Hospice UK APM Kathryn Mannix Prof Katherine Sleeman Daily Mail Online Surely Orkney, Shetland and the Inner Hebrides need access to a specialist palliative care service? No specialist palliative care offer. Only option would be assisted dying. Can't see how this will 'enhance the wellbeing of island communities' parliament.scot/bills-and-laws…

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Excellent presentation by Professor Katherine Sleeman highlighting the serious challenges in delivering palliative care especially in OOH Thank you for the reports from Marie Curie #sppcconf23 People need access to 24 hour support ⁦@SASmacmillan⁩ to reduce risk of suffering

#sppcconf23 ⁦@SASmacmillan⁩ looking forward to the excellent SPPC conference today in Edinburgh with my amazing team

Delighted to be Sharing how we can support end of life care from London and Scotland Ambulance Services with Dr Di Laverty ⁦@SASmacmillan⁩ ⁦RCN Pain and Palliative Care Forum⁩ ⁦Felicia Cox FRCN 💙 💛⁩

Now hearing about ketamine use in UCLH Really fascinating! Thank you Dr Sergio Sawh

⁦Felicia Cox FRCN 💙 💛⁩ Excited to be at the Prescribing in Pain Symposium listening to Martin Galligan talking about managing cancer pain adopting a holistic approach ⁦@SASmacmillan⁩

Fantastic book describing the Waiting Room Revolution by Winemaker & Seow. Thank you to Katherine Mannix for recommending this wonderful work to me. I recommend this to all in health & social care. It will empower patients. Kathryn Mannix⁩ ⁦⁦RCN Pain and Palliative Care Forum⁩

Thank you so much to Dr Kirsty Boyd, National Clinical Lead for the most amazing day supporting SAS staff on a journey to be able to facilitate communication training. Thank you to everyone who participated. ⁦@SASmacmillan⁩ ⁦Dave⁩ ⁦Mark Hazelwood⁩

Delighted to have Maltas Director of Cancer Services & some of her team to SAS HQ today, hearing from our CE, and leads in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest & Pathways Hub & sharing our eol project. Thank you for insightful discussion ⁦@SASmacmillan⁩ ⁦Dave⁩

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'... around 10 % of annual healthcare spend goes on the roughly 1 % who die each year.' Yet this money frequently escalates unhelpful interventions, instead of enhancing wellbeing as death approaches.
Time for reform.
Bravo Richard Smith & Libby Sallnow reform.uk/comment/time-f…

If everyone who has been grateful for the NHS over the past 75 years followed and retweeted we’d reach a million by midnight.

Please take just two seconds to show you care.

Thanks to Bob Doris for convening the CPG on this topic and to Marie McNair MSP MSP for supporting the meeting and interest in the issues.

Thanks Rebecca Patterson and Jen Somerville for such a clear and compelling report - I was inspired especially by Mark Evans and Sandra Campbell(FRCN) saying after reading it - bereavement is a public health issue and we must have strategic leadership for it.

Retain and reform workforce is a paradox
Einstein said insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting different results.
Healthcare needs a contemporary approach to workforce. Its the 21st century and its a safety critical industry
Its not a 1970s Ford motor plant.