Everything you want to know about Palliative care funding by the intimitable @katherinesleeman.bsky.social . Essential knowledge when forming an opinion on the assisted dying bill. #assisteddying #palliativecare

Prof Katherine Sleeman@katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

On Friday, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will have its Second Reading in the House of Commons. Most MPs won’t have thought much about assisted dying since the last vote in June 2025.   🧵New evidence, published since June 2025, that MPs should know about

On Friday, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will have its Second Reading in the House of Commons. Most MPs won’t have thought much about assisted dying since the last vote in June 2025.   🧵New evidence, published since June 2025, that MPs should know about

✨Really proud of this talk. Getting invited to speak at End Well this year was one of the highlights of my professional career so far. ✨I was honored to share my message about how we can better support and grow the field of palliative care. 🙏🏼I hope you’ll listen and share. youtu.be/MWw_H6BIwWc?...

#1 Thing Clinicians Can Do for Palliative Care | End Well

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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 · 2y ago

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/...

“I even got people dancing!” Amanda’s blog about speaking at last week’s conference @pccongress.bsky.social #pcc2025

The DAPPLE Project@dappleproject.bsky.social · 2y ago

This week we hear from Amanda who has a learning disability and has worked as a researcher at Kingston with @tuffrey-wijne.com for 15 years. Amanda talks about her love for conferences after presenting at the Palliative Care Congress in Belfast last week 🍀 www.dappleproject.com/post/i-love-...

Beyond excited that @drjrubenstein.bsky.social has travelled to the #pcc2025 and enjoyed our conversation

Jared Rubenstein, MD@drjrubenstein.bsky.social · 2y ago

Such a treat to see @drnwiggins.bsky.social interview @doctoroxford.com about her work and fabulous writing at @pccongress.bsky.social

Such a treat to see @drnwiggins.bsky.social interview @doctoroxford.com about her work and fabulous writing at @pccongress.bsky.social

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

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Older people make up the majority of those dying each year. @gerisoc.bsky.social concerned about the lack of representation from older people’s healthcare specialists and older people themselves on the witness list for the Assisted Dying Bill - have a look at our website for updates

Brilliant piece reflecting on the role of palliative care and societal coersion by Janice Turner in the Times today #assisteddying

Don't suffer from #PCC2025 FOMO Early Bird Closing 24 January at 5pm Get your tickets pccongress.org.uk/registration/ Full Programme available via the website Day 1 - pccongress.org.uk/day-1-progra... Day 2 - pccongress.org.uk/day-2-progra... #PalliativeCare #Event

The final episode of my Radio 4 series The Body Politic - on assisted dying - is at 11am this morning, and on BBC Sounds after. We step back to look at the case for assisted dying- and why there’s such strong opposition.

useful thread on the assisted dying hearings today

Paul Brand@paulbrand.bsky.social · 2y ago

The Assisted Dying Bill committee begins hearing evidence today, as it attempts to hone the bill into a workable piece of legislation. Among today’s witnesses is England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty. More evidence on Weds and Thurs.

"Data from the DWP reveals that 1 in 5 people given 6 months to live went on to live over 3 years.." Can we accept a reality where these people would miss 3 years with loved ones due to our inherent poor ability to prognosticate? #assisteddying

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Why Britain’s doctors are in revolt To save the NHS money, the General Medical Council has been pushing the use of physician associates in place of qualified doctors—and putting patients at risk. A must read from @doctoroxford.bsky.social www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...

Why Britain's doctors are in revolt

To save the NHS money, the General Medical Council has been pushing the use of physician associates in place of qualified doctors—and putting patients...

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With the shocking revelation the Health Secretary is using taxpayers money to pay the GMC’s legal costs, @anaesunited.bsky.social need our help more than ever to protect patient safety. You can support them here👇 www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-mi...

Stop misleading patients - Physician Associates cannot replace doctors

We are a group of anaesthetists (doctors trained in anaesthesia) that are unhappy with the way the medical establishment is selling patients and the profession short.

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Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 2y ago

A shocking revelation today in the #PhysicianAssociates scandal It turns out the Health Secretary is using tax payers money to pay the GMC’s costs in defending the legal action brought by @anaesunited.bsky.social to protect patient safety - an outrageous use of public money youtu.be/T-BDHQop1zk?...

I really enjoyed speaking with the kind and thoughtful @markmardell.bsky.social who is doing a sterling job of raising the uncomfortable questions on a daily basis. @apmposts.bsky.social @katherinesleeman.bsky.social @doctoroxford.bsky.social

Mark Mardell@markmardell.bsky.social · 2y ago

‘I get asked regularly to kill people. Patients ask me all the time: “Please, can you kill me? Please, can you end my life? I’m sure you do it secretly, come on.” Read palliative care expert @drnwiggins.bsky.social answer in @prospectmagazine.co.uk t www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...

We have a new consultant post! Want to look forward to coming to work? Come work with the best team in town*; drop me an email to see how this could work for you www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Wilts... *as rated by me and @doctoroxford.bsky.social

Are you afraid of what might be waiting for you at the end of your life, or the life of people you love? Read this. This is my daily reality as a palliative consultant. Far from the terrifying rhetoric of last week. Read this. And tell the people you love. www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024...

We need to talk about dying

The assisted dying debate has been filled with horror stories of miserable ends. But does this reflect the reality of ordinary death?

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The stories of the ordinary dying doesn't win votes but is my day to day reality and it is important those coming to the end of their life know that it is likely to be theirs too. #ordinarydying

Present Indicative nailed it

"It’s over to you, Streeting& Keir Starmer. What will you do now about those anguished, frail, pain-racked patients who sit and quake in death’s proximity as they are failed by the NHS, social care and society at large?" @doctoroxford.bsky.social not holding back www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Good palliative care can alleviate the pain of dying – this bill means Labour must fund it | Rachel Clarke

Making dying easier is not the solution when NHS, social and palliative care are simply not there for patients

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Palliative Care Doctor, Dr Rachel Clarke, "There are thousands of people suffering unnecessary pain" "We may be in a peculiar position where we have a state funded dying service but we don't have a state funded palliative care service"

Palliative Care Doctor, Dr Rachel Clarke, "If we had robust palliative care, then many many fewer people might feel as though this is their only option" "Wes Streeting has said patients will be coerced to take their life due to a lack of care" "Wes Streeting,what are you now going to do about it"

@cloudylemonade.bsky.social HOLLY!!! HI!!! 👋🏼🤗

*NEW* estimates of palliative care need in the UK: 2017-2021. bmcpalliatcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Estimates of population-level palliative care need in the UK: a descriptive analysis of mortality data before and during the COVID-19 pandemic - BMC Palliative Care

Background Existing estimates of palliative care need in the UK were produced before the COVID-19 pandemic. We sought to produce updated, population-level estimates of palliative care need for each of...

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Putting the final touches to our programme on the funding crisis in end of life care, which airs Thursday on ITV1. I am so grateful to those who opened up to us about their experiences and the hospices who let us in. Keeping Care Alive: Hospices in Crisis? 8:30pm Thursday, ITV1

The official Association of Palliative Medicine for UK and Ireland is here! Follow @apmposts.bsky.social for all the APM, end of life and palliative tea from UK & Ireland #palliative #EOL

this is literally what it feels like to have astigmatism