Humane thoughtfulness delivering dignity and choice St Christopher's thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/…

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We are looking for OTs and physios to take part in a focus group. This is part of a project investigating how to improve financial support for dying patients. The group is on MS Teams at 9.30am on 18 February 2025. Further info: [email protected]

Very good summary of 3 days of oral evidence for the assisted dying Bill. The sessions were supposed to provide clarity to help shape amendments. Instead they have highlighted complexity, uncertainty and fundamental questions that are unanswered. thetimes.com/article/f441e2…

📢 Scholarship alert! 🎓Thinking of studying the MSc Palliative Care at King's College London? The Inspiring Students into Research scholarship is now open! ✅Check if you qualify & apply now: kcl.ac.uk/news/inspiring… #PalliativeCare #Scholarship #MSc #KCL

6th March, for International Women’s Day @edi_pallcare welcome Liesbeth van Vliet for her talk on how communication can help and harm in serious illness. Get tickets: buytickets.at/facultyofnursi… #IWD #peol #womeninscience

We are looking for family carers for people with dementia and healthcare professionals to take part in our study, designing a virtual platform for family carers of people with dementia. See flyer for details and if you are interested, please email [email protected]

Join us on the 26th of March for our CSI Open Seminar delivered by Dr Naomi Richards, University of Glasgow The event is hosted both in-person and virtually via Microsoft Teams. Sign up for FREE here: buytickets.at/facultyofnursi…

We are delighted that King’s has risen to number one in the world for Nursing in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025, becoming a world leader for nursing. Read the full article 👇 kcl.ac.uk/news/nursing-k… QS World University Rankings King's College London

The QS World Reputation Subject Rankings 2025 are here – and we're thrilled to announce that King’s has been ranked 1st in the world for Nursing 🎉 Huge congratulations to our Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care for this incredible achievement!

🔔 RECRUITMENT ALERT 🔔 Very excited to be recruiting to three new posts (Lecturer, G6/7 and G4) in my team at Cicely Saunders Institute at King's, to set up and grow a new Impact Centre for Palliative and End of Life Care. See next tweets for details. Impact Centre: kcl.ac.uk/research/the-i… Pls share

Hospice closures, bed closures, are happening now. All around us. Your local hospice is almost certainly struggling to keep services going. Please let’s not make it easier for dying people to get an assisted death than high quality end of life care. theguardian.com/society/2025/m…

No matter what side of the political divide you are on, Danny Kruger has fought bravely and honestly within this committee to make the bill better and safer. That he has not succeeded reflects the bias of the majority of the committee, not his efforts.

"What is to become of me?" Join us for a specially curated conference and masterclass, as we commemorate the life and work of Dame Cicely Saunders, founder of the modern hospice movement, 20 years after her death. 📅 9-10 July - Conference + Masterclass bit.ly/427zPg3

Hidden in the written evidence submitted to the Terminally Ill Adults Bill, this account of someone in Oregon being approved for assisted dying because “I don’t have any friends”.

I posted about the briefing Kim Leadbeater issued journalists and MPs. There were so many misleading statements in 7 pages, I just chose 8. Want a breakdown of the first two pages? Dan Hitchens has done the work 👇

The legalisation of assisted suicide in England and Wales could create “a new tool to harm vulnerable women”, particularly those subject to domestic violence and coercive control, say female faith leaders from different traditions. theguardian.com/society/2025/a…

Improving palliative and end-of-life care has never been more important. I am thrilled to announce the Impact Centre for Palliative and End-of-Life Care, which will accelerate better care for dying people by closing the gap between evidence and practice. kcl.ac.uk/research/the-i…

📣 Are you a UK professional working with people near the end of life? 💥 Help shape priorities for the new Impact Centre for Palliative and End-of-Life Care. We’re inviting health & care professionals & commissioners to complete our Stakeholder Survey👇 qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_3g…

Remembering Dame Cicely Saunders ehospice.com/editorial_post…