INSPIRE Workshop “Strengthening Patient Participation in Palliative Rehabilitation Research”
CPE, in collaboration with European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) and with the support of the INSPIRE Consortium, is organising the INSPIRE Rehabilitative Palliative Care Online Workshop “Strengthening Patient Participation in Palliative Rehabilitation Research” on Monday 30 March 2026, from 10:00 to 11:30 CET.
About the Event
The INSPIRE workshop will explore patients’ priorities and expectations regarding rehabilitative palliative care delivered alongside cancer treatment. People living with advanced or incurable cancer often experience complex physical, emotional, and social challenges that affect quality of life, independence, and participation in everyday activities. Meaningful patient involvement in palliative care and rehabilitation research is therefore essential to ensure that research outcomes are relevant, feasible, and responsive to real-world needs. To support this goal, the online workshop will present the preliminary findings of the INSPIRE project to the cancer patient community and create space for dialogue and reflection on how current services align with patients’ needs, helping to identify gaps between patient preferences and existing care provision. The workshop outcomes will serve as a basis for discussion at the INSPIRE Final Event in Prague on 16th May 2026 (registrations are still open).
The agenda is available as a PDF via this link.
*The online workshop is open and free for everyone to attend*
For more information, please contact: Kaustubh Dhurandhar: kaustubh.dhurandhar@cancerpatientseurope.org
About the INSPIRE Project
INSPIRE is a multi-country research project funded under Horizon Europe. It has developed, implemented and evaluated an evidence-based, patient-centred model of short-term palliative rehabilitation that combines physical, psychological and social support. CPE plays a central role in the project by ensuring that patients’ voices, experiences and priorities are embedded throughout, contributing to patient engagement, dissemination and policy outreach. By strengthening the role of rehabilitation within palliative care, INSPIRE demonstrates how supportive care can move beyond symptom control towards enabling people with advanced cancer to live as well as possible for as long as possible, while addressing persistent inequalities in access across Europe.
