Majority of UK adults are worried about access to palliative care.

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Interesting paper: doi.org/10.1177/026921…

We need to talk about polypharmacy! Many people received potentially inappropriate medication during the last two weeks of life. Deprescribing was reactive rather than proactive. This means avoidable burden for patients, staff + system.

Are you care-experienced and interested in a career in research / academia? We are advertising a paid research internship specifically for a care-experienced person (must be >18yo). Feel free to DM me with any qus Anna Freud UCL Psych & Lang Sci Lisa Holmes

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💥Delighted to see our paper published in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Guidance for managing large #ScopingReviews . Great team effort 😊

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I'm impressed by the range of topics being covered this #DemystifyDeath Week, and the innovative formats being used - the listings page is well worth a look:

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1/ We are delighted to announce the launch of a new Centre for Applied Excellence in Skin and Allergy Research (CAESAR), directed by Matthew Ridd supported by an @NIHRResearch Research Professorship.

News: capcnews.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2024/04/25/new…

#AllergyAwarenessWeek #PrimaryCare

1/5 Our analysis of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) loneliness statistics in 2023 is out and there is still much to be done to #EndLoneliness

Impact of hospital
Chaplains on health care professionals during Covid
Bring alongside staff on the clinical frontline’, invaluable & described as providing a ‘valued presence’ particularly in helping them with the moral distress of the situation.

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Brilliant to hear from Debi, Olly, Asma and Fehmida this morning, thank you if you joined us at the Sawubona conference. Follow Good Grief Connects for updates on our three community projects focused on tackling equity.

CCAWS The National Lottery Community Fund CAPC, Bristol The Ubele Initiative Compassionate Cymru

Today my heart is with Baroness Doreen Lawrence and her family 💔
In strength, in solidarity, in power and in love. ❤️

Wonderful to see our community artwork on grief,
Forget-me-not, on the front cover of this new report on Arts and Humanities Research Council Mobilising Community Assets! To find out more, see superculture.org.uk/listings/forge…

Led by the talented Create Together CIC WsM Community Network Super Culture
Photo by Peter Goodrum

Congratulations to all the award winners! Looking forward to to hearing you speak 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Sabrina Bajwah 💙 Libby Sallnow

“When I hear a foreign accent, I hear effort; where I see difference, there is courage; where I see discrimination there is resilience; where I see denied dignity, I see strength and survival.”

Come do a PhD with me at QMUL Centre for Psychiatry & Mental Health exploring dementia and MLTCs in people experiencing socioeconomic deprivation using mixed methods. Due to start Oct 24 for three years. Applications will close 1st May.

Contact me at [email protected] to chat more.

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Join our awesome team!

Are you passionate about Palliative Care Research? Do you have ideas & energy to contribute to the PCRS? If so, we invite you to join our committee & to be part of our mission to promote research into all aspects of palliative care
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New and important #NoBarriersHere report out today that features CDAS PhD student Polly Maxwell.

Well done to all involved, we hope it gets people talking

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A beautiful piece of writing:

spectator.co.uk/article/an-opt…

Length and quality are not correlated in lives any more than they are in novels or films… enjoy the tiny ways you can make other people a little happier…

Great paper from University Hospitals Sussex Ollie Minton and team - ⬆⬆ unplanned ED use in last 90 days of life regardless of condition; 10 primary care contacts in last yr ⬇ likelihood of death in 🏥; palliative care registers don’t impact on dying in 🏥 but do ⬇ unplanned emergency admissions

ICYMI: UK hospices are facing a £77m funding deficit.

The current model for hospice funding isn't working, and without change, the sector's future is concerning.

We're urging immediate action to safeguard end of life and palliative care.

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