Congratulations
14th April 2025
Congratulations to the winner of the 2025 Cicely Saunders Award for a palliative care nurse in Czechia. This year’s prize has been awarded to Alžběta Marková, a palliative care nurse and co-founder of the mobile hospice Cesta Domů. Alzbeta received her award at the national conference for palliative care nurses on 25th February at the Congress Centre Olsanka in Prague.
Together with Maria Goldmann, Martina Špinková, Petr Goldmann and Štěpán Špinka, Alzbeta founded Cesta Domů in 2001 and was vice-chair of the board of directors until June 2007. She worked as a head nurse at Cesta Domů, was instrumental in building the home hospice care organisation and was the head of the home hospice from 2006-2008. She worked in the home hospice Tabita in Brno, and since 2020 she has been working in the Centre for Palliative Care Brno as a head nurse.
The national conference was attended by 450 palliative care nurses in Czechia. Participants gained new knowledge and skills in home care, nutrition, working with uncertainty and communication with patients with dementia. It was also an opportunity to build networks and raise awareness for palliative care.