The Association has now been wound down and this website is no longer being updated.
If you need to contact anybody about anything to do with the AHPCC please now contact the Chair of the successor group, the Hospice and Palliative Care Forum (HPCF) of the College of Health Care Chaplains (CHCC) at hpcf@healthcarechaplains.org
If you wish to be part of the new group then please visit our web page here Hospice and Palliative Care Forum – College of Health Care Chaplains
Farewell Event
An online event to say goodbye to the Association has been arranged for Thursday 12th February at 12pm. If you would like to join us at that event please get in touch with us at hpcf@healthcarechaplains.org and we will include you in the invitation list to receive the link to the Teams event.
Update for members December 2025
It’s been some time since we last updated you as members and I wanted to share the current progress of the winding down of the Association following the decision made by the membership earlier this year. We are in the final stage of formalities and expect the last few steps to be made in the next few weeks.
At the recent annual conference of the College of Health Care Chaplains the new Hospice and Palliative Care Forum was welcomed into the College. Our existing executive committee members will become the Forum Task Group members until the AGM of the Forum, which will take place during the CHCC Annual Conference next year. This makes the following people members of the Forum Task Group: Gary Windon (chair), Carol Gully (secretary), Lucyann Ashdown, Moorin Babawale, Tim Leeson, Martin McGonigle, Ali Pandian, Nicholas Roddis and John Wonnacott.
The Forum itself now has a place on the CHCC website here Hospice and Palliative Care Forum – College of Health Care Chaplains. We have retained the minimum we think is still relevant from the Association website, including all the material we have from previous conferences.
An Open Forum is planned for January 19th which will focus on the Assisted Dying Bill and will feature a presentation on both sides of the arguments made by two hospice doctors. Karen Murphy will also give a presentation on spiritual care conversations. Following on from this, there will be two Open Forums in February which will provide an update on the progress of the Bill and give an opportunity for discussion on this topic. We will also use one of these February Open Forums to formally say goodbye to the Association.
If you would like to be notified of the activities of the Forum please email hpcf@healthcarechaplains.org and we will add you to the new email circulation list. You will then receive invitations to the Open Forums, including the virtual meeting links. We will be also circulating a note to the existing CHCC membership to inform them of the new forum and asking any members who wish to be on the mailing list to let us know via the same email address.
This brings me onto an important point. Our existing regional groups will keep running and both the regional groups and the Open Forums are opening to any chaplain with an interest in palliative care – you will not need to be a member of CHCC to be on the mailing list or to attend an Open Forum. Clearly, we would encourage you to become a member of the CHCC to benefit from everything the College has to offer. Benefits include free access to the journal, Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, cheaper fees for attending the annual conference and professional advice in relation to employment issues. For more information on joining the CHCC see this page on our website Become a Member – College of Health Care Chaplains and when you look at subscription rates don’t forget to look at the special rates section if you are retired, unpaid or on low pay.
Gary Windon hpcf@healthcarechaplains.org
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