Exciting to see how this work will support the future clinical and strategic nursing workforce in #PalliativeCare & #EndOfLifeCare #Nursing #PEOLC #NursingLeadership

Really great engagement and support from key lead stakeholders, including the members of the Ambitions Partnership, regional leads and WTE colleagues.

Recently presented the work we've been doing around a #PalliativeCare & #EndOfLife Care Nursing Career Framework and Qualification in Specialty at NHS England.

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@TeessideHospice, a highly regarded organisation that operates across South Tees & North Yorkshire is seeking a Director of Clinical Development reporting to the CEO, working closely with the Director of Nursing & Quality. #PalliativeCare #Hospice #PEOLC

www.teessidehospice.org/vacancies/cl...

Celebrating #VEDay80thAnniversary for those no longer with us who lived through & fought for our future. We remember that times were infinitely worse for those who lost their lives & lived through WW2 than we have now & in the last few years. #WeWillRememberThem #VEDay80

A special sister in law and friend, who truly showed courage and tenacity throughout her life and that became much more evident when she became unwell. You will be missed so much by all who loved you Babs!! ❤️

@TeessideHospice #PalliativeCare #PEOLC

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This week has been emotional and life changing for our family, with the loss of our loved Barbara Kirk. An amazing, strong and determined Mum to Zachary & Xanthe, loving wife to Lee Kirk , sister to Stuart, Haley, Rachel, Martin, Jillian, Julie & Mandy, daughter of Patricia

thank you to you all, friends, colleagues & those who just did their part to stay safe. #covid #COVID19 North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust #PalliativeCare ##Nursing #teamCNO #NursingLeadership #NHS

Times of great challenges, trauma & emotion. Today I've remembered & reflected on the loss many have experienced, the additional emotional sadness from teams doing their utmost in challenging situations and the dedication of colleagues who stepped into roles different to their norm.

Supporting those critically ill, in scary situations without their loved ones & leading & supporting an amazing team of #specialistlevelpalliativecare professionals to give expert advice & guidance to colleagues across all wards & departments.

#covidreflectionsday. Challenges faced by health & social care professionals, in what was a prolonged Major Incident, had immense impact on both them & wider society. The most challenging time of my professional career, made especially difficult being separated from family, friends & loved ones.

As a #Trustee of @TeessideHospice, it was great to join family, friends & colleagues at their #Charity Ball to raising funds so the #Hospice can deliver #SpecialistLevelPalliativeCare to people with #PalliativeCare needs across #Teesside & #NorthYorkshire - we had a ball 😜

‘A wicked problem’: tackling variable access to urgent palliative care medicines “Me and my sister would drive huge distances late at night, completely exhausted, trying to find a chemist that could dispense the drugs. Nobody came out to deliver them or administer them or call in ...

Good piece on issues and possible solutions with accessing end-of-life medicines in the community, and pleased to be able to contribute..

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Palliative Medicine Consultation Reduces Readmission Significantly in Certain Diagnoses: A Retrospective Analysis - Carissa N. Depew, Michelle Wood, Jason Walden, Amanda Stevens, Michaela Williamson, ... Hospital readmissions within 30 days are a significant concern due to their negative impact on patient outcomes and healthcare system costs.1 This retrospective...

Palliative Medicine Consultation Reduces Readmission Significantly in Certain Diagnoses: A Retrospective Analysis - Carissa N. Depew, Michelle Wood et al. 2025

Includes sepsis, heart failure & pneumonia - not just a review re the usual cancer diagnoses.

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Can't beat Boulevard Newcastle!!! 👍🏼 x

An evening spent making home ready for Christmas. Eventually thawed out with a cheeky drink 😁 #SaltburnByTheSea #LoveYorkshire #LoveSaltburn #ItsBeginningToLookALotLikeChristmas #YorkshireCoast #Christmas

As it was #ChristmasJumperDay, was good to join the team at NHS Enhalnd today be festive whilst working on all things #CommunityServices #PalliativeCare #PEOLC #Frailty #PersonalisedCare #EHCH #NHS

The official Association of Palliative Medicine for UK and Ireland is here! Follow @apmposts.bsky.social for all the APM, end of life and palliative tea from UK & Ireland #palliative #EOL

@ewidera.bsky.social may be of interest!

Very happy to be added to a starter pack 👍🏼🙂

Using Sedation at the End of Life – Information for Healthcare Staff YouTube video by Lancaster University

Using sedation at the end of life – information for healthcare staff
An international study on #palliative sedation is empowering patients and families with informed choices, supported by short animations for healthcare staff www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3KL...

Me (a woman with curly red hair), wearing a green velvet dress, holding a framed certificate which says finalist. The logo for Bright ideas in health is in the background.

Honoured to be selected as a top 3 finalist at the #NorthEast Bright Ideas in Health awards #BIHA2024 in the Research for local health needs category 🏆

Our #Research on #PalliativeCare & #Inequalities in pleural #Mesothelioma means the world to me 🫁
Funded by @mesouk.bsky.social

The Open University

@deathstudiespod.bsky.social Beth's has come up with a list of five books to help if you are dealing with death and bereavement. You can read the list here www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/a...

Example of learning from other systems for proactive care
George Winder explaining how the local fire brigade moved from reactive to proactive care reduced fires from 3000/year to 300/year
We need to copy this approach for proactive care
#BGSConf

If you are showing an interest in the upcoming assisted dying bill - you must also read this #NCEPOD report into End of Life Care published this week…. ncepod.org.uk/2024eolc/Ful...

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Timely report into current planning & coordination of end of life care: National Confidedential Enq into Pt Outcomes & Death shows gaps in services, breaching 2019 NICE guidance for commissioning & providing adequate, timely planning & delivery of #EoL care & access to palliative care teams.
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For an introvert, who usually shies away from public speaking….
I genuinely had a wonderful time tonight at my invited talk at UCL #London

Presenting & then discussing my life/career & #research on #Inequity in #PalliativeCare & #Lung disease 🫁
- great to meet everyone ☺️

Please retweet & follow me if you're interested in #PalliativeCare, #EndOfLifeCare & enabling people to 'Live as well as possible, for as long as possible'.
#ImproveEOLC #PEOLC #EoL #AgedCare #FutureCare #Frailty #CancerCare #Nurse #NeighbourhoodHealth #NHS #Hospice