This Twitter/X profile is fabulous for anyone working in PEOLC

Truly excellent- thank you 🙏 #PalliativeCare Pallaborative North West

How many medical schools teach future doctors the phenomenology of dying?
Death is a universal human outcome. Doctors need to be able to recognise, respect & accompany dying once life-saving treatment is no longer appropriate. They can't respect what they don't know.
#MedEd

There is a flexible option available for healthcare professionals to study palliative care. The postgraduate certificate in palliative care is delivered solely online with one hour online lectures once per week over the academic year. For more information:
tcd.ie/courses/postgr…

#TipsForNewDocs
Some patients are sick enough to die. They may pull through. They might not.
Say 'sick enough to die' to pt & family. Not 'serious.' Not 'critical.' Not 'unstable.' Name death as a possibility, & plan good #eol care in parallel with current treatment plan.
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#tipsfornewdoctors
Manage anyone sick enough to die with two outcomes in mind:
1. What can we do the reverse the dying?
2. What can we do to soothe the dying?
Do both, if appropriate. Ask for help.
Death isn't medical failure - but a bad death often is. #onechancetogetitright

With thanks to @richardodurrant for permission to share our DMs.
Worries about lack of nutrition at the end of life are very common, & should always be taken seriously.
I'm talking here about dying from an illness, & how dying impacts appetite & gut function.
cc APM
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💥 MaryK PERF initiative Spark Innovation Programme

There are just absolutely no words for this bullshit. I certainly feel the stranglehold I have on the health service every day I go to work and do my best alongside colleagues who are 'heroes' when it's convenient and scapegoats when it isn't. 🙄🙄🤨 Jog on.

Maybe the best night of my life #BruceSpringsteenDublin

There's no obligation to offer a futile treatment. Patients can't demand CPR if it can't succeed. Discussing of #DNACPR is not a consent procedure, it's an information-sharing conversation.
#MakeDyingBetter

#WHPCDay22 #Palliative
Palliative is not optional
Palliative is not an extra
Palliative is not an add-on
Palliative is not a luxury
Palliative is not an afterthought
Palliative is not about death
Palliative is not the fifth wheel of medicine
Palliative is not….

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NCHDs have voted “overwhelmingly” in favour of industrial action, up to and including strike action

#StandingUp4NCHDs

Full Statement: imo.ie/news-media/new…

'NCHDs are not prepared to put up with these barriers to the delivery of effective care any longer. The patients of Ireland and our healthcare workers deserve better' Dr Rachel McNamara, IMO NCHD Committee.

#StandingUp4NCHDs

irishtimes.com/opinion/junior…

We are delighted to be hosting our second stakeholder meeting for the PalliatHeartSynthesis project, funded by NIHR. Our experts from across the UK and Ireland, US and Australia are providing input and discussion on our emerging findings to date! More info:palliatheartsynthesis.co.uk