Great to see the Breathing Space garden is in place in Rotherham and officially open! This garden is being looked after by a great group of volunteers and being used and much appreciated by patients and staff!

Kate Binnie@katebinnie.bsky.social · 2w ago

🫁🌷Breathing Space garden launch yesterday w Strictly's Shirley Ballas whose mum has COPD. A glorious day representing collab of research, design, sustainable construction, NHS, 3rd sector, civic & public health & Rotherham community. Bravo! @asthmaandlung.org.uk @annhutchinson.bsky.social

Congratulations @donnawakefield.bsky.social We are delighted to announce that Donna Wakefield has been recognised as one of the doctoral winners for the Rising Research Leaders Prize winners for NIHR20 www.nihr.ac.uk/nihr20/resea...

Research by the author of this in The Lancet, Kate Binnie, informed the development of The Breathing Space garden, which won silver at RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year. Highlights the need for out-of-the-box thinking (and action) on breath literacy and health inequality @katebinnie.bsky.social

@wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social @asthmaandlung.org.uk @projectgivingback.bsky.social

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine@lancetrespirmed.bsky.social · last mo.

💡New Spotlight - Breathing Space: “A love letter to breath” Read how the Breathing Space Garden created space for previously unspoken experiences of lung disease to be voiced, heard, and understood Written by @katebinnie.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @asthmaandlung.org.uk

Contributions to palliative and end-of-life care by community health nursing services: improving care through national and regional service evaluations This new paper quantifies the contributions to palliative and EOL care by community nursing services: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Contributions to Palliative and End‐of‐Life Care by Community Health Nursing Services: Improving Care Through National and Regional Service Evaluations

Aim(s) To evaluate adult palliative and end-of-life care provision in England by community health nursing services using a national dataset (2013–2024) to report patterns in service provision over t.....

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At a time when #socialcare is receiving increased political scrutiny and reflection, our study of homecare at end-of-life has now been published, focusing on the experiences of those delivering and receiving such care.

A great place to study-so say our students!

Hull York Medical School@hyms.ac.uk · 3mo ago

🎉More success with the NSS! Hull York Medical School has delivered an outstanding performance in the National Student Survey!☺️Read more about how these results reflect the School's commitment to delivering exceptional medical education: www.hyms.ac.uk/about/news/2...

👏 We had a brilliant, engaging day at @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social Research Centre Conference “Meeting the challenges in #PalliativeCare #Research: Data, Delivery & Diversity at @hyms.ac.uk Grateful to have the opportunity to present my #PhD work on #Inequalities in #lung disease 🫁📊

Thanks to everyone who joined us last week for the Wolfson Palliative Care Conference-here's a summary of the day for you

Experts call for transformational change in palliative care

Palliative care experts, researchers and healthcare leaders gathered at the University of Hull to address the growing challenges facing end-of-life care

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Who gets dignity at the end of life, and who doesn’t? Wolfson Palliative Care Conference explores equity, evidence, and care. 📍 Hull | 8 July 🔗 lnkd.in/ew7CUue8

Three weeks to go! What will shape the future of palliative care? Join us on 8 July as as we explore the challenges of Data, Delivery and Diversity in palliative care. Last remaining places available. Register now: www.hyms.ac.uk/wolfson-conference 📍 University of Hull 📅 8 July 2026

Biennial Conference | Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre

Meeting the Challenges in Palliative Care: Data, Delivery and Diversity.

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Kate also runs our Body Breathing support group, where she explores gentle breathing techniques that work for you. You can read more here: www.hyms.ac.uk/about/news/2... Photo by: www.rebekahphotographer.com

This research was pioneered by Hull York Medical School’s Dr @annhutchinson.bsky.social, which reframes breathlessness not just as a physical symptom, but as an experience shaped by emotional, cognitive and sensory factors.

Our Breathing Space garden focused on breathlessness and our designer Angus Thompson took inspiration from research led by @hyms.ac.uk PhD student @katebinnie.bsky.social ky.social Kate's work explores how and why mind-body interventions, can reduce the distress associated with breathlessness.

"I want to know what to expect; even though it's not pleasant. I want to know what's going to happen and how to handle it when it does." #Dyspnea2026 @annhutchinson.bsky.social

The inequities in the experiences of people with COPD were amplified during the pandemic restrictions and continue to impact their lives, their health, their responses to exacerbations and the degree to which they can live well with breathlessness now. #Dyspnea2026 @annhutchinson.bsky.social

Here we bring implementation theory to palliative care in the intensive care. We begin to understand the processes and incredible work that is done by healthcare professionals to provide excellent palliative care to critically ill patients and their families. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Implementing palliative care in intensive care units: assessing processes using the normalisation process theory NoMAD instrument - Implementation Science Communications

Background The importance of palliative care for Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients/families is known. Little is known about implementing this care in practice, and how to support healthcare professio...

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@asthmaandlung.org.uk @projectgivingback.bsky.social @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social @annhutchinson.bsky.social The Breathing Space Garden at RHS Chelsea 2026 is now on its way to Rotherham. A calming restful environment to support holistic rehab for people living with lung conditions. 🫁🌷

Great article of first hand experience of how being active can help people with COPD by @copdathlete.bsky.social in the lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Russell Winwood: “COPD Athlete” defying views on lung disease

Russell Winwood's chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) diagnosis in 2011 was a brutal wake-up call. His second in less than a decade. The Brisbane native, who came to be known as the “COPD Ath...

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Visit the Asthma & Lung UK website to explore gentle and practical advice from Kate, to help you find more breathing ease in everyday life - whatever your age, physical ability, or condition

Breathing exercises

Practical advice and breathing exercises that will help you to find a sense of serenity in everyday life.

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We recommend you take a look at these videos-very helpful for general calming as well as for breathlessness!

Kate Binnie@katebinnie.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Free online resources to support finding a more spacious breath @asthmaandlung.org.uk www.asthmaandlung.org.uk/groups-suppo...

Great knowledge exchange work going on at Chelsea last week (and continuing soon at Rotherham's Breathing Space)! Congratulations @katebinnie.bsky.social and @annhutchinson.bsky.social

Hull York Medical School@hyms.ac.uk · 4mo ago

We're throwing back to last week's Chelsea Flower Show, and the wonderful news that the Breathing Space Garden, inspired by #HYMSresearch into Breathlessness led by PhD student Kate Binnie and pioneered by @annhutchinson.bsky.social, was awarded a prestigious Silver Medal! https://ow.ly/Mpjj50Z4KsN

Inspired by ground-breaking #HYMSresearch into breathlessness, take a closer look at the incredibly exciting ‘Breathing Space’ garden coming to this year's Chelsea Flower Show!

Kate Binnie@katebinnie.bsky.social · 5mo ago

youtube.com/watch?v=eLE3... The Asthma + Lung UK Breathing Space garden opens at RHS Chelsea next week -- then finds its permanent home at NHS Rotherham Foundation Trust. #COPD @hyms.ac.uk @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social

Palliative and end-of-life care accounted for ~10% of community nursing activity, delivered predominantly out-of-hours with an increase in crisis assessment. Data likely underestimates contributions – standardised data is key for service configuration and high-quality care at home. #EAPC2026

Implementation of self-management programmes for breathlessness depends on • Individuals' • personal resources • Stressors • Other people's views, Interactions with the person with breathlessness • Healthcare organisations' priorities • Societal context and norms @annhutchinson.bsky.social #EAPC2026

These study findings amongst an under-researched group suggest an openness to earlier ACP. Future research should explore how best to incorporate advance care planning into personalised long-term condition management and non-medical contexts. Great work by @sonyabushell.bsky.social at #EAPC2026

Social determinants of health are associated with end-of-life decision making recorded in EPaCCS. This matters because understanding how social determinants shape recorded decisions is essential to ensure equitable, person-centred end-of-life care. Great work @sophielaw-clucas.bsky.social #EAPC2026

Pain was more common in the most deprived groups, but improvement was similar across all quintiles. In contrast, patients in the most deprived areas were less likely to improve in breathlessness, highlighting a "health gap" in specialist palliative care. Good work @assemmkhamis.bsky.social #EAPC2026