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Select tickets – Inclusive approaches to supporting mental health and advanced illnesses – Microsoft Teams

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Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care at King's @kingsnmpc.bsky.social · 13d

🏳️‍🌈 What stops LGBT+ people with advanced illness from getting the affirming care they deserve – and how can we change that?

Dr Katherine Bristowe shares research & solutions at the next @kingsbetterhchub.bsky.social webinar

🗓 2 Oct | 1–2 pm
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Inclusive approaches to supporting mental health and advanced illnesses – Microsoft Teams, Thu 2 Oct 2025 - Join us for our latest session in the Better Health & Care webinar series, where we expl...

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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 13d

Better #mentalhealth and #palliativecare need inclusive, practical solutions

Join us at 1 pm on 2 Oct to hear from:
👶 Iryna Culpin – on family-based interventions for parental depression
🌈 Katherine Bristowe – on LGBT+ experiences of advanced illness care

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Select tickets – Inclusive approaches to supporting mental health and advanced illnesses – Microsoft Teams

Inclusive approaches to supporting mental health and advanced illnesses – Microsoft Teams, Thu 2 Oct 2025 - Join us for our latest session in the Better Health & Care webinar series, where we expl...

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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 15d

Don't miss our next webinar exploring the ways we can support #mentalhealth and #LGBT+ people facing serious illness ❤️‍🩹🏳️‍🌈

🗓️1pm, 2 Oct
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Select tickets – Inclusive approaches to supporting mental health and advanced illnesses – Microsoft Teams

Inclusive approaches to supporting mental health and advanced illnesses – Microsoft Teams, Thu 2 Oct 2025 - Join us for our latest session in the Better Health & Care webinar series, where we expl...

Shaping the future of care at the Better Care & Health Summit 2025 | King's College London

Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 22d

At the first Better Health & Care Summit, researchers, professionals and communities came together to explore how we can build sustainable health and care systems – from recognising the careforce to rethinking health & care systems.

Read the highlights 👉 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/the-bet...

The Better Health & Care Hub Summit 2025 explored the importance of careforce, innovation and lived experiences in shaping the NHS of the future of health and care systems.

How a King's-led project is transforming early rehabilitation for…

Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 23d

👶🧩 A King’s-led project is transforming rehab for children with hemiplegia by putting parents at the centre of care.

Discover the new co-designed guide supporting families from diagnosis onward.

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Parents of children with hemiplegia often find it difficult to access clear, reliable guidance in the early stages after diagnosis. Researchers at King’s are working to change that.

MLTC INSIGHTS | Video 1 | Defining MLTC–ARC panel on terminology, epidemiology & overcoming barriers

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NIHR ARC East Midlands @arc-em.bsky.social · Sep 4

People with MLTC often face fragmented care and have many appointments – some nearly 30 in just two years.

Managing multiple meds (polypharmacy) adds complexity.

Learn more in our #MLTCinsights series:
📺 YouTube: youtu.be/7cdgra-Wrfk
🎧 Spotify: tinyurl.com/mtwt5ajy

This panel discussion explores what “multiple long-term conditions” (MLTC) really means, why the words we use matter, and how common these conditions are. The group also talks about the main…

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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · Sep 4

Walking can be exhausting for people living with serious illnesses, and walking aids often add to the burden.

Researchers from @kingsnmpc.bsky.social & @kingsnmes.bsky.social are working with patients to redesign rollators and frames that truly support independence.

📰 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/spotlig...

Designing better mobility support for people living with advanced illness

Researchers at King’s College London are co-designing affordable, low-tech mobility devices with people with advanced illness.

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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · Sep 3

If you are interested in hearing new research related to #T2D and #GestationalDiabetes, then don't miss out on our free webinar tomorrow at 1pm - open to all!

Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · Aug 20

Join our next webinar sharing new approaches to diabetes care – from reducing stigma in gestational diabetes through tailored messaging, to peer-led education for young adults with type 2 diabetes.

📅 Thu 4 Sep | 1-2 pm

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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · Aug 28

⏳ Just 1 week to go until our next webinar!

Don't miss the discussion on innovative ways to support the lived experiences of people with non-type 1 diabetes.

🎟️ Register here: buytickets.at/betterhchub/...

How patients and the public are helping to shape new research into experiences of pregnancy and midwifery care for women with multiple long-term conditions

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NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London @arc-southlondon.bsky.social · Aug 19

From the development of interview topic guides to study logo design, patients and public involvement members have been helping to shape new research into experiences of #pregnancy and #midwiferycare for women with multiple long-term conditions. #PPI 👇

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ARC South London researchers are working alongside patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) members to better understand how pregnant women with two or more long-term health conditions use...

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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · Aug 20

Join our next webinar sharing new approaches to diabetes care – from reducing stigma in gestational diabetes through tailored messaging, to peer-led education for young adults with type 2 diabetes.

📅 Thu 4 Sep | 1-2 pm

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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · Aug 18

As populations age, care systems must evolve. 👵🏽👨🏻‍🦳

In this blog, King’s Professors Matthew Maddocks & Catherine Evans share how their online MSc equips health and care professionals to lead ageing care with compassion, evidence & strategy.

👉 Read more: eu1.hubs.ly/H0mlCZ90

Health and Care Strategies for Ageing Populations MSc: A conversation

Discover expert insights in this Q&A with King’s College London professors on how their MSc prepares professionals to lead in ageing population care.

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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · Aug 15

How can we build more inclusive, compassionate approaches to lifelong mental health? 🧠

Join us on 2 Oct to hear about:
👨‍👩‍👧 Family dynamics & postnatal depression
🏳️‍🌈 Inclusive care for LGBT+ people with advanced illness

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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · Aug 14

Great to see King's nursing students sharing their ideas and opinions with Wes Streeting 👏

This week, they met to discuss the government's new Graduate Guarantee

Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care at King's @kingsnmpc.bsky.social · Aug 14

“It's wonderful to have a plan” – James, BSc Adult Nursing student at @KingsCollegeLon, after meeting Wes Streeting at @uclh.bsky.social

The new Graduate Guarantee promises greater certainty for nursing & midwifery graduates.

Read more about the visit: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-n...

King's nursing students meet Wes Streeting to discuss the government's new Graduate Guarantee

Students from the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care met the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care at UCLH this week

Select tickets – Supporting the lived experiences of people with non-type 1 diabetes – Microsoft Teams

Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · Aug 14

How can we better support the health and wellbeing of people with diabetes?

Join this webinar on 4 Sept to hear new approaches to:
✨ Reducing gestational diabetes stigma
✨ And co-designing support for young adults with type 2 diabetes

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Join us for our latest session in the  Better Health & Care webinar series, where we explore innovative approaches to suppo...

Select tickets – Better Health & Care Summit – Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre

Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · Aug 8

The future of health & care is inclusive, sustainable and community-led.

Join us 10 Sept in London for the Better Health & Care Summit.

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Join us for the Better Health & Care Summit, a half-day event exploring how we can scale inclusive, sustainable and communi...

Select tickets – Inclusive approaches to supporting mental health and advanced illnesses – Microsoft Teams

Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · Aug 4

Save the date 🗓️

Join us on 2 Oct at 1 pm for a webinar on inclusive approaches to mental health and advanced illness care.

Hear from leading researchers tackling intergenerational and LGBT+ health inequalities.

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Join us for our latest session in the Better Health & Care webinar series, where we explore innovative approaches to suppor...

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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · Jul 25

Collaboration in health research sounds great – until timelines, targets, and tensions get in the way 😅

Watch back this webinar, where Gerry McGivern takes a practical look at what helps (and hinders) real-world partnerships

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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · Jul 25

Collaboration in health research sounds great – until timelines, targets, and tensions get in the way 😅

Watch back this webinar, where Gerry McGivern takes a practical look at what helps (and hinders) real-world partnerships

youtu.be/4AP6D9Y6yp0

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Select tickets – Supporting the lived experiences of people with non-type 1 diabetes – Microsoft Teams

Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · Jul 23

🔍 How can we better support people with type 2 and gestational diabetes – not just clinically, but emotionally, socially and long-term?

Join our next webinar on 4 Sept on stigma, tailored education & the power of co-designed care

🎟 Register: buytickets.at/betterhchub/...

Join us for our latest session in the  Better Health & Care webinar series, where we explore innovative approaches to suppo...

King's team develops digital resource to support better collaboration in healthcare

Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · Jul 4

Working together, better 💡

One of our project teams has secured new funding to further develop a practical tool that helps patients, carers, professionals & researchers co-design better healthcare services.

🔗 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-t...

An innovative digital resource is being developed to help the public, patients, carers, healthcare professionals, and researchers work better together to improve services - thanks to new funding secur...

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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · Jul 2

What really gets in the way of collaborative research?
People? Timelines? Uncertainty? 🧑‍🤝‍🧑⏰❔

Join us at 1pm tomorrow to unpack these challenges – and hear how we can work together to create better health & care innovation.

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Select tickets – Temporal ambiguity in inter-organisational collaboration processes – Microsoft Teams

Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · Jul 1

📢 Just two days left to register for our next webinar!

Want to make research partnerships work better?

Join us this Thursday to hear real-world lessons on navigating uncertainty in collaborative health research.

🗓 3 July | 🕐 1–2 PM
💻 Free and online
🎟 Sign up: buytickets.at/betterhchub/...

Join us for our third session in the Better Health & Care webinar series, where we will explore the pivotal but often overl...