I am a very experienced social worker and social work teacher. My early career was spent working in the Child and Family Psychiatry Services. For the last 22 years I have worked in Palliative Care as a clinician/lecturer and manager. I represented palliative care social work internationally for 8 years until May 2011 as a director of the European Association of Palliative Care. I am part of the Social Care Advisory group for the End of Life Care Programmes board (NHS) I have written extensively and lectured nationally and internationally.I am a programme tutor for a counselling training organisation