Max Watson Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Northern Ireland Hospice, Belfast; Lecturer in Palliative Care, University of Ulster, Belfast; Special Adviser Hospice Friendly Hospitals Programme, Dublin; Honorary Consultant Palliative Medicine, The Princess Alice Hospice, Esher, UK

Caroline Lucas Deputy Medical Director, Princess Alice Hospice, Esher, Surrey; Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Surrey Primary Care Trust; Honorary Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust, UK

Andrew Hoy Medical Director, Princess Alice Hospice, Esher, Surrey; Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK

Jo Wells Support Services Co-ordinator, The Leukaemia Foundation, South Australia

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