Prizes return for the Marie Curie Research into Practice Conference 2026 In continuation with previous years, we will be presenting four awards. Two are now open for nomination of any researcher in the palliative and end of life care field:

"Every school needs a flexible bereavement policy, and all members of staff should feel confident in helping a bereaved pupil." says Emma, 15, who was part of our Compassionate School Communities project in Northern Ireland, and features in our latest blog.🏫💛 www.mariecurie.org.uk/blog/school-...

⏰ There's one week left to submit abstracts for the Marie Curie Research into Practice Conference 2026! The deadline to submit is Tuesday 21 October. Visit our website to find out more 👇 www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...

Thank you to @rcn.org.uk #DigitalNursing and #PainandPalliativeCare for inviting me to talk all things #DigitalLegacy in #PalliativeCare. 🎙️Podcast link here: on.soundcloud.com/rJSvlejkY6BX... #hpm #hapc #DigitalHealth @ljmuofficial.bsky.social @ljmuimpact.bsky.social @ljmudoctoral.bsky.social

Dr Katharine Weetman, Marie Curie Associate Professor Dr John MacArtney and team have recently published findings on the challenges posing current discharge processes, identifying patient experiences and highlighting suggestions for healthcare professionals, summarised below.

The Chief Medical Officer for England’s 2023 Annual Report on Health in an Ageing Society identified that more research needs to include older people. That's why we've joined other organisations in signing a statement of intent and to take action. Read more - www.nihr.ac.uk/news/nihr-an...

🚨Calling researchers - Submissions for abstracts and spotlight sessions for the Marie Curie Research into Practice Conference 2026 are now open! www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...

Research opportunity in Scotland - An opportunity to participate in the Marie Curie-funded NU-GEST project at University of St Andrews See more below👇 standrews.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

The Marie Curie funded SNAP in Prisons study team seeks a part-time Research Associate to join the project at the University of East Anglia. Further details available 👇 vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/16...

Are you a researcher interested in reviewing research funding applications? Join our College of Peer Reviewers! Submit a submission of interest and find out more by visiting our website - www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...

⏰Planning on applying to our next research grants scheme? You have until 21 July 23:59 to return expressions of interest.

@mariecurieuk.bsky.social and @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social announce the projects awarded through our research funding partnership. The projects aim to tackle the urgent need for better dementia-specific end-of-life care. Find the individual projects ⬇️ www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...

“The principle is simple. Care should happen as locally as it can.” It’s good to hear this from We Streeting (@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social).👏 Too many terminally ill people are being rushed to hospital in a crisis because they can’t get the care they need at home. This has to change.

🎉Are you passionate about improving end of life care? Working in general practice? ➡️ Daffodil Standards Awards 🏅 7 categories – open to both clinical and non-clinical staff 🎁 Win free entry to the RCGP 2025 Annual Conference 📅 Deadline: 29 August 2025 🔗 Apply now: www.rcgp.org.uk/learning-res...

🏅Announcing our awarded Research Impact Grants - 6/6 An essential part of the service: Increasing the impact of Hospice Men's Sheds to benefit men’s wellbeing

💡Check out the AMRCs annual roundup of charitable research funding. We're proud to be an AMRC charity and actively partner with other members where priorities align.

🏅Announcing our awarded Research Impact Grants - 5/6 Palliative and End of Life Care and Support for people living with HIV. The aim of this project is to engage the HIV community to produce tailored resources to help them understand their options, such as support with advanced care planning.

🏅Announcing our awarded Research Impact Grants - 4/6 Connection, Compassion, and Action - Achieving impact towards integrated palliative care through knowledge mobilisation

🏅Announcing our awarded Research Impact Grants - 3/6 Co-design of educational delirium resources to improve the care of people living with terminal illness, affected by delirium.

New Research Impact Awards Announced 2/6 Promoting impact of the TIFFIN recommendations: co-producing a guidebook to support involvement in palliative care research for people with lived experience of homelessness.

🏅Announcing our awarded Research Impact Grants - 1/6 Print and Deliver: trialling a print and distribution service to increase access of The Victoria & Stuart Project toolkit for end-of-life care planning with people with learning disabilities www.victoriaandstuart.com @victstuproject.bsky.social

🚨New Commissioned Research Call Now Open for Wales-focused research We’re seeking to fund research to improve our understanding of the scale and reasons for delayed hospital discharge for people living with a terminal illness in Wales. Find out more - www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...

Priorities identified through the Marie Curie/James Lind Alliance (JLA) Priority Setting Partnership have guided our research grants scheme; end of life care in, and discharge from, hospitals. Read the JLA blog to learn more👇 And visit the scheme page - www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...

We’re delighted to announce that our Research Grants Scheme will be funded in partnership and is now open to applications. Leeds Hospitals Charity and Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals Charity will be part funding the scheme with dedicated funding pots. Applications close 21 July

🖥️Read the Blog - Research leading to the development of My Grief, My way A new online, flexible bereavement support package, My Grief, My Way has been launched. Find out more 👇 Read the blog - mariecurie.org.uk/blog/my-grie... Visit My Grief, My Way - mygriefmyway.co.uk

📢 We're excited to announce our next Research Grants Scheme – Improving PeoLC in Hospitals. We’re looking to fund research to improve quality of care, and discharge, for people with palliative and end of life care needs in hospital. Open 3 June. More info- www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...

We're hiring for a Research Officer👇 This position offers an exciting opportunity to apply research experience and passion to make a significant impact on the lives of people affected by dying, death, and bereavement. Please share. More info and application - www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

A new realist review from @natashabradley.bsky.social, Dr Tracey McConnell, Professor Joanne Reid and colleagues highlights the context, challenges and recommendations for integrating palliative care into oncology services. 👇

🚨New Commissioned Research Call Now Open! We're seeking research to review the GP contract in England, and make recommendations to improve care for people in the final year of life 🩺 Find out more - www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...

It's Deaf Awareness Week. In our last research conference we welcomed Dr Natasha Wilcock, a hospice doctor at Royal Trinity Hospice. Dr Wilcock founded IDA, an organisation improving the experiences for deaf people across healthcare settings, through her own experience as a deaf patient and doctor.

Join us tomorrow, 7th May, at the Palliative Care Conference 2025 conference for healthcare professionals Our very own Dr Sam Royston is speaker for the 9:40am keynote "Supporting the Transition of Palliative Care: From Hospital to Community" More details - www.governmentevents.co.uk/event/the-pa...

Palliative virtual wards are providing much needed support for patients experiencing a crisis. Learn more about these innovative models of care with the first UK-wide survey of Palliative Virtual Wards. dx.doi.org/10.1136/spca...

Help shape ambulance services for people in their last year of life🚑 Marie Curie have funded the ParAid study. Want to be involved? Contact the team or fill out this expression of interest: forms.office.com/e/adbmHDSc1b

The Death Literacy Research Network led by Dr Michelle Edwards are having their first webinar on the 23rd May to explore ways of understanding death literacy in Wales. Register with the link below: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c9c018...

Cody Dock and Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department UCL present Cycles of Life. Join us at Cody Dock for a unique evening of short talks and conversation, exploring different approaches to mortality. Open to all. More details here - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cycles-of-...

Work in palliative and end-of-life care? Want to join a free workshop in May on how to improve services and experiences of care? You can express your interest in joining via this form (enter your details by noon April 30th) and more info here forms.office.com/e/BaEfpWY5Wi

Join the in person MAIN Workshop for Researchers, 8th May The Mental Health and Wellbeing in Advanced Illness Network, are inviting researchers to a grant writing event; an opportunity to seek collaborators or advice on applying for research grants. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/edinburgh/...

Did you catch the new research priorities for palliative and end of life care? Check out this short video to learn how Marie Curie and partner organisations worked with people with lived experience to refresh the list. Check out our blog for more - www.mariecurie.org.uk/blog/researc...

📺Our Research into Practice Conference session recordings are now available on YouTube! Please share among your networks for those who did not register for the conference. These videos will remain here indefinitely. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Marie Curie funded research is looking into the palliative and end of life care research workforce. Can you help? The sessions seek to explore your views on the findings and implications for growing the palliative care research workforce in the UK. See below post for details 👇

Our next free webinar will be on March 11th at 1.30pm (GMT). We'll be discussing the recent 'To Know Dying' report and research areas for palliative and end of life care. Link to register and for more info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-thana...

Marie Curie Liverpool Hospice-based Physiotherapist, Colette Parfitt, is awarded the Susie Wilkinson Award 2025! Colette was nominated for research on generating evidence of staff confidence in the Falls Early Warning Score (FEWs), an inpatient assessment tool to reduce the number of falls.

🏅Congratulations to Dr Michelle Myall who is this year’s winner of the Clair Fisher Research impact Award! The winning study developed the DALLI Toolkit, used to identify and support those at risk of domestic abuse at the end of their lives, and shared it in practice for use by stakeholders.

🏅Our Tammy Prescott public and patient involvement award goes to the team behind the Victoria and Stuart Project! The project was a codesign of a toolkit of resources for advanced care planning for those at the end of life with learning difficulties.

🏅Our Joanna Mugridge Award 2025 for best conference poster is awarded to Dr Alison Rodriguez! The poster was titled “co-designing a digital meaning-making and legacy leaving intervention for young people with life limiting conditions”. View here - mariecurie.ivent-pro.com/events/resea...

Missed any of the Marie Curie Research into Practice Conference 2025? Catch up on sessions on demand! We welcomed speakers from across palliative and end of life care to present their latest research. We hope you found the conference insightful and inspiring. #MCResearch2025

How can social science and humanities help us “to know dying”? Identifying data from our our project setting new research priorities, researchers from diverse disciplines were brought together to identify five research areas for social sciences to consider for palliative and end of life care.

We’re excited to announce the launch of new research priorities for palliative and end of life care! These have been created in a project with the JLA and other partner organisations, including co-funders the ESRC and @mndassoc.bsky.social, and guided by people affected by a life limiting illness.

🏅Congratulations to all the Marie Curie Research into practice conference 2025 prize winners! We'll be posting about each individual winner soon. In the meantime, check out this conference booth to explore the winning research - mariecurie.ivent-pro.com/events/resea... #MCResearch2025

🚨Our Research into Practice Conference platform is now live🚨 Log in or register now to explore the posters, booths, full programme and to edit your profile. Join us for the first session on Tuesday 11, 10am, which explores public spend and system pressures for palliative and end of life care.