Our large umbrella review of models, components and outcomes of palliative and end-of-life care provided to adults living at home is now out! This includes evidence from 66 systematic reviews! All you want to know about models of care! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

What is it like to experience exacerbations? How should clinicians talk to people about exacerbations? Read our article to find out... @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social

My absolute pleasure to talk about palliative care in the ICU at this year’s @ics-updates.bsky.social #SOA2025. It makes me very happy to see how much traction the conversation is getting and the eagerness from both palliative and intensive care to learn and grow. @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social

Smiles all around at the team @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social @hyms.ac.uk stand at #EAPC2025 in #Helsinki 🇫🇮 We’re all friendly, come by & say hello ☺️ #PalliativeCare #Hpc #hapc #Research @jonathankoffman.bsky.social @flissmurtagh.bsky.social @sophiepask.bsky.social @miriamjohnsonhyms.bsky.social

Congratulations to Susanne de Wolf-Linder from @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social one of the best 5 posters at @eapcvzw.bsky.social #EAPC2025 #IPOS-Dem is a valid and reliable outcome measure for assessing and monitoring palliative symptoms and concern for those with dementia @flissmurtagh.bsky.social

Prof of Implementation science Mark Pearson leads EAPCC workshop highlighting need for theoretically-underpinned translation of evidence into practice."Even the best evidence won't implement itself". See www.hyms.ac.uk/postgraduate...

LGBTQI+ inclusive palliative care being addressed via audience participation - more important than ever in current times. @eapcc.bsky.social

Come and visit the team @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social at @eapcvzw.bsky.social #EAPC2025 and learn more about our work and courses offered MSc , PGcert and PGdiploma in #PalliativeCare #implementationscience @implementsci.bsky.social

@donnawakefield.bsky.social presenting her SR on inequity & inequality in Lung Disease @eapcc.bsky.social

#EAPC2025 has crept up and is finally here! Landed in Helsinki yesterday and excited for a jam packed programme. Excited to be with colleagues from all around the globe to consider where we have come from, where we are at, and where we are going with palliative care. @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social

COPD | This interview study with patients and carers highlights the importance of plain language (‘flare up’ rather than 'exacerbation') and the lasting effect on patient behaviour of a clinician's response to help-seeking for flare-ups ➡️ doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...

📣 New paper now online @ckj-era.bsky.social: How do patient information documents present dialysis and conservative kidney management? A document analysis. academic.oup.com/ckj/advance-... @flissmurtagh.bsky.social @peolcsw.bsky.social @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social @danafarber.bsky.social

Early emphasis on symptom management, preparation for exacerbations, and post-exacerbation reviews are practical ways that clinicians can support patients and carers to manage these events better. Read more here: bjgpopen.org/content/earl...

#YorkshireandHumberPalliativeCareResearchNetwork improving #PC and #EOLC through research, member of public,health or social care practitioner, commissioners, researchers from #Yorkshire and #Humber working on #PC and #EOLC www.hyms.ac.uk/research/res... confirmsubscription.com/h/j/F344C951...

@flissmurtagh.bsky.social delivered the endowed #SamuelGeelecture 2025 @rcphysicians.bsky.social Less medicine and more care #palliativecare in NHS improving #qualityoflife in older age sometimes means less medicine, not more. player.rcp.ac.uk/ee/live/samu... @hyms.ac.uk @uniofhull.bsky.social

New strategy, developed in collaboration with patients, families and hospice staff, improved #delirium care in the four hospice sites with 13% reduction in delirium days following implementation. #DAMPEN_D #YorkshireCancerResearch @miriamjohnsonhyms.bsky.social www.hyms.ac.uk/research/sto...

Nationally data is gathered on quality of cancer care when CURATIVE- screening, access to treatment & outcomes, survival….. But no agreed measure/monitoring of QUALITY for those with advanced cancer This feels wrong! Great talk & discussion by Dr Lesley Henson 👏👏 @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social

Does your role include care of people towards the end of their lives at home, in hospital or care homes? This looks good: my pals at Harlington Hospice invite you to join them for an updates day on 18th June. Apply here www.harlingtonhospice.org/conference/

Listen to @miriamjohnsonhyms.bsky.social talk to Dr Kat Ralston in clinical conversation podcast of @rcpedin.bsky.social on PC in #Heartfailure podcasts.rcpe.ac.uk/show/clinica... @hyms.ac.uk

Our #PACEstudy shows visiting #JeanBishopIntegratedCareCentre can improve the wellbeing of older people living with frailty. @uniofhull.bsky.social trial comparing the wellbeing and QOL of individuals who received care at Centre with group in the community without it. www.hyms.ac.uk/research/sto...

Don’t miss our next exclusive Clinical Anatomy Masters Webinar! Join Programme Director Dr Paul McKeegan to discover how our programmes will boost your skills and career potential 🦴 Register your place here: york-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Why study Health Professions Education? Join Programme Directors Dr Amaya Ellawala and Dr Millie Kehoe on 20 May to find out! 🩺 🎓 york-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Delighted to share our first paper from a great collaboration for the BreatheINDIA project - a realist review about breathlessness self management. @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New WHO Document highlights compassion in health care. www.who.int/news/item/07...

📢 New paper in BMJ Open, led by @barnyhole.bsky.social. ‘It’s basically ‘have that or die’’: a qualitative study of older patients’ choices between dialysis and conservative kidney management @leilarooshenas.bsky.social @peolcsw.bsky.social @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social @flissmurtagh.bsky.social

If you live with lung disease & breathlessness/anxiety 🫁😫you can access FREE online support at Asthma+Lung UK & Roy Castle Foundation. "Body Breathing" sessions are trauma-informed, fully accessible & offer tips & tricks to develop coping skills based on my PhD research @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social

Would you like to know more about how to support your patients with their breathlessness? Do read 'Living with breathlessness: its impact on patients and carers' by @annhutchinson.bsky.social in the March issue of GPN (free to register) @hyms.ac.uk www.journalofpracticenursing.co.uk/index.php

Would you like to know more about how to live well with breathlessness and have an opportunity to do some chair yoga? Then do come along to our Colliderfest session on 14/3/25 from 6.30. For more info and to book your free ticket see: events.colliderfest.co.uk/2025#/whatso...

Do you live with a Lung condition? Please fill in the Asthma and Lung UK survey @asthmaandlung.org.uk asthmaandlung.eu.typeform.com/lungsurvey?u...

Our Wolfson Scientific forum kickstarted with Dr. Helene Elliott-Button presenting her findings from a modified Delphi on the principles for undertaking #research among minority ethnic populations. Stay tuned for publication information with their recommendations #PalliativeCare

Coming up... Dr. Jonathan Koffman's presentation on the association between #ethnicity, #HealthCare service use and ~opiod prescribing in patients with #Cancer

Second on today's Scientific Forum is Dr. Elisha De-Alker presenting on the secondary analysis of trends in UK expenditure on long-term #Healthcare. #PalliativeCare

According to @asthmaandlung.org.uk 1 in 10 people in the UK live with chronic #Breathlessness... Are you one of those? If so, there are strategies to allow you to #LiveWell with breathlessness. Download our guide for free: breathlessness.hyms.ac.uk?page_id=35

📣Exciting news- Super new book out today 📖 “Oxford case histories in Palliative Medicine” - lots of learning with cases then Q&As Available in physical textbook version here global.oup.com/academic/pro... or E-book Enjoyed writing my cases which were around #Inequalities in #PalliativeCare ✍️

Be a catalyst for change! Join the 2nd EUonQoL Stakeholder Forum on 26 February and help shape the future of #QualityofLife measurement in #cancercare. ✍️ Register now 🔗 www.europeancancer.org/events/319:f... Funded by the European Union - Horizon Europe - Grant Agreement n. 101096362.

Living with #ChronicBreathlessness: a study reveals its profound psychological & physical toll on older, frail adults. Barriers in care highlight the need for better identification, education, and proactive management in #PrimaryCare. t.co/jlrY75ANHR

🚨In our next Inaugural lecture Professor of Public and Global Health Helen Elsey will be sharing insights from her research, which includes working with partners in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, to address the major public health challenges we face: hullyorkmedicalschool.formstack.com/forms/inaugu...

"Choice can only be exercised when options exist that enable equitable access to comprehensive care." On the cover, a Comment explores assisted dying, complex systems, and global equity in palliative care. Read this & more ➡️ tinyurl.com/42n97mp4

Interesting and worrying paper to read...

Our blog on findings from the OSCAR study is now online @ukkidney.org education.ukkidney.org/blog/oscar Full paper: bmcnephrol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... @peolcsw.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social @flissmurtagh.bsky.social @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social @cacenotes.bsky.social

Did you see this special issue on Digital Health with palliative care? While Digital Health has the potential to enhance palliative care, major gaps exist regarding its role and application in patients with serious illnesses Deadline for submissions is 28th April 2025 Link: tinyurl.com/4a7erxf2

One of our very own! Congrats, Jordan! 👏🧑‍🎓

I've been teaching yoga, breathwork and meditation to patients, caregivers & HCPs in palliative care settings for a long time. My #realist research @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social unpicks the relational & soothing mechanisms activated by these approaches that lead to down-regulation of distress.

Congrats, Donna! 👏👏

New research funded by MarieCurie, highlighting patchy and inconsistent end of life care. The report aims to drive change to improve care for people with advanced illness and their families. See www.hull.ac.uk/work-with-us...

Our Postgraduate Taught webinars continue next week! Discover how our PGCert, PGDip and MSc in Palliative Care: Implementing Best Practice programme will help you to make a difference to people living with long-term and life-limiting conditions: www.hyms.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Read about the successes of the COPD Baton Pass in our new blog post on the Breathlessness blog breathlessness.hyms.ac.uk?p=2014

The James Lind Alliance has published a Lancet paper on 10 research questions in breathlessness: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... We welcome these questions as they complement the work we have been part of with the IPCRG. Please see Desktop Helper No.17 www.ipcrg.org/DTH17