🗣️👂Listen to 'Manchester Royalty', a poem by Christopher Seymour & Paul Spencer, the Manchester Royal Infirmary Palliative Poets. It captures the essence of who we are at MRI, our proud history, & the value we put on our amazing staff in caring for our patients♥️ buff.ly/38ZAtzw

What a beautiful view to wake up to!Merry Christmas everyone, I hope you all have a fantastic day! Especially my unbelievable SPC Team MRI 🎄❤️thank you to my amazing colleagues at Manchester Royal Infirmary for keeping our patients safe & making today special for them. #ourfamilycaringforyours

Highlight of Christmas, my mammy has just cleaned my sisters light pink suede and leather handbag with the pink stuff and a scrubbing brush 😂😂 absolutely destroyed Sarah Hegarty @mrshinchhome

To all NAs/TNAs who have been troubled by some of the negative press recently. This Clinical Nurse Specialist is very grateful for the support, insight and information you have given me this weekend. A massive thanks to each and every one of you SPC Team MRI

New Spoken Word video up! This will resonate with anyone who has seen someone close to them living with a life limiting illness. 'Deracinated' was written to connect creatively with nurses and other healthcare professionals #ClinicalPoet #holisticcare m.youtube.com/watch?v=CiBM0u…

So proud of our first elective placement student Sophie. She had her last shift with us yesterday, gave a brilliant creative reflection presentation to our team and led a great discussion about palliative & end of life care. Good luck for the future Sophie! SPC Team MRI

Calling all #StudentNurses and #TNAs Manchester Royal Infirmary Wythenshawe Hospital Trafford Hospitals - we are running an Inter-Professional Learning #DeathCafe this year as a part of our #DyingMattersWeek. Really looking discussing with you, talking about death can help us to embrace life more fully.

My twelve year old son has been getting creative during lock down and penned this for Age UK Trafford Beautiful @southchs #ProudCHS #YouAreNotAlone

Here is Thursday's Dying Matters week poem by my talented fellow Palliative_Poets poet Paul Spencer, on the theme of Stillbirth & Miscarriage #DyingToBeHeard #DyingMatters #PalliativePoets SPC Team MRI Dawn Pike (RN) @SPCT_CNS Palliative_Poets Manchester Royal Infirmary Clinical Photography & Medical Illustration MFT MFT NHS

This week is #AdvancedPracticeWeek and SPC Team MRI want to thank our fantastic ACP Sarah Sarah! Thank you for everything you do for the team and our patients. Enjoy your well deserved days off 💜 Manchester Royal Infirmary IMS.MRI

Self Harm in Older People has doubled since 2010 Older People who Self Harm are 67x more likely to attempt suicide than the general population Today we have been promoting #DontBrushItUnderTheCarpet suicide reduction campaign Manchester Royal Infirmary shiningalightonsuicide.org.uk/olderpeople/ #MentalHealthWeek

The incredible 13-year-old with leukaemia trying to save the place in hospital that gives kids hope manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…

This year team SPC Team MRI sacked secret Santa, & instead arranged a collection for Mcr South Central Foodbank. Pretty happy with our efforts! It was intended to be a Christmas donation but I was struck down with the lurgy! Planning to bring it to a collection point in the next few days!

A day well spent with our wonderful Palliative and End-of-Life Care Champions. Everyone's passion for delivering excellent person centred care rang loud and clear. It was a real honour listening to people's experiences and learning from each other. Thank you to all involved!

Today we launched the first day of our End of Life Champions Program! Thank you to the champions for coming and we look forward to seeing the improvements as you cascade the knowledge back to your area 🗣️🏥 Neave Dent Rachael Hegarty Sara Renwick paulakp

‘"I really like the different sort of therapeutic relationship that you can build with your patients as a CNS. You really feel like you help them." Cancer CNS Gemma shares the best thing about being a CNS and how she came into the role. 👏 #NationalCancerCNSDay MFT NHS

We are delighted to announce we are restarting the ‘Mayfly’ Advance Care Planning education and communication skills programme. The course supports healthcare professionals on communication skills and advance care planning conversations. Book now on Kallidus to secure your place!

Today we held ‘positivitea’ on ward 46. It was a great opportunity for staff to decompress, discuss any worries and reflect. They have all done amazingly to provide great EOL care in a difficult couple of months ☕️🍰 Sue Heatley Sara Renwick Gina Morgan Neave Dent

Today we have been filming something very exciting! A guide on syringe pump set up for our enhanced symptom module we are developing 🎥 paulakp Gina Morgan Neave Dent NMGH-SPCT Supportive and Palliative Care Team @Wythenshawe Sara Renwick Sue Heatley

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