Spoiler alert: they didn't.

This week’s critical incidents in SE trusts underline a long‑warning signal: the medical workforce is stretched past safe limits. ✅ Expand specialty trng places ✅ Retain & value Drs ✅ Fund a credible long‑term workforce plan Patients & staff deserve better. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @bma.org.uk

Before and after the Oxford Half Marathon - running en famille for Helen & Douglas House!

My very brave friend Roeland has stepped in at the last minute to fill a Helen & Douglas House charity place for the Oxford Half Marathon next week. Training aside, he needs to raise £250 in a week, to help care for terminally ill children…. helenanddouglas.enthuse.com/pf/roeland-m...

New writing and new painting emilytammam.substack.com/p/freckles

🆕In a blog ahead of this year's World Patient Safety Day, which focuses on the theme 'Safe care for every newborn and every child', Dr Peter Sidgwick reflects on working in Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and patient safety. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien...

🚨 NCMD data: 13 children under 11 have died since 2019 after falls from windows in rented/temporary homes. Landlords must fix faulty windows, install working locks/restrictors, and act on safety concerns immediately. Full BBC News story: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #ChildSafety

events.teams.microsoft.com/event/ed2757... Join us to launch the National Child Mortality Database report on the deaths of children with life-limiting illnesses

www.ncmd.info/wp-content/u... This report uses statutory data from the review of all child deaths in the UK to learn more about the quality of palliative care.

Community nursing colleagues in the UK - please could you help with our short survey. We have 1300 participants and keen to reach 1400 if we can Please share too! Survey: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... @theqicn.bsky.social @arc-southlondon.bsky.social @arceastofengland.bsky.social

The launch of the Atlas was inspirational, however the UK is now falling behind the rest of Europe in many areas. We are strong in academic research, but let down by access to medicines and national plans by law or decree. Our number of specialists per head of population is low….

Helen and Douglas House E-poster at the EAPC congress in Helsinki - getting with the modern age!

Waterlilies on Greenham Common - so peaceful

Just one week left until we say a teary au revoir to the amazing Piaf team. Tickets are now sold out! (very limited returns only)

Join us!

Anneliese is such an inspirational values-based politician.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Here is our interview for #DyingMatters week

#DyingMatters week - the importance of open conversations!

Primroses, bluebells & Daffodils - all in one walk on Greenham Common

eapcnet.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/g... This is an excellent blog from the EAPC Children & Young People’s team - looks at Transition to adult care for those with complex needs

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40019450/ This is the output of the first collaborative network for children’s palliative care research - so much learning, so much still to do!

The fantastic cultural advocates from this team really stole the show at the National Perinatal Palliative Care Conference last week - amazing work!

The single best thing you will read on Trump all week, courtesy of @theweek.com 🔥

Wonderful windy seaside at Swanage…

Excellent Neonatal Palliative Care Conference in London today - lovely work Alexandra Mancini

open.spotify.com/episode/748g... If anyone needs something to listen to while jogging or driving - feel free to join Rakesh & I !

We're proud to announce the launch of the "This is Hospice Care" campaign, a ground-breaking collaboration between 143 hospices, brought together by Hospice UK. (1/4) www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB_n...

Why not join our amazing team and be part of the history of the world’s first children’s hospice….?