HPCN Network
The Homelessness and Palliative Care Network was co founded by Dr Briony Hudson, Dr Caroline Shulman and Prof Kate Flemming in 2022. This is a free, UK wide network for anyone with an interest in palliative care for people experiencing homelessness. The group meets online and monthly, to facilitate collaborations, share best practice, innovation and challenges in the field of homelessness and palliative care.
The setting up of this network was supported by NIHR.
Everyone is welcome to join the sessions. To register for an upcoming session, please select the session you would like to attend from the upcoming sessions section below.
Upcoming sessions
The network meets on the second tuesday of the month from 2-3pm.
9th June 2026 – A review of the Oxford pilot project and a talk on homelessness and neurodiversity
To register for this event and get the link to… View UpdateThe next session will be on Tuesday 9th June 2026
Catch up on previous sessions
May 2026 – Universal care plans and communicating uncertainty in prognostication
At the May 2026 session of the Homeless Palliative Care… View Update
March 2026 – The use of the mental capacity act with people experiencing homelessness with addictions
In our March session, Jess Harris and Stephen Martineau from… View Update
February 2026 – Nutrition
Network sessions resumed in February 2026 with an excellent presentation… View Update
January Update
The next session of the Palliative Care and Homelessness Network… View Update
November 2025 – Katie Taylor, Hestia House
Katie Taylor presented at the National Palliative Care and Homelessness Network… View Update
October 2025 – The Take-Up Study
Steve Marshall presents The Take-up Study, which is a Marie… View Update
July 2025 – introduction to IMPROVE
Dr Briony Hudson, Dr Caroline Shulman and Sam Dorney Smith… View Update