A fabulous Friday! Thank you @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social for insightful, thoughtful & honest conversations, plus adding your wise words to our hospice wisdom tree 🌲 Also a big thank you to @jedjerwood.bsky.social & @sharonhudson.bsky.social #palliativecare #hospice #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek

Dr M Tyler shares 5 phrases to deepen trust, clarity, and compassion when talking with seriously ill patients💬❤️ 1.“We are in a different place now.” 2.“I’m worried that tx will do more harm than good.” ... So useful! 🔗 theconversationproject.org/tcp-blog/5-s... #PalliativeCare @theihi.bsky.social

🚨 Exciting Announcement! 🚨 We’re thrilled to confirm the Advanced Course 2025 is locked in with an incredible lineup of speakers, including Dr Kathryn Mannix who will be speaking about Cognitive Behavioural therapy approach in existential distress, for our Robert Twycross lecture.

And we never forget our pharmacists! #hapc #spiritualcare www.pharmacytimes.com/view/more-th...

Senior Clinicians – Making data count: what data do you need to collect in specialist palliative care and how can you best use it? 🗓️ 2 July 2025 ⏰ 12:30 - 13:30 👤Professor Fliss Murtagh 🎟️https://apmonline.org/events/859-126/

An upcoming @nihr.bsky.social webinar on what works in hospital at home. @ukhahsoc.bsky.social gmg-lgcgroup.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

In this episode it is my pleasure to talk with Julie Armstrong Wilson from the @gsfcentre.bsky.social Julie shares: ✅what GSF is ✅training involved & ✅the difference it makes 🎧https://speakforme.co.uk/podcast-episode-122 @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social @hospiceuk.bsky.social #AdvanceCarePlanning

Now hearing from Prof Lucy Chappell

Here are the 24 the identified priorities identified in the priority setting exercise

Calling bereaved men: will you help my colleagues to improve the support we offer to deathbed companions? Volunteer by email at [email protected] All bereaved voices welcome, but the researchers are especially short of responses from men. Please share.

When discussing serious health issues with patients, it’s crucial to ask permission each time a new sensitive topic is broached… people may have specific needs, timing, or preferences they’d like to voice before you “go there.”

The @rcnldnursing.bsky.social BlueSky account has gone live today. Steering committee are orientating themselves to it so please give the account a follow

Know someone who is grieving? It’s important to be there for them in the early days but also in the weeks and months ahead. There is no time limit to grief. It takes the time it takes. 💛 Learn about #NGAW2025 and the grief supports available: hospicefoundation.ie/our-supports... #BeGriefAware

Effective facilitation can make a huge difference to outcomes. Clear communication, structured problem-solving & inclusive decision-making drives performance & innovation. Applies to both external facilitation & facilitation skills by every leader: voltagecontrol.com/articles/the... Image: Tim Leake

Just try again tomorrow. Small steps add up over time Image: www.instagram.com/happybrainco

Up to 15 per cent of end of life carers living in poverty, according to a new report from researchers at the University of Sheffield and @mariecurieuk.bsky.social The study estimates 762,000 people across the UK provide unpaid care to terminally ill loved ones every year.

Multiple points of system failure were identified in continuous subcutaneous infusion incident reports. #hpm #hapc #palliativecare. buff.ly/40tH6XT

In this episode it is my pleasure & honour to talk with Baroness Ilora Finlay. We explore the Mental Capacity Act focusing on Best Interests decision making. 🎧https://speakforme.co.uk/podcast-episode-117 @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social @ukparliament.parliament.uk #AdvanceCarePlanning

Let's get 2025 off to the best possible start and create a sense of hope for the year ahead 🌈 Join us for #HappierJanuary and find new ways to boost your wellbeing actionforhappiness.org/happier-janu...

“Facing death differently: revolutionising our approach to death and grief”. A really important piece here from @lucyselman.bsky.social in the @bmj.com. I’ll try to pick out some highlights in a🧵, but actually I’d recommend reading the whole article. Link here: www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Looking forward to delivering this training with the marvellous @sharonhudson.bsky.social 😃 Join us! 👇🏻

New course for the New Year, starting 1 Feb, just £25. Now open for registration @goodgrieffest.bsky.social www.goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-ac... #Equity #GriefLiteracy #hpm #bereavement

A wonderfully uplifting story about groundbreaking surgery at Papworth, where surgeons transplanted a pair of lungs revived outside the body in a hi-tech box. Medical science doing its magnificent, awe-inspiring, life-enhancing thing 💙🫁🫀 www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Delighted to announce a new course starting 1 Feb 2025, When Grief is Complicated. 7 webinars and workshops, just £25. Please spread the word... 🙏 @mariecurieuk.bsky.social @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social @doctoroxford.bsky.social @hospiceuk.bsky.social @sueryder.bsky.social

Hello hello would anyone like to do a perfect locum consultant geriatrician job in TAUNTON Somerset for three-and-a-bit months from March 2025? Super department, fab juniors, lovely part of the UK. Long term post also on offer! 💐🌺🏞️🌳🏥 please dm me

🚨EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT ENDS TODAY! Our Palliative Care Masterclass, in partnership with Dorothy House Hospice, covers the latest topics from Oxford’s Advanced Course, featuring fresh updates and case-based learning. Online or In-Person 5 CPD

Early walk in the winter sunlight #dogsofbluesky #walk #calmafterstorm

Please help us to share this information as we recruit to the latest study from @nobarriershere.bsky.social All support welcome! #hapm #hapc #pallisky

📢 Hot off the press! 🔥 The December QI Evidence Update is here. 2 sides of A4 packed with fresh research, news & insights to inspire your improvement work! 🔗Check it out: fabnhsstuff.net/fab-stuff/QI... #QISky @lourodrigues.bsky.social @janebarlow.bsky.social @jokitchen.bsky.social

Welcome to Bluesky #CivilitySavesLives

First bluesky post! My new editorial with Catherine Evans and @proflizsampson.bsky.social calls out the misuse of 'person-centred care' in policy and outcome measurement as vague and oversimplified, especially for those with dementia. Full article on request! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Pall care clinician weekly self-care checklist: you can start today!

📢 New paper now out in @palliativemedj.bsky.social - Coproduction in practice: A qualitative study of the development of advance care planning workshops for South Asian elders doi.org/10.1177/0269... @capcbristol.bsky.social @peolcsw.bsky.social @arc-west.bsky.social @tnlcomfund.bsky.social

Most old people do NOT develop dementia, most older people have full, happy lives, most people know that age is much more than a number, it's an attitude. And 99 year old Dyke van Dyke is life's joy personified because of his attitude towards it💗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Ol...

FREE frailty elearning course from @gerisoc.bsky.social Self paced. Great for social care providers. Supporting care home nurses. #Pharmsky #MedSky #NurseSky 🏡❤️ www.bgs.org.uk/elearning/fr...

In 2010, Temel et al. showed that early palliative care in NSCLC not only improved QoL, but also prognosis. It was the first RCT to show good #palliativecare can help people live longer. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Comet, Aldebaran and Mars over Stonehenge ✨💫☄️

Corsham on the Somerset/Wiltshire border is a well-heeled town that hosts Bath Spa University's Arts campus alongside a longstanding estate owned by the Methuen family. Peacocks from the Methuen estate roam freely through the town, with a determined sense of ownership that's delightful to see ❤️

Two new additions to the fantastic Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines. Mouthcare: tinyurl.com/5n6v38st Spiritual Distress: tinyurl.com/y4k67ja5

Full house Maria Heckel, PhD (social worker and head of our research department) speaking at our #palliativecare lecture series about Compassionate Communities!

Excellent insights to guide honest, realistic and compassionate conversations with patients about #palliative care. Particularly interesting and very relevant for #dementia is that LPA holders often haven't had crucial conversations in advance about the wishes of their loved ones. #medsky

Collaboration & co-creation aren't the same thing. If we want to do things differently in future, collaboration (working with others who might not share our goals) isn't enough. People need to be near the creation process (co-creation) to work in creative ways. lnkd.in/gA2sB4Z9. By Dennis Hambeukers

Respect to the team 🙌 #nhs

A mnemonic to remember some of the most commonly needed reasonable adjustments in hospital is TEACH

The end of this December will mark SEVEN years since I started the @3wishesprogram.bsky.social at UCLA. As of today, we've fulfilled wishes for over 2000 deceased patients & their families, involved nearly 700 HCWs, and the direct cost still averages only about $33 per patient. #hapc #medsky

Carer resource ... 'supporting someone with breathlessness' Please click on the link

It is my pleasure to talk a most special guest - my daughter Robyn. We cover: 🎯LPAs through the eyes of a younger person 🎯challenge common perceptions & 🎯suggest how to make LPAs more relevant speakforme.co.uk/podcast-epis... @drkathrynmannix #AdvanceCarePlanning