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Dr Ben Bowers
@drbenbowers.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor - University of Cambridge │ Hon. Nurse Consultant Palliative Care │ Deputy Theme Lead PEoLC - NIHR ARC East of England. *View my own* https://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/people/ben-bowers
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Dr Ben Bowers @drbenbowers.bsky.social · Jun 19
Our must read research is out - "We've Taken on a More Advanced Clinical Role": Community Nurses' Extended Roles in Palliative Care. @jadvnursing.bsky.social

Pls share! Open access:

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‘We've Taken on a More Advanced Clinical Role’: A Multimethod Study of Community Nurses' Extended Roles in Palliative Care
Aim To explore community nurses' experiences of changes to their roles in palliative and end-of-life care. Design An e-survey was followed by focus groups. Methods Fifty-one community nurses wit...
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The Queen's Institute of Community Nursing @theqicn.bsky.social · 9d
✨We’re delighted to share the updated edition of our “Community Nurse Lifespan” poster – celebrating the vital role community nurses play at every stage of life, from pre-conception to older age.

Find out more and download it here 👉 : qicn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Dr Ben Bowers @drbenbowers.bsky.social · 22d
Just had two more research papers accepted in @bjgp.bsky.social stemming from my Wellcome research

Very chuffed and looking forward to sharing our work soon
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Zarina Khan @zarinakhan31.bsky.social · 24d
Video 3/3 @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social I’m so pleased I had the opportunity of meeting you and @drbenbowers.bsky.social it was also lovely to meet you in person. I will be following your work closely especially when I start my journey into Palliative care. You journal articles have helped me.
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Dr Ben Bowers @drbenbowers.bsky.social · 24d
lovely to meet you in-person too, Zarina. Let me know how your research plans and journey go 🙂
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Dr Ben Bowers @drbenbowers.bsky.social · 29d
Do join us for what will be a brilliant and friendly SPAC conference (as ever) at Madingley Hall, near Cambridge
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Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge @pcucambridge.bsky.social · 29d
Are you a researcher, practitioner, educator or public partners? Submit your abstracts and workshops for the @sapcacuk South East Conference 2026 by 8 November 2025.

Join us in Cambridge on 29-30 January 2026.

Read more here:
www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/sapc-se-2026...
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Dr Ben Bowers @drbenbowers.bsky.social · Sep 4
Leading Research with the Third Sector - Hannah's excellent blog on her learning as a community nurse & QICN
Community Nursing Research Forum member ... Nurses rock at leading and delivering research!

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Leading Research with the Third Sector - The Queen's Institute of Community Nursing
Clinical Research Advisor Hannah Brady Sawant describes her experience as a Principal Investigator and explains how it can great community nurses become more research active.
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · Sep 4
🚨Calling UK health and care practitioners!

Please help us shape the work of the new Impact Centre for palliative and end-of-life care.

Survey takes 15 mins to complete.

We especially want to hear from people from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland 🙏

Survey 👇
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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.
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Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge @pcucambridge.bsky.social · Sep 3
Bella Madden, our public research partner, shares a heartfelt poem on anticipatory injectable medications in end-of-life care. The poem accompanies a new research paper exploring family carers experiences with these practices.

youtu.be/fHoAaiPG6C8

Read more:

doi.org/10.1177/1744...
Bella Madden's poem on anticipatory injectable medications in end-of-life care
YouTube video by Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge
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Dr Ben Bowers @drbenbowers.bsky.social · Sep 2
Timely access to end of life medication National ARC webinar. 16 Sep 2025 - 11-12am. Focuses on the pressing issue of timely access to end-of-life medication, sharing new findings from three projects

arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/events-train...

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Timely access to end of life medication webinar
This webinar focuses on the pressing issue of timely access to end-of-life medication and is chaired by Dr Ben Bowers (University of Cambridge).
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Dr Ben Bowers @drbenbowers.bsky.social · Sep 2
Our 'must read' poem on a family carers experience of dying and injectable medication care at home - a powerful experimental research piece written with Bella, public contributor. Please help share!

Paper here:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Sorted: an experimental interpretive poetry piece on injectable medications care at the end of life - Bella Madden, Ben Bowers, 2025
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Dr Ben Bowers @drbenbowers.bsky.social · Sep 2
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Dr Ben Bowers @drbenbowers.bsky.social · Sep 2
Read Markus's innovative service evaluation - Pharmacist-­ led medical therapy in primary care has the potential to significantly improve optimal management in heart failure, reduce cardiovascular mortality and improve quality of life.

Full paper: bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/bmjq...
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · Aug 22
Join us on 21st October for this year’s Cicely Saunders Institute Michal Galazka Study Day!

👉Topic - Delivering Integrated Palliative Care

👉Great speakers - including @drbenbowers.bsky.social Dr Matthew Allsop and Dr Sarah Mitchell

👉In person and online

👉Free!

Registration: shorturl.at/JzMwG
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NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London @arc-southlondon.bsky.social · Aug 22
Register for our webinar on Tuesday 16 Sept, 11am-12pm, where will be discussing the pressing issue of timely access to end-of-life medication 👇

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Text on a blue background reads: Webinar: Timely access to end-of-life medications - tackling a painful problem. Speakers including Professor Sarah Yardley, senior research fellow Sally-Anne Francis, Dr Rosanna Fennessy and Dr Ikumi Okamoto will be exploring this pressing issue at the next webinar from the NIHR ARC Palliative and End of Life Care National Leadership. Microsoft Teams webinar. Tues 16th Sept, 11am-12pm. There is an image of pills coming out of a bottle.
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Dr Ben Bowers @drbenbowers.bsky.social · Aug 5
‼️ Community nurse in CPFT? Please consider this amazing opportunity to be more research active and support evidence based practice
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Research at CPFT @cpftresearch.bsky.social · Aug 5
📣 Nurses & AHPs @cpft-nhs.bsky.social are invited to apply for an exciting new #research role!
Part-time R&D Link will help more health services & staff use research to improve #NHS care & treatment over 12 months- 1 day per week.
⬇️ Apply here by Wednesday 20 August ⬇️
www.cpft.nhs.uk/latest-vacan...
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Dr Ben Bowers @drbenbowers.bsky.social · Aug 3
Reframing resilience in community healthcare. Our latest piece in BJCN
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Research at CPFT @cpftresearch.bsky.social · Jul 25
🎉 Congratulations to CPFT nursing colleague @drbenbowers.bsky.social 🌟 appointed to Assistant Professor of Primary Care @cam.ac.uk!
Ben is the 1st #nurse to hold this post, working with @cpft-nhs.bsky.social teams to develop #research capacity + improve #PalliativeCare:
➡️ cpft.nhs.uk/research-new...
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Dr Ben Bowers @drbenbowers.bsky.social · Jul 24
Join us for our cross-ARC webinar on Timely Access to end of life meds. Three insightful research projects shared and I’m chairing discussions
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NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London @arc-southlondon.bsky.social · Jul 24
Register for our webinar on Tuesday 16 Sept, 11am-12pm, where will be discussing the pressing issue of timely access to end-of-life medication 👇

events.teams.microsoft.com/event/1dfcdf...
Text on a blue background reads: Webinar: Timely access to end-of-life medications - tackling a painful problem. Speakers including Professor Sarah Yardley, senior research fellow Sally-Anne Francis, Dr Rosanna Fennessy and Dr Ikumi Okamoto will be exploring this pressing issue at the next webinar from the NIHR ARC Palliative and End of Life Care National Leadership. Microsoft Teams webinar. Tues 16th Sept, 11am-12pm. There is an image of pills coming out of a bottle
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Dr Ben Bowers @drbenbowers.bsky.social · Jul 24
Join us for our cross-ARC webinar on Timely Access to end of life meds. Three insightful research projects shared and I’m chairing discussions
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NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London @arc-southlondon.bsky.social · Jul 24
Register for our webinar on Tuesday 16 Sept, 11am-12pm, where will be discussing the pressing issue of timely access to end-of-life medication 👇

events.teams.microsoft.com/event/1dfcdf...
Text on a blue background reads: Webinar: Timely access to end-of-life medications - tackling a painful problem. Speakers including Professor Sarah Yardley, senior research fellow Sally-Anne Francis, Dr Rosanna Fennessy and Dr Ikumi Okamoto will be exploring this pressing issue at the next webinar from the NIHR ARC Palliative and End of Life Care National Leadership. Microsoft Teams webinar. Tues 16th Sept, 11am-12pm. There is an image of pills coming out of a bottle
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Dr Ben Bowers @drbenbowers.bsky.social · Jul 23
Join us for what promises to be an excellent QICN conference with inspirational speakers. Day three of the conference is dedicate tor research and innovations in the community 😀
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The Queen's Institute of Community Nursing @theqicn.bsky.social · Jul 17
🎉 #QICN2025 is live!
The UK’s leading conference for community & primary care nurses is back: this year's theme is 'Leading Equitable Care':
👉 qicn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
📅 7–9 October 2025
✅ Explore key issues
✅ Reflect on how to build fairer more inclusive services
✅ Discounts available
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The Queen's Institute of Community Nursing @theqicn.bsky.social · Jul 17
💡Are you preparing to present your research at an upcoming conference? Or curious what presenting at a research conferences involves?

Registered Nurse and Clinical Academic Prof Candy McCabe provides her top tips in this helpful, comprehensive guide.📝

👉 qicn.org.uk/things-to-co...
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Dr Ben Bowers @drbenbowers.bsky.social · Jul 23
Please could you help with the Impact Centre for Palliative and End-of-Life Care Stakeholder Survey, colleagues.
Led by @katherinesleeman.bsky.social

Your insights will directly inform the Centre’s plans:

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.
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Dr Ben Bowers @drbenbowers.bsky.social · Jul 17
Candy's excellent tips for novice & experienced presenters alike, pitched for community nurses sharing their work at conferences:

qicn.org.uk/things-to-co...

Part of the growing @theqicn.bsky.social Community Nursing Research Forum resources

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Things to Consider When Presenting Your Research - The Queen's Institute of Community Nursing
Tips for presenting nursing research from Professor Candy McCabe.
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Research at CPFT @cpftresearch.bsky.social · Jul 3
⚠️ Now 2⃣ weeks left for @cpft-nhs.bsky.social staff to apply for the @nihr.bsky.social #EastOfEngland Research Internship Scheme!
Non-medic health professionals (not working in research) can get free support + training over 3⃣months to bring #research to your service: ⬇️
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Application for the Research Internships Scheme
The NIHR East of England Regional Research Delivery Network (EoE RRDN) Research Internship Scheme provides an opportunity for health and care professionals who do not currently either work on or suppo...
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Dr Ben Bowers @drbenbowers.bsky.social · Jul 3
Well said!
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The Queen's Institute of Community Nursing @theqicn.bsky.social · Jul 3
Read the QICN's response to the government's NHS 10-Year Plan announced today. 👉

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#10YearPlan
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