxford
CPD Credits: N/A
+ Speakers
Claire Bryant
Biography to follow
Mel Presland
Consultant Pharmacist, Palliative & End of Life Care - Oxford University Hospitals
Melinda qualified from the University of Bradford in 2005, and has worked in many sectors of pharmacy including community, mental health and the prison service. Melinda started her specialist palliative care career in 2009 in a Macmillan palliative care team, focused on providing pharmaceutical support to patients in the primary care setting. Melinda moved to her Consultant Pharmacist post in Oxford in 2019 where she continues to work. Melinda has worked as Senior Clinical Lead in palliative care for NHSE/I, and is chair person of the Association of Supportive and Palliative Care Pharmacy (ASPCP) and is co-lead for the Ambitions Partnership.
Melinda is a qualified non-medical prescriber, and has a Post Graduate Certificate in Clinical Education, which supports her in her passion for planning and delivery of education, both to pharmacists and other health care professionals.
