My rapid response in @bmj.com on research funders' joint statement calling for better inclusion of older people in research highlights the key role of #TrialsMethodology research e.g CONSULT www.capacityconsentresearch.com @ctrcardiffuni.bsky.social #InclusiveResearch www.bmj.com/content/390/...

📢Registration now open: Building Inclusive Practices around Mental Capacity & Consent in Palliative Care Research ✅Hear research findings ✅Identify research gaps & priorities ✅Opportunities to collaborate & contribute 📆 17th Oct 📍 RCP, London 🔗 www.capacityconsentresearch.com/palliative-c... 1/2

📢 OPTIMISE workshop - developing recommendations for inclusive consent processes for trials Keen to include researchers working with different populations with communication &/or capacity needs e.g care homes, learning disability, emergency 📅 8th July 📌 Cardiff, in person Please get in touch!

This day in social work history ⏳ 7th April 2005: Mental Capacity Bill receives Royal Assent and becomes the Mental Capacity Act 2005. It would not come into force until 2007, when it was gradually introduced (fully introduced October 1st, 2007).

UK clinicians - do you support unpaid/family carers of patients with breathlessness in advanced disease? This resource could help: supporting-breathlessness.org.uk. Plus we have a new batch of "mock prescription pads" in to help you signpost carers to it - just message me with your postal address!

spcare.bmj.com/content/earl... Local DNACPR policies can place patients and healthcare professionals at risk - results of a survey of resuscitation policies across England. Open access

Now available Open Access as editors’ choice in the latest issue of BMJ supportive & palliative care

Want to learn more about trials involving adults lacking capacity to consent? 1) Access our free CONSULT e-learning modules with links to resources & a downloadable certificate of completion 2) Complete the evaluation survey to let us know what you think! www.capacityconsentresearch.com/training

Great to see the 1st annual report from Cardiff's Centre for Adult Social Care Research showcasing the breadth of work already achieved, including from my Churchill Fellowship visits last year exploring advance research planning careresearchwales.org/wp-content/u... #InclusiveResearch #SocialCare

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39805678/ First paper on the important topic of how pharmacogenomics might affect symptom management in palliative care - looking forward to exploring this further in studies in the coming year