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annhutchinson.bsky.social @annhutchinson.bsky.social · 20d

What is it like to experience exacerbations? How should clinicians talk to people about exacerbations? Read our article to find out... @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social

BJGP Open @bjgpopen.bsky.social · May 13

COPD | This interview study with patients and carers highlights the importance of plain language (‘flare up’ rather than 'exacerbation') and the lasting effect on patient behaviour of a clinician's response to help-seeking for flare-ups

➡️ doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...

An artist’s impression of how it feels to have a COPD exacerbation developed from descriptions given by participants

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NIHR ARC East of England @arceastofengland.bsky.social · 20d

🛒Latest #research shows Norfolk Community Foundation's social supermarkets improves health and communities.

💷For every £1 invested, they generate £6.54 in social value by improving health, reducing stress, and strengthening community ties❗️

📖Read the findings➡️ arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/news-blogs/n...

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Morag Farquhar @mfarquhar.bsky.social · 20d

Wow! Where was it?

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Morag Farquhar @mfarquhar.bsky.social · Aug 26

Interested in supporting young carers? See our new review paper... reviews the support needs of Young Carers and identifies adaptions needed to questions on the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool to ensure covers young carers' support needs...
doi.org/10.1177/0269...

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Dr Ben Bowers @drbenbowers.bsky.social · Aug 3

Reframing resilience in community healthcare. Our latest piece in BJCN
magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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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

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 · 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

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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Morag Farquhar @mfarquhar.bsky.social · Jul 24

If you are interested in improving healthcare in prisons, work in a prison setting, or are involved in prison healthcare research then this East of England 25th Sept FREE event at UEA may be of interest: rcgp.my.site.com/s/lt-event?i...

@arceastofengland.bsky.social

Community

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Morag Farquhar @mfarquhar.bsky.social · Jul 22

Exciting part-time Research Associate on the Marie Curie funded SNAP in Prisons study at University of East Anglia. Further details available at vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/16...

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NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London @arc-southlondon.bsky.social · Jun 30

Still time to join our webinar on Tuesday 8 July, 11-12 to hear leading experts discuss the health and caregiving experiences of parents of children with a life-limiting condition. #PeoLC #palliativecare Book your place: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/bbbd0f...

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Dr Ben Bowers @drbenbowers.bsky.social · May 18

Community nurses based in the UK? Please help us evidence how much of your work involves end of life care.

Take part in our 10-min max survey study here:
cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

@theqicn.bsky.social @crystaloldman.bsky.social @johnunsworth10.bsky.social @rosyroo.bsky.social

NOTICE Survey

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Alison Leary @alisonleary1.bsky.social · May 3

Are you registered nurse, NSW/HCA/NA/SNA who has had to accept a lower paid role/band in the last 5 years we are keen to know why. Lack of flexible working? No opportunity? Poor working conditions?
Any role, any setting, any employer, anywhere in the UK
www.surveymonkey.com/r/AFCRN

Taking lower paid roles.

Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

www.surveymonkey.com

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Dr Ben Bowers @drbenbowers.bsky.social · May 4

Community nurses - how much of your work involves end of life care? Does any of this work have to go deferred?

Please help with our short anonymous survey
& share widely with colleagues 🙂

Take part here:
cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

@crystaloldman.bsky.social @theqicn.bsky.social

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Morag Farquhar @mfarquhar.bsky.social · Apr 25

Are you a clinician interested in #person-centred care for people with chronic progressive conditions? Our next "SNAP in Practice" webinar/drop-in is on 7th May 1pm-2pm - contact me to be added to the mailing list thesnap.org.uk

Person-Centred Care, Progressive Disease Intervention

The Support Needs Approach for Patients (SNAP) is a health care intervention which seeks to enable person-centred care for patients with progressive conditions.

thesnap.org.uk

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Alison Leary @alisonleary1.bsky.social · Apr 24

Calling all UK registered #nurses & HCAs NSW NAs TNAs
have you had to seek or take a lower paid role (AFC or hourly rate) to get the kind of work you need? Not just any NHS but any role, any setting, any employer, any UK country for any reason www.surveymonkey.com/r/AFCRN

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Lucy Selman @lucyselman.bsky.social · Apr 4

New paper: Caregiving burden, receipt of palliative care, and the use of bereavement support: secondary analysis of population-based data

bmcpalliatcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Congratulations Maja!

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Dr Ben Bowers @drbenbowers.bsky.social · Mar 29

🚨Our new BJGP paper - community nurses providing palliative care find collaborating with GPs harder, where practices have been moved towards remote dialogue & workforce diversification @bjgp.bsky.social

Pls Share. Our paper: bjgp.org/content/earl...

@theqicn.bsky.social @crystaloldman.bsky.social

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Morag Farquhar @mfarquhar.bsky.social · Mar 20

Are you a clinician interested in #person-centred care for people with chronic progressive conditions? Our next "SNAP in Practice" webinar/drop-in is on 7th May 1pm-2pm - contact me to be added to the mailing list thesnap.org.uk

Person-Centred Care, Progressive Disease Intervention

The Support Needs Approach for Patients (SNAP) is a health care intervention which seeks to enable person-centred care for patients with progressive conditions.

thesnap.org.uk

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Morag Farquhar @mfarquhar.bsky.social · Mar 18

UK clinicians - do you support unpaid/family carers of patients with breathlessness in advanced disease? This resource could help: supporting-breathlessness.org.uk. Plus we have a new batch of "mock prescription pads" in to help you signpost carers to it - just message me with your postal address!

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Morag Farquhar @mfarquhar.bsky.social · Mar 20

Are you a clinician interested in #person-centred care for people with chronic progressive conditions? Our next "SNAP in Practice" webinar/drop-in is on 7th May 1pm-2pm - contact me to be added to the mailing list thesnap.org.uk

Person-Centred Care, Progressive Disease Intervention

The Support Needs Approach for Patients (SNAP) is a health care intervention which seeks to enable person-centred care for patients with progressive conditions.

thesnap.org.uk

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Petrena @petrena.bsky.social · Dec 2

Carer resource ... 'supporting someone with breathlessness'
Please click on the link

Morag Farquhar @mfarquhar.bsky.social · Dec 2

Great to see such interest in management of breathlessness at this morning’s NIHR National ARC PEoLC webinar & interest and n our unpaid carer resource supporting-breathlessness.org.uk/@arceastofen... @nihrarcs.bsky.social

supporting-breathlessness.org.uk

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Morag Farquhar @mfarquhar.bsky.social · Mar 18

Great to see this paper published on the translation of the SNAP Tool (thesnap.org.uk) into Swedish - congratulations to Prof Carina Lundh Hagelin & team at Marie Cederschiöld University in Stockholm!

Morag Farquhar @mfarquhar.bsky.social · Mar 18

UK clinicians - do you support unpaid/family carers of patients with breathlessness in advanced disease? This resource could help: supporting-breathlessness.org.uk. Plus we have a new batch of "mock prescription pads" in to help you signpost carers to it - just message me with your postal address!

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Healthwatch England @healthwatchengland.bsky.social · Mar 12

It's Young Carers Action Day 2025.

The theme, ‘Give Me A Break’, highlights the need for young carers to have time to rest and recharge, while also calling on schools and employers to provide better support, helping them achieve their full potential. @carerstrust.bsky.social

Graphic with photo of young carer with quote "All the stress at home is affecting my performance at school"

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NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) @nihrarcs.bsky.social · Mar 12

The 2025 national #ARCseminar series on:
The healing power of creative arts

💃🏾🎷🎵
7 May: Improving #MentalHealth & wellbeing with creative arts

🎭🎤🖌️
11 June: Exploring lived experience with creative arts

🎵🕺🎭
9 July: Creative arts for #dementia

eventbrite.com/cc/nihr-arcs...

NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research
#ARCseminar
(background picture: silhouette of an adult and a child singing and dancing)

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