Last month, Lucy Selman, Professor of Palliative and End of Life Care at the University of Bristol, gave her inspiring inaugural lecture, reflecting on her career and the insights she has gained along the way. Watch the recording here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTzK... @lucyselman.bsky.social

Prof. Lucy Selman - Vulnerability as Strength: A Journey in Palliative Care and Bereavement Research

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Very pleased to share PEOLC group member Emma Gilbert's new paper published in the International Journal of Prison Health @lucyselman.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social @barnyhole.bsky.social @drpoco.bsky.social www.emerald.com/ijoph/articl...

Join us at Good Grief Hastings, 22-25 May. The festival will explore how creativity, conversation and community can help people support one another through grief and loss. 18hours.org.uk/good-grief-f... @lucyselman.bsky.social @profnigelsherriff.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social

Good Grief Hastings - 18 Hours

A new festival exploring grief, love and loss is coming to Hastings Friday 22 May – Monday 25 May (Spring Bank Holiday) 2026 Good Grief Hastings will explore how creativity, conversation and community...

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This Dying Matters Awareness Week, Good Grief Festival are relaunching their Grief and Bereavement in Primary Care course as a flexible, on demand course. Find out more & register here www.goodgrieffest.com/grief-in-pri... @lucyselman.bsky.social @goodgrieffest.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social

Grief and Bereavement in Primary Care - Good Grief

Our online course is designed for GPs and primary care professionals who want to build knowledge and skills in supporting bereaved patients.

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Feel free to come long/watch online if you're interested in hearing a bit about my work to date. www.eventbrite.com/e/lucy-selma...?

Lucy Selman - Inaugural Lecture

Join us in celebrating Professor Lucy Selman at her Inaugural Lecture.

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🎉 Congratulations 🎉 to Prof @lucyselman.bsky.social who will be delivering her Inaugural Lecture @bristoluni.bsky.social, on 24 March 2026, 5-7pm. Title: 'Vulnerability as Strength: A journey in palliative care and bereavement research'. All welcome! 🎟️Tickets: tinyurl.com/6kfyjfwv @sapc.ac.uk

Last week @griefcentrebris.bsky.social was launched @houseofcommons.parliament.uk. Co-founders @lucyselman.bsky.social & @leseldawson.bsky.social were joined by MPs & grief experts from across the UK. Read Lucy's blog about the launch, why the Centre is needed & future plans. tinyurl.com/3csfju7c

Thank you to everyone who joined our London launch, kindly hosted by @cajardinemp.bsky.social at the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk. The Grief Centre aims to make a genuine difference through interdisciplinary research that deepens our understanding of grief & improves support when it matters most

📣New paper: Shifting to online and telephone bereavement support provision during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods study of bereavement service provider perspectives and lessons learnt for current practice Policy briefing: tinyurl.com/545efy49 Paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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📢Calling all GPs! 📢This is a fantastic new course on how to support bereaved patients effectively & compassionately, developed by @lucyselman.bsky.social & the @goodgrieffest.bsky.social team. Course starts: 28 Jan 2026 Early bird discount: ends 6 Jan 2026 🔽 #GPSky #PrimaryCare #TeamGP #MedEd #GP

Good Grief Festival @goodgrieffest.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📢 New course alert! Designed with GPs, 'Grief & Bereavement in Primary Care' features world-leading experts, practical tips & evidence-based resources. Learn how to support bereaved patients effectively & compassionately. Early-bird discount ends 6 Jan Sign up today goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-ac...

An accompanying policy briefing detailing key findings & recommendations has also been published today: Bereavement: Systemic reform and targeted action needed to better support Black communities 👉 tinyurl.com/34sh98ac @policybristol.bsky.social @griefcentrebris.bsky.social @lucyselman.bsky.social

📣Out today: “The system doesn’t really cater for the trauma that Black people have experienced” – Experiences of grief and bereavement in Black British and Black Caribbean heritage communities in England: A qualitative study www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Policy brief: tinyurl.com/34sh98ac

“The system doesn’t really cater for the trauma that Black people have experienced” – Experiences of grief and bereavement in Black British and Black Caribbean heritage communities in England: A qualitative study

People from Black and other minoritized ethnic communities are known to experience health and social care inequities, including barriers to accessing bereavement support. However, bereavement exper...

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Structural racism & cultural misunderstanding compound grief for Black British/Black Caribbean communities, study finds. Authors call for widespread changes to improve bereavement experiences & access to support. 📰News: tinyurl.com/yc5tvucm 📄Paper: tinyurl.com/2eremjs4 #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek

"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all." My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away. Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer

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Please repost @bright-group.bsky.social @kazjm.bsky.social @drlucypotter.bsky.social @lucyselman.bsky.social @drpoco.bsky.social @clarethomasvll.bsky.social @shobadawson.bsky.social @christiec.bsky.social @jscottuob.bsky.social @jhorwood.bsky.social safespaces-againstviolence.axa.com/en/

AXA Safe Spaces – Against domestic and sexual violence

Foster safe spaces at work by learning how to Recognize, Respond to and Refer those impacted to specialist services. Create a safe and supportive workplace where everyone can seek help.

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Last chance to book - PEOLC Southwest Research Network Meeting, Tomorrow 6 November 2-4pm, online. We have an exciting list of speakers and interesting talks lined up. Presentations will have a focus on equity. Register here www.ticketsource.co.uk/alice-malpas... @lucyselman.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1186/s128... Excellent paper led by Dr Charlotte Snead - we need to find ways of consulting with people about kidney disease that support them to make person-centred decisions. @lucyselman.bsky.social @rachaelmorton.bsky.social @flissmurtagh.bsky.social @peolcsw.bsky.social

How do older patients with advanced kidney disease, and their family members, understand kidney function and failure? A qualitative study - BMC Nephrology

Background Patients approaching kidney failure are increasingly older, and living with multiple long-term conditions. The benefits of kidney replacement therapy (KRT) are uncertain for many in this gr...

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We are running this session on Ripple Effects Mapping next week - free and open to all. 👇

Coastal Community & Creative Health@coastalcch.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Introduction to Ripple Effect Mapping 5 Nov 1-3pm This interactive workshop will introduce the ripple effect mapping method and guide participants through how it can be applied in practice www.eventbrite.com/e/introducti... @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social

Lovely article in @bristol247.bsky.social about an exhibition 'turning grief into art', which was held in Bristol on Saturday. The exhibition was curated by @goodgrieffest.bsky.social intern Isis Blake. www.bristol247.com/culture/art/...

Turning grief into art

A new exhibition aimed to “unite people in love and loss”

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Stellar line-up of speakers for our next online Palliative and End of Life Care Southwest Research Network Meeting on 6 Nov. Our focus is equity. Register: www.ticketsource.co.uk/alice-malpas... @joannamdavies.bsky.social @claudechidiac.bsky.social @peolcsw.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social

Listen to CC&CH Co-Investigators speak David Moss BNSSG ICB & Teresa Salami-Oru Consultant in Public Health Register here lnkd.in/euB5HEfu @lucyselman.bsky.social @profnigelsherriff.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @eastsussexcc.bsky.social

Stellar line-up of speakers for our next online Palliative and End of Life Care Southwest Research Network Meeting on 6 Nov. Our focus is equity. Register: www.ticketsource.co.uk/alice-malpas... @joannamdavies.bsky.social @claudechidiac.bsky.social @peolcsw.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social

CC&CH Workshop: Why does it matter? Understanding accountability for community outcomes, 4 December 1-3pm. More information and registration here: www.eventbrite.com/e/why-does-i... @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social

Opportunity to learn about Ripple Effect Mapping - a participatory evaluation method that helps to identify and make sense of the wide-ranging impacts of a project or initiative (both intended & unintended), courtesy of @coastalcch.bsky.social, which is co-led by colleague @lucyselman.bsky.social. 🔽

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Introduction to Ripple Effect Mapping 5 Nov 1-3pm This interactive workshop will introduce the ripple effect mapping method and guide participants through how it can be applied in practice www.eventbrite.com/e/introducti... @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social

The CC&CH project aims to generate evidence and resources to improve mental health and tackle health inequalities in coastal communities by enhancing and widening access to community assets coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social

Amazing work by Liam Callebout, who live scribed at our recent community meeting in Weston-super-Mare, where our main focus was creative health. @mobcommassets.bsky.social @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social

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Watch our live scribe video by Liam Calllebout from our Weston-super-Mare community meeting last month. Plenty of discussion as you can see! @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social

Evaluating Programmes & Creative Engagement Initiatives. Register for our Collaborative workshop exploring methods for evaluating creative engagement initiatives and participatory methods for evaluating programmes www.eventbrite.com/e/evaluating... @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social

📢Research Handbook on End of Life Care and Society (eds Clark & Samuels) now out OPEN ACCESS. Delighted to contribute the chapter on bereavement. PDF available here: www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-o...

Grief’s Grace: Launching our Living Archive in Weston-super-Mare. Read Louise Hill-Davis' blog here coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/news/ How do we carry loss and still find strength and connection? When we share it, grief can become a source of grace. @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social

Co-creating Services: Stakeholder Engagement from Design to Evaluation. Recording & slides from our latest capacity building workshop are now on our website. coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/capacity-bui... @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social

Proud of this Kidney International paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ki.... Nephrology involves optimal delivery of treatments that prolong life, preserve & replace organ function. The art lies in shaping this care to the person. @rachaelmorton.bsky.social @lucyselman.bsky.social @flissmurtagh.bsky.social

The first seminar of our new series is now available on YouTube! Thanks again to Christy Denckla @hsph.harvard.edu @harvard.edu for a fascinating discussion exploring a public health perspective on grief & bereavement with @lucyselman.bsky.social. Watch here: griefcentre.bristol.ac.uk/events

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