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Gemma Allen (she/her) @gemmaallen.bsky.social · May 9

A fabulous Friday!

Thank you @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social for insightful, thoughtful & honest conversations, plus adding your wise words to our hospice wisdom tree 🌲

Also a big thank you to @jedjerwood.bsky.social & @sharonhudson.bsky.social

#palliativecare #hospice #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek

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Dr Jessica Otte, 🇨🇦 MD, CCFP, FCFP 🩺🌍🌱 @drotte.medsky.social · May 2

Dr M Tyler shares 5 phrases to deepen trust, clarity, and compassion when talking with seriously ill patients💬❤️
1.“We are in a different place now.”
2.“I’m worried that tx will do more harm than good.”
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So useful!

🔗 theconversationproject.org/tcp-blog/5-s...
#PalliativeCare @theihi.bsky.social

5 Simple Phrases to Transform Conversations with Seriously Ill Patients

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OxCERPC - Sobell House @oxcerpc.bsky.social · Apr 23

🚨 Exciting Announcement! 🚨

We’re thrilled to confirm the Advanced Course 2025 is locked in with an incredible lineup of speakers, including Dr Kathryn Mannix who will be speaking about Cognitive Behavioural therapy approach in existential distress, for our Robert Twycross lecture.

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Rick Bauer (he/him/él) @nvrflycoach.bsky.social · Apr 17

And we never forget our pharmacists! #hapc #spiritualcare www.pharmacytimes.com/view/more-th...

More Than Just Meds: What a Palliative Care Pharmacist Learned From the Bedside

A palliative care pharmacist highlights a spectrum of clinical opportunities for patients, caregivers, and clinicians when rounding at the bedside.

www.pharmacytimes.com

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apmeducation.bsky.social @apmeducation.bsky.social · Feb 21

Senior Clinicians – Making data count: what data do you need to collect in specialist palliative care and how can you best use it?
🗓️ 2 July 2025
⏰ 12:30 - 13:30
👤Professor Fliss Murtagh
🎟️https://apmonline.org/events/859-126/

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Emma Vardy @emmavardy2.bsky.social · Feb 12

An upcoming @nihr.bsky.social webinar on what works in hospital at home.
@ukhahsoc.bsky.social
gmg-lgcgroup.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Hospital at home and virtual wards: What works?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

An ageing population, with increasing numbers of people living with frailty, is placing growing demands on hospital services. But 1 in 5 hospital admissions could be avoided. Shifting care away from ...

gmg-lgcgroup.zoom.us

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Clare Fuller @clarefuller.bsky.social · Feb 10

In this episode it is my pleasure to talk with Julie Armstrong Wilson from the @gsfcentre.bsky.social Julie shares:
✅what GSF is
✅training involved &
✅the difference it makes
🎧https://speakforme.co.uk/podcast-episode-122
@drkathrynmannix.bsky.social
@hospiceuk.bsky.social
#AdvanceCarePlanning

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Lucy Selman @lucyselman.bsky.social · Feb 10

Now hearing from Prof Lucy Chappell

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Lucy Selman @lucyselman.bsky.social · Feb 10

Here are the 24 the identified priorities identified in the priority setting exercise

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Dr Kathryn Mannix @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social · Feb 9

Calling bereaved men:
will you help my colleagues to improve the support we offer to deathbed companions?
Volunteer by email at [email protected]
All bereaved voices welcome, but the researchers are especially short of responses from men.
Please share.

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Nathan Gray, MD, FACP @nathanagray.bsky.social · Feb 4

When discussing serious health issues with patients, it’s crucial to ask permission each time a new sensitive topic is broached… people may have specific needs, timing, or preferences they’d like to voice before you “go there.”

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Jonathan Beebee @jbeebee.bsky.social · Feb 3

The @rcnldnursing.bsky.social BlueSky account has gone live today. Steering committee are orientating themselves to it so please give the account a follow

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Irish Hospice Foundation @irishhospice.bsky.social · Feb 2

Know someone who is grieving? It’s important to be there for them in the early days but also in the weeks and months ahead. There is no time limit to grief. It takes the time it takes.

💛 Learn about #NGAW2025 and the grief supports available: hospicefoundation.ie/our-supports...

#BeGriefAware

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Helen Bevan @helenbevan.bsky.social · Feb 2

Effective facilitation can make a huge difference to outcomes. Clear communication, structured problem-solving & inclusive decision-making drives performance & innovation. Applies to both external facilitation & facilitation skills by every leader: voltagecontrol.com/articles/the... Image: Tim Leake

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Action for Happiness @actionhappiness.bsky.social · Jan 27

Just try again tomorrow. Small steps add up over time

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The University of Sheffield @sheffielduni.bsky.social · Jan 24

Up to 15 per cent of end of life carers living in poverty, according to a new report from researchers at the University of Sheffield and @mariecurieuk.bsky.social

The study estimates 762,000 people across the UK provide unpaid care to terminally ill loved ones every year.

Up to 15 per cent of end of life carers living in poverty, report finds

Up to 762,000 people across the UK are providing unpaid care for someone living with a terminal illness every year, a report from the University of Sheffield and Marie Curie estimates.

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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · Jan 11

Multiple points of system failure were identified in continuous subcutaneous infusion incident reports. #hpm #hapc #palliativecare. buff.ly/40tH6XT

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Clare Fuller @clarefuller.bsky.social · Jan 6

In this episode it is my pleasure & honour to talk with Baroness Ilora Finlay. We explore the Mental Capacity Act focusing on Best Interests decision making.

🎧https://speakforme.co.uk/podcast-episode-117
@drkathrynmannix.bsky.social
@ukparliament.parliament.uk
#AdvanceCarePlanning

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Action for Happiness @actionhappiness.bsky.social · Dec 31

Let's get 2025 off to the best possible start and create a sense of hope for the year ahead 🌈

Join us for #HappierJanuary and find new ways to boost your wellbeing actionforhappiness.org/happier-janu...

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Trisha Elliott @trishaelliott.bsky.social · Jan 4

“Facing death differently: revolutionising our approach to death and grief”.

A really important piece here from @lucyselman.bsky.social in the @bmj.com.

I’ll try to pick out some highlights in a🧵, but actually I’d recommend reading the whole article.

Link here:
www.bmj.com/content/387/...

First page of article.

Fairytale type pic of Princess leaning over dead or sleeping Prince.

Facing death and grief: revolution needed
Despite growing public interest in death, support for end-of-life care and bereavement remains inadequate. We urgently need a revolution: a community centred, public health approach to the social processes of dying and mourning, backed by properly funded palliative care, writes Lucy Selman.

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Sample of text:

In the UK around 90% of dying people would benefit from palliative care, but 25% don't get it. Demand is set to rise 25% over the next 25 years as lifespans increase and health conditions grow more complex, yet the sector is already critically underfunded. Just a third of UK hospice funding comes from the state, with the remaining £1bn raised annually through charity shops, fundraising events, and donation.
This funding gap sends a clear message: care for dying people is less valued than aggressive treatments and high tech medical advances. (It's surely no coincidence that 9 in 10 of the clinical and care workforce in UK hospices are women, reflecting a long history of "women's work" being undervalued.)

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Clinicians too have a critical role in reshaping attitudes and so must build their own death and grief literacy. By discussing end-of-life care openly and challenging common misconceptions, they can model acceptance of dying, build trust, and show the public that it is safe to ask questions and voice doubts and fears.
Care must be emotionally aware, culturally sensitive, compassionate, and person centred-and this must be reflected in clinical education.
Clinical leaders must acknowledge the emotional weight of dealing with death and grief and offer support, encouraging sharing, peer support, and remembrance. By making space for grief and vulnerability in professional life we nurture the human side of being a clinician.

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Gemma Allen (she/her) @gemmaallen.bsky.social · Jan 2

Looking forward to delivering this training with the marvellous @sharonhudson.bsky.social 😃

Join us! 👇🏻

No Barriers Here @nobarriershere.bsky.social · Jan 2

🔔 No Barriers Here Facilitator Training - our next open date is filling fast with just a few places available!

📆 Thursday 27 March 2025

⏰ 09:00-16:00

📌 Mary Stevens Hospice, 221 Hagley Road, West Midlands, DY8 2JR.

www.nobarriershere.org/facilitator-...

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Lucy Selman @lucyselman.bsky.social · Jan 2

New course for the New Year, starting 1 Feb, just £25.

Now open for registration @goodgrieffest.bsky.social

www.goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-ac...

#Equity #GriefLiteracy #hpm #bereavement

Poster for a new Grief Academy course, When Grief is Complicated, which is now open for registration. Shows 4 of the speakers involved: Julia Samuel, Robert Neimeyer, Mary-Frances O'connor, Stephen Regel

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Petrena @petrena.bsky.social · Dec 25

That's brilliant, love this x

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · Dec 23

A wonderfully uplifting story about groundbreaking surgery at Papworth, where surgeons transplanted a pair of lungs revived outside the body in a hi-tech box.

Medical science doing its magnificent, awe-inspiring, life-enhancing thing 💙🫁🫀

www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Machine to revive donor organs used in double-lung transplant in UK first

Exclusive: Daniel Evans-Smith tells of transformative effect of operation using technology that could cut waiting lists

www.theguardian.com

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