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Dr Natasha Mary Bradley @natashabradley.bsky.social · Jun 30

New paper alert! 🌟We explored the first year of an ambitious redesign to hospice services. Successful implementation happens when teams collaborate, adapt to changes, and receive support and feedback.

Thrilled to see this published! #palliativecare

Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

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Dr Natasha Mary Bradley @natashabradley.bsky.social · Jun 30

New paper alert! 🌟We explored the first year of an ambitious redesign to hospice services. Successful implementation happens when teams collaborate, adapt to changes, and receive support and feedback.

Thrilled to see this published! #palliativecare

Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

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MarieCurieEOLC @mariecurieeolc.bsky.social · Jun 19

🏅Announcing our awarded Research Impact Grants - 4/6

Connection, Compassion, and Action - Achieving impact towards integrated palliative care through knowledge mobilisation

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Dr Natasha Mary Bradley @natashabradley.bsky.social · Jun 18

Don't miss this free online conference next Weds! 😍

"Caught between the dream and realities: considering advance care planning (ACP)"

Register: tinyurl.com/4zbbpxka

Amazing line-up, asking:
How is ACP being used?
Does the public engage with ACP?
What are the challenges in ACP?
Where to next?

Caught between the dream and realities: considering ‘advance care planning’

tinyurl.com

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Dr Natasha Mary Bradley @natashabradley.bsky.social · Jun 18

Don't miss this free online conference next Weds! 😍

"Caught between the dream and realities: considering advance care planning (ACP)"

Register: tinyurl.com/4zbbpxka

Amazing line-up, asking:
How is ACP being used?
Does the public engage with ACP?
What are the challenges in ACP?
Where to next?

Caught between the dream and realities: considering ‘advance care planning’

tinyurl.com

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Dr Natasha Mary Bradley @natashabradley.bsky.social · May 12

Really pleased to share that this realist review on integrated palliative care in oncology has now been published by BMC Medicine.

We focused on cancer but there are transferable lessons to non-malignant conditions and comorbidities.

Open access article: rdcu.be/elqkN

#palliativecare

Integrated palliative care and oncology: a realist synthesis

rdcu.be

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CarolineJMolloy @carolinejmolloy.bsky.social · May 14

If a government wanted to stop us being strangers, it could stop shovelling money at the tech bros & surveillance & start spending it on buses & cycle infrastructure & public spaces, it could regulate pay, hours, working conditions & rents better so people had energy to engage in their community.

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MarieCurieEOLC @mariecurieeolc.bsky.social · May 14

A new realist review from @natashabradley.bsky.social, Dr Tracey McConnell, Professor Joanne Reid and colleagues highlights the context, challenges and recommendations for integrating palliative care into oncology services. 👇

Dr Natasha Mary Bradley @natashabradley.bsky.social · May 12

Really pleased to share that this realist review on integrated palliative care in oncology has now been published by BMC Medicine.

We focused on cancer but there are transferable lessons to non-malignant conditions and comorbidities.

Open access article: rdcu.be/elqkN

#palliativecare

Integrated palliative care and oncology: a realist synthesis

rdcu.be

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Dr Natasha Mary Bradley @natashabradley.bsky.social · May 12

Agree with you! + these kind of explanations function to reduce the threat to an individual: an unconscious "its not going to happen to me because I eat my vegetables" etc. Individualistic public health messaging continues to the blame culture. Addressing the structural determinants of health is key

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Dr Natasha Mary Bradley @natashabradley.bsky.social · May 12

@mariecurieeolc.bsky.social

Dr Natasha Mary Bradley @natashabradley.bsky.social · May 12

Really pleased to share that this realist review on integrated palliative care in oncology has now been published by BMC Medicine.

We focused on cancer but there are transferable lessons to non-malignant conditions and comorbidities.

Open access article: rdcu.be/elqkN

#palliativecare

Integrated palliative care and oncology: a realist synthesis

rdcu.be

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Dr Natasha Mary Bradley @natashabradley.bsky.social · May 7

It's #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek!

If you're in London, come join us @codydock.bsky.social tomorrow for a thought-provoking and entertaining evening.

#DyingMatters
#TheCultureofDyingMatters

Registration link below...

Dr Natasha Mary Bradley @natashabradley.bsky.social · Apr 28

I am so looking forward to 'Cycles of Life' at @codydock.bsky.social

Join us for a special evening in a beautiful venue with brilliant speakers - inc. an artist, chaplain, ecologist, historian, psychologist, and an end-of-life doula 😍

You can register here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cycles-of-...

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Dr Natasha Mary Bradley @natashabradley.bsky.social · Apr 28

I am so looking forward to 'Cycles of Life' at @codydock.bsky.social

Join us for a special evening in a beautiful venue with brilliant speakers - inc. an artist, chaplain, ecologist, historian, psychologist, and an end-of-life doula 😍

You can register here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cycles-of-...

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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · Apr 18

The introduction of Section 28 marked the peak of homophobic attitudes in the UK.
For the years it was law, the belief that homosexuality was wrong diminished and acceptance grew.
We lost the battle to halt Section 28 but it armed us well to win the war.
Laws can’t crush us.
Keep hope alive. 💜
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Graph showing attitudes towards same sex relations over time. Negative responses peaked in 1987 with 75% believing homosexuality was always/mostly wrong. This figure dropped below 20% in 2017.

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Joanna Davies @joannamdavies.bsky.social · Apr 4

We have been describing the association between area-based deprivation and place of death for 30 years but we know little about causes and moderators or how to reduce inequalities. Our new paper in SSM Pop Health investigates with some surprising results...
👇👇👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Dr Natasha Mary Bradley @natashabradley.bsky.social · Apr 3

I'm organising a public event to hear from different people on themes related to Mortality, in a beautiful venue in East London.

We have some brilliant speakers already and there is time for more volunteers to contribute.

Save the date and watch this space for a registration link coming soon!

Dr Natasha Mary Bradley @natashabradley.bsky.social · Apr 3

Important and timely work from @dianateggi.bsky.social and colleagues.

Findings highlight the urgency of improving home-based services and providing real alternatives to hospital, if existing policy narratives around choice are to become meaningful.

#palliativecare #endoflifecare #academicsky

Diana Teggi @dianateggi.bsky.social · Apr 3

Reducing hospital deaths is a key #HealthPolicy goal - but it's not happening. Our study shows why: non-cancer patients & their carers lack support to die at home. #Dementia is a key barrier. Including cancer-free adults in #PalliativeCare referral pathways would change this doi.org/10.1080/0895...

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Dr Natasha Mary Bradley @natashabradley.bsky.social · Mar 24

"For every patient we look after, there are others that we can’t care for. I really feel for the families. The ones that do get a bed can take a deep breath, it’s such a relief. People say they can go back to being a husband or daughter again rather than a carer.”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

‘Hospices are in retreat’: funding crisis squeezing UK palliative care providers

St Catherine’s hospice in West Sussex says it has been forced to leave beds empty despite the demand for end-of-life care

www.theguardian.com

Dr Natasha Mary Bradley @natashabradley.bsky.social · Feb 23

“Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.”
- St Augustine (maybe)

Dr Natasha Mary Bradley @natashabradley.bsky.social · Feb 23

Plant everything now....Plant even the idea of a wave.

It's a good day that starts with inspiration from @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social, but brought by puppets.

Hope is a muscle (adrienne taught me this but many poets have said it before and since - so it must be true)

#academicsky

Teresa @poeticpuppets.bsky.social · Feb 18

Grover is quoting the inimitable @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social today!

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Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · Feb 14

Real honour to chair today's @mariecurieuk.bsky.social #MCResearch2025 conference session on poverty at end of life. Sobering new research:
- Numbers dying in poverty rose to 110,000 in 2023.
- Risk of dying in poverty far higher for working age, but also now rising for pensioners. 1/4

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John MacArtney @johnmacartney.bsky.social · Feb 12

You can also now download and read our report, "'To Know Dying' Identifying research areas in palliative and end of life care for the social sciences and humanities"
healthopenresearch.org/documents/7-1

@ericaborgstrom.bsky.social @brionyhudson.bsky.social @marigreenfield.bsky.social

Screenshot of report's title page giving title and authors (all included in main message).

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Dr Natasha Mary Bradley @natashabradley.bsky.social · Feb 11

Wonderful day yesterday and a landmark moment - launching the new set of priorities for palliative care research.

Another impressive achievement from the Marie Curie team! 👏😊

@mariecurieeolc.bsky.social
@sabinebest.bsky.social
@brionyhudson.bsky.social
@devirsagar.bsky.social

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Christian Sinclair, MD @ctsinclair.bsky.social · Feb 7

Benefits of Early Outpatient #PalliativeCare

Enhances QOL

Increases adaptive coping strategies

Reduces symptoms of depression

Fosters prognostic awareness

Improves communication about EOL care preferences

Leads to earlier initiation of #hospice services

Decreases caregiver distress

#hapc25

Benefits of Early and Longitudinal Palliative Care in the Ambulatory
Care Setting

Enhances quality of life

Increases use of adaptive coping strategies

Reduces symptoms of depression

Fosters prognostic awareness

Improves communication about end-of-life care preferences

Leads to earlier initiation of hospice services

Decreases caregiver distress

#hapc25

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Dr Natasha Mary Bradley @natashabradley.bsky.social · Jan 30

It took me a few days to process so it must be solid gold

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