We are pleased to share a media interview featuring our chairperson, Dr. Jerry Ho, that were broadcasted on RTHK in September 2025.
(Chinese only)
非常人物生活雜誌 (28/09/2025) – 成人及兒童的紓緩醫學和服務
香港電台 第一台
主持：楊詩敏、邱焱
訪問：何俊榮醫生 (香港紓緩醫學學會會長)、陳昌煒醫生 (香港兒童紓緩學會副會長)、林國嬿女士 (兒童癌病基金兒童紓緩服務基金服務總監)
| Event | Joint HKSPM & HKPNA Annual Scientific Meeting 2025 |
| Theme | Home Death in Palliative Care: International and Local Insights |
| Organisers | Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine (HKSPM) Hong Kong Palliative Nursing Association (HKPNA) |
| Date and time | 15 November 2025 (Saturday) | 14:30 – 18:00 |
| Format | Physical attendance (Details will be sent to successful registrants by 8 November 2025) |
| Language | English |
| Venue | 9/F Auditorium, The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups Building 21 Pak Fuk Road, North Point, Hong Kong |
| Registration link | https://forms.gle/Zvas6Y1A4a44SAgt6 |
| Registration Fee | Free of charge |
| Registration deadline | 2 November 2025 (Sunday) |
| Professional Accreditations | CME, CNE & CPD accreditations are in progress |
| Enquires | Please email to contact@hkspm.org |
| Date | 30 September 2025 (Tuesday) |
| Time | 6:00pm – 7:30pm |
| Topics | 1. Early Palliative Care in Motor Neuron Disease (MND): Caring Beyond Cure 2. Breaking Bad News, Handling Different Emotions and Responses, Advance Care Planning |
| Presenters | Caritas Medical Centre Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital |
| Registration | Registration form Deadline: 26 Sept 2025 |
| Date | 29 July 2025 (Tuesday) |
| Time | 6:00pm – 7:30pm |
| Topics | 1. Management of Malignant Wounds in Palliative Care 2. Beyond one-size-fits-all – Radiotherapy for Bone Metastasis |
| Presenters | Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital Queen Elizabeth Hospital |
| Registration | Registration form Deadline: 25 July 2025 |
| Date | 24 June 2025 (Tuesday) |
| Time | 6:00pm – 7:30 pm |
| Topics | 1. Dream Comes True: Empowering patient and inspiring others 2. How to facilitate people with intellectual disabilities to face their loss & grief in PC setting |
| Presenters | Queen Mary Hospital Ruttonjee & Tang Shiu Kin Hospital |
| Registration | Registration form Deadline: 18 June 2025 |
Newsletter of Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine
May 2025 Issue 1
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Timetable of PMDM and MDM 2025/26
2024 Joint HKSPM/HKPNA Annual Scientific Meeting Photos
2025 Joint HKSPM/HKPNA Spring Dinner Photos
HKSPM Newsletter 2025 Issue 1 May P. 2-4
Palliative Medicine Doctors’ Meeting
Beyond Blood: Optimising Anaemia Care in Palliative Cancer Patients
Dr. YEUNG Ian, Dr. TIN Wing Yan, Winnie
HKSPM Newsletter 2025 Issue 1 May P. 5-9
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Palliative Care Needs of Paraneoplastic Dermatomyositis
Dr. TSANG Tsz Wai
HKSPM Newsletter 2025 May Issue 1 page 10 – 14
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Review on Lymphoedema
Dr. CHENG Hoi Shan, Sandy
HKSPM Newsletter 2025 May Issue 1 page 15 – 21
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Gone with the Wind – Application of High Flow Nasal Cannula in the Palliative Care Setting
Dr. TANG Ching Man, Mandy
HKSPM Newsletter 2025 May Issue 1 page 22 – 26
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Palliative Sedation: An Update
Dr. FOK Man Chun, Juliana
HKSPM Newsletter 2025 May Issue 1 page 27 – 31
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Radiotherapy in the Comprehensive Management of Malignant Fungating Wounds
Dr. WONG Cheuk Cheuk, Charlotte, Dr. SIU Wai Kwan, Steven
HKSPM Newsletter 2025 May Issue 1 page 32 – 36
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| Date | 27 May 2025 (Tuesday) |
| Time | 6:00pm – 7:30pm |
| Topics | 1. Breaking the Cycle: Recurrent hepatic encephalopathy 2. Living with treatment toxicities – common TKIs for Lung Cancer in Palliative setting |
| Presenters | Grantham Hospital Princess Margaret Hospital |
| Registration | Registration form Deadline: 23 May 2025 |
| Event | JCECC-Unison Professional Seminar “Prognostication and beyond” |
| Date | 3 May 2025 (Saturday) |
| Time | 2:30 – 5:30 p.m. |
| Venue | LT3, Yasumoto International Academic Park (YIA), CUHK |
| Medium of instruction | Cantonese |
| Target audience | Healthcare providers, including nurses, social workers, and allied health professionals |
| Accreditation | CME/CNE (in application) |
| Registration | Click here |
| Enquiry | Tel: 3943 3126 Whatsapp: 4449 3949 |
| Date | Presenting Units |
|---|---|
| 28 Jan 2025 | Haven of Hope Hospital United Christian Hospital |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Shatin Hospital Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital |
| 29 Apr 2025 | Ruttonjee Hospital Prince of Wales Hospital |
| 27 May 2025 | Grantham Hospital Princess Margaret Hospital |
| 29 Jul 2025 | Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital Queen Elizabeth Hospital |
| 30 Sep 2025 | Caritas Medical Centre Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Wong Tai Sin Hospital Tuen Mun Hospital |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Haven of Hope Hospital Bradbury Hospice |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Shatin Hospital Queen Mary Hospital |
| 26 May 2026 | Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital |
| 28 Jul 2026 | Princess Margaret Hospital Queen Elizabeth Hospital |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Grantham Hospital Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital |
| Date | Presenting Units |
|---|---|
| 25 Feb 2025 | Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital Queen Elizabeth Hospital |
| 24 Jun 2025 | Queen Mary Hospital Ruttonjee Hospital |
| 28 Oct 2025 | Shatin Hospital Tuen Mun Hospital |
| 24 Feb 2026 | United Christian Hospital Wong Tai Sin Hospital |
| 30 Jun 2026 | Bradbury Hospice Caritas Medical Centre |
| 27 Oct 2026 | Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital Grantham Hospital |
| Date | 29 Apr 2025 (Tuesday) |
| Time | 6:00pm – 7:30pm |
| Topics | 1. Two respiratory failure patients with mitochondrial diseases 2. Palliative care in advanced gynaecological cancers |
| Presenters | Ruttonjee Hospital Prince of Wales Hospital |
| Registration | Registration form Deadline: 25 Apr 2025 |
Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine 