This DVD Toolkit is for healthcare educators working to engage and inspire staff who need to become more aware, comfortable or confident in supporting patients and families in planning ahead for their future care (advance care conversations and planning).

The DIY Facilitator Toolkit brings the top tools and facilitator guides used in our Simple Tools to Start the Conversation enhanced communication skills workshops delivered to more than 2000 staff in 11 NHS areas across the UK including multi-disciplinary teams and those geared specifically to GP’s, Community Nurses, Care Home staff and those working in Dementia, Memory Clinics, Renal and Cardiac Care.

“We were requiring teams to start end of life conversations with their patients, yet missed the first hurdle. They were afraid of starting these conversations themselves.’–NHS Commissioner

This Facilitator Toolkit includes:
* Breaking the Silence, DVD
* 20 packs of the Conversation Game
* Handouts with facilitator notes to engage your delegates in 7 separate tools to help start the conversation, including sharing the DVD, exploring patient wishes and values, applying a spiritual assessment, a 6 part framework for conversations and a conversation template. Two nationally endorsed documents are also included.