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Gresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · 7d

🎟️ In-person tickets now open: Do Not Resuscitate Forms – Who’d Have One?

👉 gres.hm/dnr-forms

Join consultant and chair of Wales’ DNACPR policy, @profmarktaubert.bsky.social*, to explore DNACPR policy, end-of-life planning, scandals & tackling misinformation

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Prof Mark Taubert @profmarktaubert.bsky.social · 14d

Yet another Assisted Dying flyer in
@bmj.com
today, to convince us all how wonderful and choicey it will all be.

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Prof Mark Taubert @profmarktaubert.bsky.social · 24d

One of the worst articles I have read on assisted dying, and exemplifies why I am against the Bill currently going through parliament. Miscomprehension and oversimplified opinion on what others' lives are like to live, are rife.

The New Statesman @handle.invalid · 26d

Let them die

🖊️ Oli Dugmore: The case for assisted dying

Let them die

The case for assisted dying

www.newstatesman.com

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Prof Mark Taubert @profmarktaubert.bsky.social · Aug 14

@hamishhawk.bsky.social dear Hamish. Looking forward to Cardiff concert. My 8& 12 yr old love ur songs since they heard them on radio.They got us to get ur AFH album. They know loads of the lyrics. We were going to come to the gig without kids but they really want to see you. Is there an age limit?

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 4

‘My daughter didn’t get emotional like I did’: the families who go gigging together

Concerts are now full of multigenerational fans who grew up on the music as a family. Whether Billie Eilish or Stevie Wonder, they explain the appeal

www.theguardian.com

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My Future Care @myfuturecare.bsky.social · Jul 14

📝 New Future Care Planning Review

A new scoping review of the literature and an updated definition, published in @bmj.com

By: Mala Mann, Caitlin Cahill, Stephanie Sivell, Robyn Hackett, Elin Harding, @profmarktaubert.bsky.social

📖 Read more: spcare.bmj.com/content/bmjs...

spcare.bmj.com

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Prof Mark Taubert @profmarktaubert.bsky.social · Jun 29

Assisted Dying Bill puts the vulnerable at risk. www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitne...

I’m a palliative care doctor – the new assisted dying Bill puts the vulnerable at risk

If clinicians start approaching assisted dying as a possible solution for patients, will they assume ‘doctor knows best’ and go ahead?

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Comforting Closure @comfortingclosure.bsky.social · Jun 17

“How long has the staff been here?” Staff longevity says so much about a senior living community. This week on Comforting Closure, Angie Graham and I discuss what consistency reveals about care.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia

#DeathDoula #SeniorLivingSupport

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Prof Mark Taubert @profmarktaubert.bsky.social · May 31

Helsinki living up to expectations at #EAPC2025

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Donna Wakefield @donnawakefield.bsky.social · May 30

Super proud to see my #NorthEast #PalliativeMedicine colleague Dr Lucy Robinson being awarded the highest winning abstract at #EAPC2025 #Finland 🏆 - and presenting her fantastic #PhD #Research from @newcastleuni.bsky.social
@barbarahanratty.bsky.social

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Donna Wakefield @donnawakefield.bsky.social · May 29

Happy to see so many people interested in #lung disease and #Inequalities - thanks for all the feedback and discussion #EAPC2025 🫁

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Prof Mark Taubert @profmarktaubert.bsky.social · May 26

@hamishhawk.bsky.social Hi Hamish. Thanks for the clever and catchy songs, which have accompanied us on many journeys. My son Idris is a big fan. His favourite is Big Cat Tattoos. All the best.

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Prof Mark Taubert @profmarktaubert.bsky.social · Apr 6

Episode 2 of #BBC Inside Health programme, 3-parter with @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social and
@katherinesleeman.bsky.social

Prof Erica Borgstrom @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social · Apr 1

Today's episode of Inside Health (BBC R4) asks how could we be certain someone wants to die, who brings up the conversation & safeguarding.
I was part of the panel discussion with @profmarktaubert.bsky.social @katherinesleeman.bsky.social & @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Inside Health - Assisted dying: How could we be certain someone wants to die? - BBC Sounds

James Gallagher and the panel discuss the safeguarding implications of the proposed bill.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Prof Mark Taubert @profmarktaubert.bsky.social · Mar 28

I am part of a BBC Inside Health mini series on #AssistedDying.
With @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social and @katherinesleeman.bsky.social
Part 1:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Inside Health - Assisted dying: Who’s eligible under the proposed bill? - BBC Sounds

In the first of our mini-series we discuss who could get an assisted death under the rules

www.bbc.co.uk

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Benjamin Thomas @andiyar.bsky.social · Mar 17

If our experience is anything to go by- the boards don't tend to say no

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Prof Mark Taubert @profmarktaubert.bsky.social · Mar 17

Our letter in today's Observer -thank you @theguardian.com for publishing full signatory list- in response to Max Hill KC
& co's letter last week on #AssistedDying
theguardian.com/theobserver/...

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Prof Mark Taubert @profmarktaubert.bsky.social · Mar 16

The letter we were responding to with its plush list of signatories from the law profession

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Prof Mark Taubert @profmarktaubert.bsky.social · Mar 16

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Prof Mark Taubert @profmarktaubert.bsky.social · Mar 16

Dear @theguardian.com Why have you culled 33 signatories from our letter in today's Observer? Mainly medics, responding to last week's full signatory letter on #AssistedDying? www.theguardian.com/theobserver/...

Are our ‘lost boys’ really being failed?

While sexist attitudes do harm outcomes, the ‘reverse gender gap’ is being weaponised against women

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Mark Taubert @profmarktaubert.bsky.social · Mar 12

Really important editorial on predicting survival, prognosis and the current #AssistedDying law

Simon Etkind @simonnoahetkind.bsky.social · Mar 12

Predicting a prognosis of 6 months is fraught with uncertainty and impossible to do accurately

Scott Murray & I summarise the challenges of predicting survival over this timescale in @bmj.com
& what this means for proposed Assisted Dying legislation www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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Prof Mark Taubert @profmarktaubert.bsky.social · Feb 27

A former member of a euthanasia review board in the Netherlands speaks out about #AssistedDying
www.spectator.co.uk/article/on-a...

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BuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social · Feb 21

Sir James Munby, former head of the Family Division of the High Court, has given his opinion on the supposedly improved Assisted Suicide Bill. His view: "it still falls lamentably short of providing adequate safeguards". transparencyproject.org.uk/assisted-dyi...

ASSISTED DYING : WHAT ROLE FOR THE TRIBUNAL? THOUGHTS ON THE LATEST PROPOSALS

This is a guest post by Sir James Munby, and it follows on from earlier posts about the proposed Assisted Dying reforms here, here and here. In Assisted

transparencyproject.org.uk

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Dr Alison B @aliblipcdoc.bsky.social · Feb 19

So pt I’m helping applied for “assisted dying” (VAD) & had 1st assessment before seeing Palliative Care last week! Continued thru VAD process BUT now symptoms well controlled as I was asked to do. Family have come from afar. Due to die Friday…🥺
@profmarktaubert.bsky.social
@doctoroxford.bsky.social

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Miriam Ní Challaráin @miriamcolleran2.bsky.social · Feb 14

@profmarktaubert.bsky.social

On assisted dying and the extreme underdiagnosis of the abuse of older persons

@kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social @patients

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Richard Amm ♿ (Disability & Research) @richamm.bsky.social · Feb 13

Usage of the word "Eugenics" over time.

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