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Andrea Bruun

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Research Fellow at Kingston University📍Palliative care and learning disability 🌻 UCL PhD in prognostication in hospice MDTs 🏛 Conversation Analysis 💬 she/her

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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · Jun 1

I still can’t believe I have won the 2025 European Association for Palliative Care Early Researcher Award! 🍀

Thank you to the @eapcvzw.bsky.social for the award, and thank you for all the kind and encouraging words I’ve received over the last days. I really really appreciate it!

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Palliative Care Research Society @pcrscommittee.bsky.social · 2d

Join us for our next event...

Communication Challenges and Pathways in Palliative Care
🗓️30 October
⏰11:00 - 13:00 (UK time)
💬Dr Andrea Bruun and Dr Kathryn Radley
pcrs.org.uk/events/oct-w...

FREE for PCRS Members!

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GSF @gsfcentre.bsky.social · 13d

Our next speakers are Dr Andrea Bruun & Amanda Cresswell from Kingston University London who are telling delegates about the Victoria & Stuart Project, which explores the development and use of an end-of-life care planning toolkit for people with learning disabilities

#InclusiveCare #EndOfLifeCare

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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 6d

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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 6d

I’m doing a session in the next Palliative Care Research Society webinar!💡

Come along to hear me ramble about ‘Exploring communication between hospice staff and patients with a learning disability using Conversation Analysis’ on 30 October from 11.00-13.00

Sign up here👇🏼
pcrs.org.uk/events/oct-w...

Communication Challenges and Pathways in Palliative Care | Palliative Care Research Society

pcrs.org.uk

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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 14d

We have arrived in Birmingham. All ready to meet everyone and talk about The Victoria & Stuart Project at the The Gold Standards Framework Annual Conference & Awards Ceremony tomorrow 💫 @victstuproject.bsky.social @gsfcentre.bsky.social

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Irene Tuffrey-Wijne @tuffrey-wijne.com · 18d

Looking forward to kicking off our new webinar series tomorrow! We’ll show you how to use our toolkit for end of life care planning - and how to get your own free resources! You can still register:

shorturl.at/LgOPC

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eapcvzw.bsky.social @eapcvzw.bsky.social · 18d

Abstract submission for the EAPC 2026 Congress in Prague is open! Submit your abstract now.
Submission Terms & Conditions: eapcnet.eu/congress/202.
Abstract submission platform: eapc2026.exordo.com/
Deadline: 31 October 2025. As previous year, there will be no extension to this deadline.

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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thank you so much, Michael! I was indeed - one of the project managers. It’s been really great. Hope you’re doing well!

Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · Sep 5

Still plenty of time for ordering your own free printed copy of the toolkit from the Marie Curie UK website: www.mariecurie.org.uk/help/support....

End of life planning toolkit for people with a learning disability

An end of life planning toolkit for people with a learning disability, that includes easy read guides and picture cards about funerals and illness.

www.mariecurie.org.uk

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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · Sep 5

Earlier this year I was lucky to be invited to talk about The Victoria & Stuart Project at the International Better Conversations Conference 2025💫

Lovely to see so many SLTs interested in the toolkit and asking such good questions. Thanks for a great conference and for having me!

#BetterConv2025

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Irene Tuffrey-Wijne @tuffrey-wijne.com · Sep 2

“It’s very important that people read this report”. Find it here: www.kcl.ac.uk/research/leder

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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · Sep 2

Nope :-)

Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · Sep 1

Order printed copies of the toolkit resources to your door 📬

Order on the Marie Curie UK website here:
www.mariecurie.org.uk/help/support...

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · Aug 30

Why I do what I do: met a former palliative care nurse & was describing how devout Muslims can hold up a single finger to represent the Shahadah if they're unable to speak. She'd never heard of this.

"I wonder how many times nurses see this, think someone is agitated, and drug them."

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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · Aug 29

So proud to have been involved in The Victoria & Stuart Project! @victstuproject.bsky.social

Association for the Study of Death and Society @asdsdeath.bsky.social · Aug 29

"The remarkable project reaches an under-served community and provides numerous accessible resources around the often neglected area of end of life care planning with people with learning disabilities."

The Victoria and Stuart Project wins the ASDS Public Engagement Award. @tuffrey-wijne.com #ddd17

Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · Aug 29

@tuffrey-wijne.com on stage receiving the award for @victstuproject.bsky.social 🏆

Anna Wilde @annawilde.bsky.social · Aug 29

The ASDS Public Engagement Award has gone to the Victoria and Stuart Project @asdsdeath.bsky.social @ddd17-2025.bsky.social #DDD17 . Congratulations!

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Anna Wilde @annawilde.bsky.social · Aug 29

The ASDS Public Engagement Award has gone to the Victoria and Stuart Project @asdsdeath.bsky.social @ddd17-2025.bsky.social #DDD17 . Congratulations!

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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · Aug 26

Check out our new paper! 📰 We learned a lot about how the end-of-life care planning toolkit works in practice - and a lot about how to evaluate things in the future (talking to peole and short and straightforward surveys!). The toolkit is still available on: www.victoriaandstuart.com

The Victoria & Stuart Project @victstuproject.bsky.social · Aug 26

💡 NEW PAPER PUBLISHED 💡
We tested our toolkit with Support Workers, who said they had lovely eye-opening conversations with the people they support. They also said that printing the resources is a challenge during a busy workday (our new Print & Deliver project to the rescue!). We learned a lot!

Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · Aug 19

The Victoria & Stuart Project @victstuproject.bsky.social · Aug 19

📣 WEBINAR TIME 📣
Join us for a webinar to launch the new Print & Deliver service on Tuesday 23 September at 1pm. Bring a friend and spread the word!

Register here:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4df2b3...

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Steve Hardy @stevehardyldn.bsky.social · Aug 13

Redefining Best Practice: Integrating Learning Disability Expertise into Palliative Care

Advancing Equity in Palliative Care: A New Model for Supporting People with Learning Disabilities

Two and a half years since becoming the first Clinical Nurse Specialist (Learning Disabilities) at St Christopher’s, Phoebe Mooney remains the only such nurse

ehospice.com

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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · Aug 11

Link here: doi.org/10.1177/1461...

Breaking the rules: A conversation analytic study of hospice multidisciplinary team meetings - Phineas Edwin Winterbottom, Andrea Bruun, Steven Bloch, 2025

Rule-breaking occurs in healthcare settings and is typically pro-social. However, rule-breaking within a hospice setting has not been previously studied. This s...

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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · Aug 11

Our wonderful @uclpals.bsky.social MSc student, Phineas Winterbottom, worked on rule-breaking in hospice MDT meetings in his final project. After his SLT studies, he turned his dissertation into a paper, now published in Discourse Studies. Check it out!

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The DAPPLE Project @dappleproject.bsky.social · Jul 30

📄 New paper alert! 📄
Our protocol paper for DAPPLE has been published 🎉 You can read it below. It’s open access and sets out what we’re doing and how we’ll do it.
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/7...

bmjopen.bmj.com

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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · Jul 24

It has been a pleasure being involved in this review on systemic medications and dementia risk. Check out our new paper!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Systemic medications and dementia risk: a systematic umbrella review - Molecular Psychiatry

Molecular Psychiatry - Systemic medications and dementia risk: a systematic umbrella review

www.nature.com

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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · Jul 22

📣 Are you a UK-based professional working in palliative or end of life care?

💥 Help shape priorities for the new Impact Centre for Palliative and End-of-Life Care.

We’re inviting health & care professionals & commissioners to complete our Stakeholder Survey

👉 qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

The Impact Centre for Palliative and End-of-Life Care Stakeholder Survey

By completing this survey, you will help shape the priorities for the Impact Centre.

qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk

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