Thrilled to be named Charity of the Year 2024 at the A Place to be Proud of Awards! 🌟 Huge thanks to our dedicated team at St. Michael's Hospice and our amazing community. Here's to a brighter future! 🙌❤️ #ProudWinner #CharityOfTheYear #PlaceToBeProudOfAwards

Whoever forms the next Government must prioritise end of life care. Read more about what we're asking of all parties in our joint manifesto with Marie Curie, Together for Short Lives, Sue Ryder and Bereavement Alliance hospiceuk.org/latest-from-ho…

A wonderful opportunity to join our team as a Palliative Care Nurse RGN (SMH Band 5) on our Inpatient Ward at St Michael's Hospice, Basingstoke stmichaelshospice.org.uk/vacancy/pallia…

An incredible 6,000 of you have written to your MP to speak up for hospices as stagnant funding threatens their vital care. But we can’t stop now. We need every MP to hear about hospice care and why it matters. Please act now ⬇️ action.hospiceuk.org/write-your-mp-…

Due to external factors, St. Michael's Hospice expects costs to exceed income by nearly £600,000 this year. This can't continue. Support Hospice UK's campaign and urge MP Luke Murphy to act. We've prepped an email for you: stmichaelshospice.org.uk/write-to-your-… #HospiceCare #StMichaelsHospice

Hospices across the UK face funding challenges. On Friday our CEO, Iain Cameron, discussed this on Radio 4. Listen at 33:45: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… Our costs this year will be £600,000 more than our income. Support St. Michael’s Hospice: stmichaelshospice.org.uk/urgent-care-ap… #FundingCrisis

Costs are rising, funding has stalled, and demand for care is growing. The Hospice needs your support to continue providing vital care in Basingstoke and North Hampshire. Help us close our funding gap. Donate now: stmichaelshospice.org.uk/urgent-care-ap… #StMichaelsHospice #UrgentCareAppeal

The new Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has just announced a pay rise for NHS staff. But as it stands, hospices won't get an extra penny from the Government. You can help change that. 👉 Write to your MP now: ow.ly/mw9G50SMqCZ

Olympics announcer before Simone Biles’ floor exercise: “this is the kinda thing you’ll talk to your kids about.” My dad, after Simone Biles’ floor exercise: “I guess I gotta talk to you about that floor exercise.” Holding that in for 2 minutes won him the dad joke gold.

Our new and improved #LivingWellServices launches from September. The service provides a safe space for St. Michael's patients and loved ones to access support and advice from Healthcare Professionals. For more information, please visit our website over the coming weeks.

We’ve already seen hospices in Birmingham and Hampshire making redundancies. And it won't be long before we see more cuts, or even closures. Hospices are in crisis. We need MPs to hear about hospice care and why it matters. Write to your MP today 👇 ow.ly/Us2Z50SZmpH

Adjuvant methadone or gradual cross titration with another opioid are 2 really useful approaches in specialist palliative care. Its opioid agonism, NMDA antagonism with 5-HT and NA reuptake inhibition make it a potent analgesic for chronic cancer pain with central sensitisation

Are you a doctor that certifies death? Are you prepared for the changes in death certification which come into force from September 9th? Here is a short thread.

Our #StMichaelsHospice shop in #Overton has been shortlisted for the #UKsFavouriteCharityShopAward! Please help us win the title of best charity shop in the South-East region - and even the UK's Favourite Charity Shop Award by voting for us: ow.ly/CCbc50T7H15

Delighted to have Lucy Pollock & Saskie Holmes lead Health Innovation Network Polypharmacy and End of Life National Masterclass in November. Secure your place now: events.weahsn.net/Polypharmacyan… Clare Howard Tony Avery

Our mission to protect hospice care for all, for now & forever is at the heart of an incredible new relationship with Postcode Lottery. Thank you to players for the generous award of £500,000 and all that you are doing to support hospice care. Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=7Ii_Dg…

All my palliative colleagues… have a look at this Masterclass. Will be well worth your time ❤️

A new thread on the differences between incident and breakthrough cancer pain 🧵