Calling @pccongress.bsky.social delegates 👋Join us today for an interactive session on community nursing in palliative and end-of-life care with talks from Dr Sophie Pask and Dr Ben Bowers & panel discussion with Dr Idris Baker, Sherree Fagge & Dr Sarah Mitchell & chaired by Prof. Fliss Murtagh.

New research led by @flissmurtagh.bsky.social Director of @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social shows that specialist palliative care can significantly improve quality of life while reducing healthcare costs. Read more about the findings here: www.hull.ac.uk/news-and-eve... @hyms.ac.uk

Specialist palliative care can cut costs and improve quality of life

New research shows that specialist palliative care can lower healthcare costs by £8,000 per person and greatly improve quality of life in the last months.

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Read now in @palliativemedj.bsky.social With thanks to the team led by Dr Peter May, with Dr Elham Nikram, @gemma-clarke.bsky.social , Dr Sarah Mitchell, Prof Irene Higginson and @katherinesleeman.bsky.social , @flissmurtagh.bsky.social

Come and join us at our Biennial Palliative Care conference on 8th July 2026 in Yorkshire - see www.hyms.ac.uk/research/res...

Biennial Conference | Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre

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

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Having watched this week’s Public Accounts Committee on the financial sustainability of adult hospices, many thx to @tobyhporter.bsky.social @flissmurtagh.bsky.social & Ilora Finlay for their overview & @paulettehamiltonmp.bsky.social @sarahgreenld.bsky.social & others for their robust questioning.

Paulette Hamilton MP@paulettehamiltonmp.bsky.social · 8mo ago

For years, hospices have faced severe financial strain and job cuts due to an over-reliance on charitable donations to fund vital care. The £125m capital boost is welcome, but we must go further. No hospice should face a funding crisis that undermines essential palliative care.

New paper published @flissmurtagh.bsky.social Funding for palliative research remains very low: out of total of 18,023 health research awards in 2022, only 136 related to palliative research – just 0.26% of the total £4.2billion awarded. See spcare.bmj.com/content/earl...

www.kireports.org/article/S246... If all roads to lead to dialysis, the kidney failure population will experience unmet needs unseen for decades. @lucyselman.bsky.social @flissmurtagh.bsky.social @kidneycoalition.bsky.social @rcpdmeetings.bsky.social @kidneyint.bsky.social

Delighted to be awarded a #NIHR Advanced Fellowship for #PalliativeCare #Research www.sheffield.ac.uk/smph/news/dr... ‪Thanks @nihr.bsky.social‬ & to my mentors @lucyselman.bsky.social @sheilapayne1.bsky.social @flissmurtagh.bsky.social @claregardiner.bsky.social ‪@sheffielduni.bsky.social‬

Dr Catriona Mayland Awarded Prestigious NIHR Advanced Fellowship to Transform End of Life Care Research

We’re delighted to share that Dr Catriona Mayland, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Palliative Medicine, has been awarded the highly competitive National Institute of Health and Car...

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Congratulations to Susanne de Wolf-Linder from @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social one of the best 5 posters at @eapcvzw.bsky.social #EAPC2025 #IPOS-Dem is a valid and reliable outcome measure for assessing and monitoring palliative symptoms and concern for those with dementia @flissmurtagh.bsky.social

📣 New paper now online @ckj-era.bsky.social: How do patient information documents present dialysis and conservative kidney management? A document analysis. academic.oup.com/ckj/advance-... @flissmurtagh.bsky.social @peolcsw.bsky.social @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social @danafarber.bsky.social

This work with @katherinesleeman.bsky.social and @flissmurtagh.bsky.social shows how we can use routine data to understand causes and help find ways to address inequality in palliative and end of life care

First plenary at #PCC2025 - Sarah Mitchell speaking: many people miss out on pall care. Growing need for pall care - change constant, mission the same! Improving access and quality of pall care for people. Data dashboard, currency model. Ambitions partnership. SPC often too late; pushing for change

First plenary at #PCC2025 - Kirsty Boyd speaking: need for population- based care; multiple conditions (heart, vascular, and frailty) growing fast, cancer increasing - no longer ‘linear pathway’ - Scotland removing term ‘end of life care’ - identify how pallcare can help. Future care planning key.

First plenary at #PCC2025 with Feargal Twomey speaking: increasing pallcare need, poor coordination, a lot of work to be done, recognition of system-wide pressures, can’t say ‘too busy’ - we must take responsibility to find a way through! Level 1, 2, 3 pallcare needs - needs assessment required!

First plenary at #PCC2025 with Idris Baker speaking: case of national government teams and policy makers listening to clinical expertise and research evidence. Importance of good data to underpin person centred and value based (can achieve both!)

Yesterday’s webinar lead by Dr Gross was fantastic! Digging deep into components of high quality communication. Have you considered how your emotional intelligence may play a role? We will soon share the recording in our www.epcin.uk Members’ area (join free)! Save the date for the next one👇

Our blog on findings from the OSCAR study is now online @ukkidney.org education.ukkidney.org/blog/oscar Full paper: bmcnephrol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... @peolcsw.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social @flissmurtagh.bsky.social @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social @cacenotes.bsky.social

I've been teaching yoga, breathwork and meditation to patients, caregivers & HCPs in palliative care settings for a long time. My #realist research @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social unpicks the relational & soothing mechanisms activated by these approaches that lead to down-regulation of distress.

One of our very own! Congrats, Jordan! 👏🧑‍🎓

Jordan Curry@drjordancurry.bsky.social · 2y ago

This week, I graduated with my #PhD! Grateful for all the support, guidance, & wisdom along the way Huge thanks to Prof. Nicole Culos-Reed & Prof. Fiona Cowdell for an insightful VIVA, & to Dr Cindy Forbes & Prof. Mark Pearson for their incredible mentorship! Couldn’t have done it without you all!

What is the quality of care towards end of life in England and Wales? Hear about it here speakforme.co.uk/podcast-epis...

Podcast Episode 114 — Speak For Me LPA

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New research funded by MarieCurie, highlighting patchy and inconsistent end of life care. The report aims to drive change to improve care for people with advanced illness and their families. See www.hull.ac.uk/work-with-us...

Research shows painful truth of end of life care

New research by Hull York Medical School underpins a new Marie Curie report highlighting patchy and inconsistent end of life care.

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Our Postgraduate Taught webinars continue next week! Discover how our PGCert, PGDip and MSc in Palliative Care: Implementing Best Practice programme will help you to make a difference to people living with long-term and life-limiting conditions: www.hyms.ac.uk/postgraduate...

PGCert, PGDip and MSc in Palliative Care: Implementing Best Practice

Learn how to develop, deliver and evaluate care that facilitates best practice in palliative care and care for people living with life-limiting conditions.

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New research funded by MarieCurie, highlighting patchy and inconsistent end of life care. The report aims to drive change to improve care for people with advanced illness and their families. See www.hull.ac.uk/work-with-us...

Research shows painful truth of end of life care

New research by Hull York Medical School underpins a new Marie Curie report highlighting patchy and inconsistent end of life care.

hull.ac.uk

New research funded by MarieCurie, highlighting patchy and inconsistent end of life care. The report aims to drive change to improve care for people with advanced illness and their families. hull.ac.uk/work-with-us/m…