@otolaryngolofox jack Dr Tony Goldstone Yours is a good example of how AA rules are not fit for purpose AA charges going forward, excacerbated by a failure of government to address negative growth - likely to be taxed in years where growth is less than £40k above inflation🤦 And we wonder why we're not retaining Drs

Check our the wonderful posters, freely available to view here, as part of #MCResearch2023 : goodgrieffest.com/gallery/ Including our poster on the value of the 4AT for detecting delirium in terminally ill inpatients. Liz Arnold Juliet Spiller Alasdair MacLullich @DrEmmaCarduff @ZoeTieges

#EoL care staff need to talk about restlessness prior to death, including it in preparation. Although it's not common, it's highly distressing if companions don't understand it. Here's an edit of my recent public info post on Facebook, where I don't use medical language. 1/

It's astonishing how frequently we are finding annual allowance errors and pension record errors that have cost members £,000s Over £2.5m saved to date 🤯 Good job Jack Needham (NHS Pension Specialist) & team 👏

The spread of #ReSPECT in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 for the deteriorating patient across ALL care settings is too important not to include. Ensures patients are at the heart of decision-making as they should be Realistic Medicine Catherine Labinjoh Prof Sir Gregor Smith Gregor Mcneill Juliet Spiller Resuscitation Council UK

Surprised and delighted 💫 Thank you for recognising the effort by all involved NHS Forth Valley Forth Valley ReSPECT NHS Tayside Juliet Spiller This work is about advocating for patients & ensuring their voice & choices are heard at every stage 🫱🏻‍🫲🏿 RealisticMedicine

*New paper* Scoping review of evidence on Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) to improve outcomes for those impacted by terminal illness and bereavement. ACT has great potential to support wellbeing in this context. David Gillanders Juliet Spiller &Tilly journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02…

Amazing work across the UK recognised at the Macmillan Excellence Awards. Here with my colleague Caroline Sime, a finalist. Quietly & supportively instrumental in working with teams across Scottish hospitals to improve experiences for people & their families Caroline is a real 🌟

ReSPECT- for the patient with the patient #respectprocess ✔️ Resuscitation Council UK vision ✔️ UK wide ✔️ every care setting ✔️ shared decision making ✔️ transparent ✔️ emergency care planning ✔️ nothing about you without you Oh and it’s digital… ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ‘A Voice and a Choice’

Proportion of health research budget spent on palliative and end of life care: 0.23% Proportion of humans who die: 100%

Discussing this at specialty group of SPPC. Thanks @wagstaff_ellie for introducing a discussion. Thanks Miles Briggs MSP for proposing this much needed piece of policy. Mark Hazelwood (mostly on Bluesky) Bridget Johnston RN (FRCN)💙 Amy Dalrymple Children's Hospices Across Scotland The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice #dyinginthemargins #traumainformedcare

🧵 Whatever your views on assisted dying, one thing I’d hoped we’d all agree on is that the topic is ethically fraught & complex. Not so Matthew Parris. For him, it’s simple. Old & frail people *should* be killed - to save society the cost of looking after them. 1/n

For further information on the 4AT see: the4at.com

Great news! Major new research investment in palliative care in Scotland. Congrats to all involved in securing funding.medicine.yale.edu/biomedical-inf…

Delirium is common as people approach end of life. We have created a short video for families/carers outlining what to do if the person they care for develops delirium: School of Health in Social Science Funded by Marie Curie EOLC youtu.be/muyzDzzFCvw?fe…

This MPs letter illustrates misunderstanding & fear of ordinary dying. All MPs should be required to attend detailed briefing on ordinary dying, pall care, the real but rare difficult deaths, & assessment of capacity, provided by non-campaigning experts. bbc.in/37m33eN

PRESS RELEASE Better Way has described Kim Leadbeater's Bill as a wasted opportunity as our allies urge MPs to vote against it. Read statements from experts in the fields of disability advocacy, psychology, sociology, law, and palliative care here 👇 betterwaycampaign.co.uk/the-assisted-d…

Kim Leadbeater’s briefing seems to seriously misrepresent some key aspects of the bill: