With the aging population, the burden on public hospitals is increasing, and the concern over quality of services for patients in hospitals becomes wildly prominent, especially for terminally ill patients. With increasing concern over end-of-life care issue, many social service organizations have initiated diversified services to provide end-of-life support for terminally ill patients and their bereaved families. Meanwhile, the society is still exploring how to strengthen collaboration between medical and social sector, utilizing community resources to support terminally ill patients and their families in hospitals.

The Hong Kong Council of Social Service is planning to visit the Accident & Emergency (A&E) Service of Queen Elizabeth Hospital on 8th of April, 2025, particularly the Osiris Room within A&E to understand how timely palliative care services are provided to terminally ill patients and their families in A&E. We sincerely invite colleagues with bereavement and related services to participate in this visit, exchange ideas, and discuss potential collaborations.

Details are as follows:

Date: 8th April, 2025 (Tuesday)

Time: 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Venue: Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Target Audience: Colleagues engaged in bereavement and related services (If there are too many applicants, priority will be given to the first registrants from the relevant service organization)

If you are interested, please register online on or before 28th March, 2025. If you have any enquiries on this event, please contact Ms. Kelly Chong, Officer (Tel: 28642445; email: [email protected]) or Mr. Norman Kwan, Officer (Tel: 28642435; email: [email protected]).

We look forward to your participation. Thank you very much!