Katie Flanagan
@katieflanagan.bsky.social
PhD student at UCL looking at the use of virtual reality as a therapy for people with incurable illnesses. Interested in improving care for people with dementia
Final interviews complete 🎉 It’s been a privilege to speak with staff and patients at @queenscourthospice.bsky.social about the potential of VR. Now it’s time to dive into the data and prepare for the implementation study! #VirtualReality #PalliativeCare
August 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Final interviews complete 🎉 It’s been a privilege to speak with staff and patients at @queenscourthospice.bsky.social about the potential of VR. Now it’s time to dive into the data and prepare for the implementation study! #VirtualReality #PalliativeCare
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🚀NEW! Organisation Membership
You asked. We listened.
You can now join the PCRS as an Organisation.
This membership is for up to 10 members
Cost £550.00 per annum
Contact us to join as an organisation TODAY: [email protected]
You asked. We listened.
You can now join the PCRS as an Organisation.
This membership is for up to 10 members
Cost £550.00 per annum
Contact us to join as an organisation TODAY: [email protected]
July 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
🚀NEW! Organisation Membership
You asked. We listened.
You can now join the PCRS as an Organisation.
This membership is for up to 10 members
Cost £550.00 per annum
Contact us to join as an organisation TODAY: [email protected]
You asked. We listened.
You can now join the PCRS as an Organisation.
This membership is for up to 10 members
Cost £550.00 per annum
Contact us to join as an organisation TODAY: [email protected]
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PCRS Prize winner Becky Evans reflects on why palliative care spoke to her during her medical degree & how she plans to pursue research alongside her clinical work.
🔗 Discover her story and explore how PCRS supports budding researchers: pcrs.org.uk/2025/07/28/u...
Follow @drbeckyevans.bsky.social
🔗 Discover her story and explore how PCRS supports budding researchers: pcrs.org.uk/2025/07/28/u...
Follow @drbeckyevans.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
PCRS Prize winner Becky Evans reflects on why palliative care spoke to her during her medical degree & how she plans to pursue research alongside her clinical work.
🔗 Discover her story and explore how PCRS supports budding researchers: pcrs.org.uk/2025/07/28/u...
Follow @drbeckyevans.bsky.social
🔗 Discover her story and explore how PCRS supports budding researchers: pcrs.org.uk/2025/07/28/u...
Follow @drbeckyevans.bsky.social
That’s a wrap on recruitment at Marie Curie Liverpool! I’ve spoken with staff & patients about whether VR could be used in a hospice 🥽 Huge thanks to the staff for their support through such uncertainty, and to the patients who shared their time & stories #PalliativeCare #VirtualReality
July 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
That’s a wrap on recruitment at Marie Curie Liverpool! I’ve spoken with staff & patients about whether VR could be used in a hospice 🥽 Huge thanks to the staff for their support through such uncertainty, and to the patients who shared their time & stories #PalliativeCare #VirtualReality
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Allied health professionals – are you thinking about getting involved in research? Paramedic & researcher Kieran Potts shares practical tips to help you get started
📖 Read his blog here: pcrs.org.uk/blog/
Follow @kieranpotts.bsky.social
#AlliedHealth #ResearchCareer #PalliativeCare
📖 Read his blog here: pcrs.org.uk/blog/
Follow @kieranpotts.bsky.social
#AlliedHealth #ResearchCareer #PalliativeCare
June 24, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Allied health professionals – are you thinking about getting involved in research? Paramedic & researcher Kieran Potts shares practical tips to help you get started
📖 Read his blog here: pcrs.org.uk/blog/
Follow @kieranpotts.bsky.social
#AlliedHealth #ResearchCareer #PalliativeCare
📖 Read his blog here: pcrs.org.uk/blog/
Follow @kieranpotts.bsky.social
#AlliedHealth #ResearchCareer #PalliativeCare
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This Review by Bailenson et al presents five canonical psychological research findings in VR over the past three decades. These findings have been consistently replicated, and are useful for both researchers and users of VR.
Five canonical findings from 30 years of psychological experimentation in virtual reality - Nature Human Behaviour
This Review presents five canonical psychological research findings in virtual reality (VR) over the past three decades. These findings have been consistently replicated and are useful for both researchers and users of VR.
www.nature.com
May 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This Review by Bailenson et al presents five canonical psychological research findings in VR over the past three decades. These findings have been consistently replicated, and are useful for both researchers and users of VR.
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Learning to fly a plane? Practicing speaking before a large crowd? #VirtualReality is great. Attending mundane meetings, answering email? Not so much. Check out the findings from a review of 30 years of #VR research led by @stanfordvr.bsky.social
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
Five things to do in virtual reality – and five to avoid
A review of experimental research reveals how VR is best used and why it’s struggled to become a megahit with consumers.
news.stanford.edu
May 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Learning to fly a plane? Practicing speaking before a large crowd? #VirtualReality is great. Attending mundane meetings, answering email? Not so much. Check out the findings from a review of 30 years of #VR research led by @stanfordvr.bsky.social
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
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Congratulations to @andreabruun.bsky.social for winning the @eapcvzw.bsky.social Early Career Researcher Award #EAPC2025 - so well deserved! Brilliant to hear about your career development from PhD @mariecurieeolc.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk Research Dept and current work on learning disabilities
May 29, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Congratulations to @andreabruun.bsky.social for winning the @eapcvzw.bsky.social Early Career Researcher Award #EAPC2025 - so well deserved! Brilliant to hear about your career development from PhD @mariecurieeolc.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk Research Dept and current work on learning disabilities
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May 29, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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We are delighted to publish the abstracts for #EAPC2025 which starts on Thursday 29th May. They are freely available now, ready to help you select the sessions you attend and posters to view. journals.sagepub.com/toc/pmja/39/... #hpm #hapc #palliativecare #research
May 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
We are delighted to publish the abstracts for #EAPC2025 which starts on Thursday 29th May. They are freely available now, ready to help you select the sessions you attend and posters to view. journals.sagepub.com/toc/pmja/39/... #hpm #hapc #palliativecare #research
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🎉 Meet Joodi Mourhli, winner of the #PCRS Early Career Poster Prize at the 2025 Palliative Care Congress!
She shares what fuels her research into culturally sensitive end-of-life care and the team that inspires her.
🔗 Read more: pcrs.org.uk/2025/05/22/s...
#PalliativeCare #ECR
She shares what fuels her research into culturally sensitive end-of-life care and the team that inspires her.
🔗 Read more: pcrs.org.uk/2025/05/22/s...
#PalliativeCare #ECR
May 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🎉 Meet Joodi Mourhli, winner of the #PCRS Early Career Poster Prize at the 2025 Palliative Care Congress!
She shares what fuels her research into culturally sensitive end-of-life care and the team that inspires her.
🔗 Read more: pcrs.org.uk/2025/05/22/s...
#PalliativeCare #ECR
She shares what fuels her research into culturally sensitive end-of-life care and the team that inspires her.
🔗 Read more: pcrs.org.uk/2025/05/22/s...
#PalliativeCare #ECR
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We're delighted to launch the new @griefcentrebris.bsky.social today! The Bristol Centre for Grief Research and Engagement will unite our research, education, and policy and public engagement on the topics of grief, death and loss.
www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/ap...
@leseldawson.bsky.social
www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/ap...
@leseldawson.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 8:43 AM
We're delighted to launch the new @griefcentrebris.bsky.social today! The Bristol Centre for Grief Research and Engagement will unite our research, education, and policy and public engagement on the topics of grief, death and loss.
www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/ap...
@leseldawson.bsky.social
www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/ap...
@leseldawson.bsky.social
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Well done to @katieflanagan.bsky.social for presenting a great paper in the @mariecurieuk.bsky.social Hospice Liverpool journal club about the role of #VirtualReality in palliative care for hospice patients.
#hapc
#palliativecare
#medsky
#vr
@nicolawhite.bsky.social
@sarah-stan.bsky.social
#hapc
#palliativecare
#medsky
#vr
@nicolawhite.bsky.social
@sarah-stan.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Well done to @katieflanagan.bsky.social for presenting a great paper in the @mariecurieuk.bsky.social Hospice Liverpool journal club about the role of #VirtualReality in palliative care for hospice patients.
#hapc
#palliativecare
#medsky
#vr
@nicolawhite.bsky.social
@sarah-stan.bsky.social
#hapc
#palliativecare
#medsky
#vr
@nicolawhite.bsky.social
@sarah-stan.bsky.social
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While the government’s funding boost is a welcome first step, many hospices are facing a tough financial situation, like those in North Yorkshire.
Hospices must be part of local funding decisions for long term sustainability.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hospices must be part of local funding decisions for long term sustainability.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
North Yorkshire hospices face redundancies and cuts, bosses warn
A deepening financial crisis is affecting North Yorkshire's hospices, councillors are told.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
While the government’s funding boost is a welcome first step, many hospices are facing a tough financial situation, like those in North Yorkshire.
Hospices must be part of local funding decisions for long term sustainability.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hospices must be part of local funding decisions for long term sustainability.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Very happy to be starting my #virtualreality research in palliative care at Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool. The team have given me the warmest welcome 🙂
Great to welcome @katieflanagan.bsky.social to Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool to prepare her #PhD to evaluate virtual reality in #PalliativeCare. It's amazing to have Katie join our team 😊
@mariecurieuk.bsky.social
@lancasteruni.bsky.social
@nicolawhite.bsky.social
#hapc
@sarah-stan.bsky.social
@mariecurieuk.bsky.social
@lancasteruni.bsky.social
@nicolawhite.bsky.social
#hapc
@sarah-stan.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Very happy to be starting my #virtualreality research in palliative care at Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool. The team have given me the warmest welcome 🙂
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🕒🍼 Finding focus can be tough, especially with a little one in tow. See how Emily Spencer @ejmspencer.bsky.social tackles productivity and parenthood in her must-read blog. #TimeManagement #ParentingTips
https://buff.ly/40KduFT
https://buff.ly/40KduFT
January 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🕒🍼 Finding focus can be tough, especially with a little one in tow. See how Emily Spencer @ejmspencer.bsky.social tackles productivity and parenthood in her must-read blog. #TimeManagement #ParentingTips
https://buff.ly/40KduFT
https://buff.ly/40KduFT
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A great blog from @sgriffiths-6.bsky.social! And so important to recognise this seemingly unavoidable facet of working as a researcher in this field.
Navigating the emotional landscape of dementia research can be daunting. @sgriffiths-6.bsky.social breaks it down in her new blog. Learn how to manage your emotions while recruiting study participants. #HealthResearch #dementiaresearch
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-the-emo...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-the-emo...
Dr Sarah Griffiths - Blog – The Emotional Labour of Study Recruitment
Explore the complexities of emotional labour in dementia research and study recruitment with insights from Dr Sarah Griffiths
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
January 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A great blog from @sgriffiths-6.bsky.social! And so important to recognise this seemingly unavoidable facet of working as a researcher in this field.
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Such a crucial issue, so good to see it on the cover of @thelancet.bsky.social 👏
Well done @libbysallnow.bsky.social and co-authors!
Well done @libbysallnow.bsky.social and co-authors!
"Choice can only be exercised when options exist that enable equitable access to comprehensive care."
On the cover, a Comment explores assisted dying, complex systems, and global equity in palliative care.
Read this & more ➡️ tinyurl.com/42n97mp4
On the cover, a Comment explores assisted dying, complex systems, and global equity in palliative care.
Read this & more ➡️ tinyurl.com/42n97mp4
January 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Such a crucial issue, so good to see it on the cover of @thelancet.bsky.social 👏
Well done @libbysallnow.bsky.social and co-authors!
Well done @libbysallnow.bsky.social and co-authors!
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Excellent start to 2025 with our latest PriDem paper being accepted for publication! Looking forward to seeing our qualitative process evaluation of a novel model of dementia care in press very soon 🎉
January 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Excellent start to 2025 with our latest PriDem paper being accepted for publication! Looking forward to seeing our qualitative process evaluation of a novel model of dementia care in press very soon 🎉
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A clinical trial successfully helped people with dementia and their family carers to improve their sleep, tackling what is a common and distressing issue, in a new study led by Prof Penny Rapaport @uclpsychiatry.bsky.social www.express.co.uk/life-style/h...
Dementia breakthrough as world-first study finds simple habits can improve sleep
EXCLUSIVE: More than 300 people with dementia and their carers took part in a study, trialling techniques to help them sleep better.
www.express.co.uk
January 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A clinical trial successfully helped people with dementia and their family carers to improve their sleep, tackling what is a common and distressing issue, in a new study led by Prof Penny Rapaport @uclpsychiatry.bsky.social www.express.co.uk/life-style/h...
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@thelancet.bsky.social
Comment out today:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Social and structural determinants of dying well and the complex systems they exist in
#palliativecare #socialdeterminantsofhealth
Comment out today:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Social and structural determinants of dying well and the complex systems they exist in
#palliativecare #socialdeterminantsofhealth
December 17, 2024 at 9:48 AM
@thelancet.bsky.social
Comment out today:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Social and structural determinants of dying well and the complex systems they exist in
#palliativecare #socialdeterminantsofhealth
Comment out today:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Social and structural determinants of dying well and the complex systems they exist in
#palliativecare #socialdeterminantsofhealth
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A pleasure to attend the 'Policy recommendations for palliative dementia care' event at the House of Lords on Wednesday, bringing together politicians, policymakers, stakeholders and researchers to encourage a change in the way we care for those with dementia
December 12, 2024 at 11:29 AM
A pleasure to attend the 'Policy recommendations for palliative dementia care' event at the House of Lords on Wednesday, bringing together politicians, policymakers, stakeholders and researchers to encourage a change in the way we care for those with dementia
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Our letter in the Times today about the #AssistedDying debate in the Commons and ordinary dying.
December 3, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Our letter in the Times today about the #AssistedDying debate in the Commons and ordinary dying.
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📢Practitioners working with GP surgeries (GPs, nurses, dementia advisors, care co-ordinators....).Do you have conversations with people with #dementia and carers about their care/support needs?
Contact me if you'd like to participate in this project! £20 voucher given. More info 👇
Please share!
Contact me if you'd like to participate in this project! £20 voucher given. More info 👇
Please share!
November 26, 2024 at 8:34 AM
📢Practitioners working with GP surgeries (GPs, nurses, dementia advisors, care co-ordinators....).Do you have conversations with people with #dementia and carers about their care/support needs?
Contact me if you'd like to participate in this project! £20 voucher given. More info 👇
Please share!
Contact me if you'd like to participate in this project! £20 voucher given. More info 👇
Please share!
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‘Must watch’ viewing tomorrow night at 8.30pm.
The reality of the challenges facing charitable #hospices and the patients and families they support. Kudos to @hospiceuk.bsky.social & @danielhewittitv.bsky.social & #St.Giles and others for this important insight.
www.itv.com/watch/news/h...
The reality of the challenges facing charitable #hospices and the patients and families they support. Kudos to @hospiceuk.bsky.social & @danielhewittitv.bsky.social & #St.Giles and others for this important insight.
www.itv.com/watch/news/h...
www.itv.com
November 27, 2024 at 3:35 PM
‘Must watch’ viewing tomorrow night at 8.30pm.
The reality of the challenges facing charitable #hospices and the patients and families they support. Kudos to @hospiceuk.bsky.social & @danielhewittitv.bsky.social & #St.Giles and others for this important insight.
www.itv.com/watch/news/h...
The reality of the challenges facing charitable #hospices and the patients and families they support. Kudos to @hospiceuk.bsky.social & @danielhewittitv.bsky.social & #St.Giles and others for this important insight.
www.itv.com/watch/news/h...