Dan Soutar
@dan-soutar.bsky.social
Palliative medicine consultant, Ulsterman, beer drinker, Leeds United, Marcelo Bielsa. Not necessarily in that order.
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The Health and Social Care Committee’s evaluation of palliative care in England was published yesterday.
It’s hugely important, not least in the context of the assisted dying bill.
It’s had almost no media coverage.
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
It’s hugely important, not least in the context of the assisted dying bill.
It’s had almost no media coverage.
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
November 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The Health and Social Care Committee’s evaluation of palliative care in England was published yesterday.
It’s hugely important, not least in the context of the assisted dying bill.
It’s had almost no media coverage.
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
It’s hugely important, not least in the context of the assisted dying bill.
It’s had almost no media coverage.
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
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Examples of solutions have existed for several years (eg @iownhs.bsky.social ambulance service, @nhswalesexecutive.bsky.social Wales ambulance service) so why are these not being taken up by other areas?
❗Paramedics are often being left without access to patient information or medications when attending people nearing end of life who urgently need palliative care.
This is so wrong.
This is so wrong.
November 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Examples of solutions have existed for several years (eg @iownhs.bsky.social ambulance service, @nhswalesexecutive.bsky.social Wales ambulance service) so why are these not being taken up by other areas?
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New open access article in Supportive Care in Cancer: Medicinal cannabis for symptom control in advanced cancer: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised clinical trial of 1:1 tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#SuppOnc #PallOnc
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#SuppOnc #PallOnc
July 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
New open access article in Supportive Care in Cancer: Medicinal cannabis for symptom control in advanced cancer: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised clinical trial of 1:1 tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#SuppOnc #PallOnc
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#SuppOnc #PallOnc
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Improving palliative and end-of-life care has never been more important.
I am thrilled to announce the Impact Centre for Palliative and End-of-Life Care, which will accelerate better care for dying people by closing the gap between evidence and practice.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/half-of...
I am thrilled to announce the Impact Centre for Palliative and End-of-Life Care, which will accelerate better care for dying people by closing the gap between evidence and practice.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/half-of...
Half of UK adults worried about painful death
Almost half (47%) of UK adults are worried that they or their loved ones will have a painful or undignified death, according to a survey commissioned by King’s College London.
www.kcl.ac.uk
June 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Improving palliative and end-of-life care has never been more important.
I am thrilled to announce the Impact Centre for Palliative and End-of-Life Care, which will accelerate better care for dying people by closing the gap between evidence and practice.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/half-of...
I am thrilled to announce the Impact Centre for Palliative and End-of-Life Care, which will accelerate better care for dying people by closing the gap between evidence and practice.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/half-of...
Jamilla is absolutely right!
Being poor, old damp housing, social isolation etc etc
Suffering happens in multiple domains, all of which badly need addressed
Being poor, old damp housing, social isolation etc etc
Suffering happens in multiple domains, all of which badly need addressed
Wait until we finally start considering what “proper” palliative care is and for whom
Inequalities have increased on the watch of hospices w slow movement in the right direction
Palliative care is broader than specialist services
Social care
Inequalities have increased on the watch of hospices w slow movement in the right direction
Palliative care is broader than specialist services
Social care
Assisted dying bill for England and Wales: what amendments are likely to be proposed?
December 1, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Jamilla is absolutely right!
Being poor, old damp housing, social isolation etc etc
Suffering happens in multiple domains, all of which badly need addressed
Being poor, old damp housing, social isolation etc etc
Suffering happens in multiple domains, all of which badly need addressed
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The oversimplification of the #AD debate is troubling. There are no 'goodies' & 'baddies' here, only people: with varying experience of living & dying, some with professional insights into applying law to medicine in complex circs, or into the myriad ways people & medicine respond to illness.
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November 29, 2024 at 9:54 AM
The oversimplification of the #AD debate is troubling. There are no 'goodies' & 'baddies' here, only people: with varying experience of living & dying, some with professional insights into applying law to medicine in complex circs, or into the myriad ways people & medicine respond to illness.
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It’s been an honour to make this programme.
Thanks for everyone who spoke to us.
Thanks for everyone who spoke to us.
November 28, 2024 at 8:25 AM
It’s been an honour to make this programme.
Thanks for everyone who spoke to us.
Thanks for everyone who spoke to us.
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Timely report into current planning & coordination of end of life care: National Confidedential Enq into Pt Outcomes & Death shows gaps in services, breaching 2019 NICE guidance for commissioning & providing adequate, timely planning & delivery of #EoL care & access to palliative care teams.
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November 14, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Timely report into current planning & coordination of end of life care: National Confidedential Enq into Pt Outcomes & Death shows gaps in services, breaching 2019 NICE guidance for commissioning & providing adequate, timely planning & delivery of #EoL care & access to palliative care teams.
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Have you read Andrew Grey’s piece on conceptions of dignity in this debate? My opposition is collective and communitarian - not religious or libertarian. www.theosthinktank.co.uk/research/202...
The Meaning of Dignity: What’s beneath the assisted dying debate?
Andrew Grey revisits his old report unpacking some of the fundamental ideas beneath the assisted dying debate. 01/11/2024
www.theosthinktank.co.uk
November 21, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Have you read Andrew Grey’s piece on conceptions of dignity in this debate? My opposition is collective and communitarian - not religious or libertarian. www.theosthinktank.co.uk/research/202...
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Article from Prof Mark Taubert on the process of assisted dying / suicide. There is a reason why in Canada, where lethal drugs can be administered both orally and intravenously (IV), that the vast majority of people opt for IV.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
The uncomfortable truth about assisted dying
Throughout all the questions, there is a baseline assumption that assisted dying will likely mean a smoother and calmer death. But does it?
www.spectator.co.uk
November 17, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Article from Prof Mark Taubert on the process of assisted dying / suicide. There is a reason why in Canada, where lethal drugs can be administered both orally and intravenously (IV), that the vast majority of people opt for IV.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...