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Dr Emily Harrop @emilyharrop.bsky.social · 5d

My very brave friend Roeland has stepped in at the last minute to fill a Helen & Douglas House charity place for the Oxford Half Marathon next week. Training aside, he needs to raise £250 in a week, to help care for terminally ill children….

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Oxford Half Marathon 2025

I will be running the Oxford Half Marathon on 12th October 2025 to raise money for Helen & Douglas House. Please support me by donating to my page. Without public donations and support, Helen &

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Dr Emily Harrop @emilyharrop.bsky.social · 10d

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#palliativecare #paediatrics #picu #eapc | PALLIAKID

oin us for a free EAPC webinar: “Paediatric Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit and Beyond” Friday, 10 October 2025 🕑 14:00 – 15:00 CET This one-hour webinar will explore the challenges and o...

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Emily Tammam @emilytammam.bsky.social · Aug 21

New writing and new painting
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Patient Safety Learning @patientsafetylearning.org · Aug 21

🆕In a blog ahead of this year's World Patient Safety Day, which focuses on the theme 'Safe care for every newborn and every child', Dr Peter Sidgwick reflects on working in Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and patient safety. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien...

The safety issues affecting children in intensive care: A blog by Peter Sidgwick

Peter Sidgwick reflects on working in PICU and highlights some of the risks and the safety measures in place that mitigate these risks and keep children as safe as possible while they are in PICU.

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The National Child Mortality Database @ncmd.bsky.social · Aug 13

🚨 NCMD data: 13 children under 11 have died since 2019 after falls from windows in rented/temporary homes.
Landlords must fix faulty windows, install working locks/restrictors, and act on safety concerns immediately.
Full BBC News story: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#ChildSafety

Thirteen children died after falling from windows in six years

Calls for landlords to prioritise faulty window repairs to avoid

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Dr Emily Harrop @emilyharrop.bsky.social · Jul 22

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Join us to launch the National Child Mortality Database report on the deaths of children with life-limiting illnesses

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Dr Emily Harrop @emilyharrop.bsky.social · Jul 11

Dr Emily Harrop @emilyharrop.bsky.social · Jul 10

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This report uses statutory data from the review of all child deaths in the UK to learn more about the quality of palliative care.

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Dr Emily Harrop @emilyharrop.bsky.social · Jun 18

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Dr Ben Bowers @drbenbowers.bsky.social · Jun 15

Community nursing colleagues in the UK - please could you help with our short survey. We have 1300 participants and keen to reach 1400 if we can

Please share too! Survey:
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Dr Emily Harrop @emilyharrop.bsky.social · Jun 7

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Dr Emily Harrop @emilyharrop.bsky.social · May 29

The launch of the Atlas was inspirational, however the UK is now falling behind the rest of Europe in many areas.
We are strong in academic research, but let down by access to medicines and national plans by law or decree. Our number of specialists per head of population is low….