This review of the quality of care towards the end of life from NCEPOD couldn’t be more timely. Helpful summary of gaps and recommendations 👇

I cannot stand silently by as GMC fails patients in the PA debacle. Its entire point is to keep patients safe from harm - but it’s failing dismally. My piece on why the GMC is no longer fit for purpose👇 app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/68829/co…

Thread/ Today, a devastating report from the The RCN, based on the testimony of over 5000 NHS nurses, has rightly catapulted the national shame that is NHS 'corridor care' into the headlines once more. (1/n)

Brilliant piece in the Times on the role of Palliative Care and societal coersion by Janice Turner in the The Times and The Sunday Times today #AssistedDyingBill #AssistedDying #assistedsuicide

A recent rapid review by Prof Greenhalgh (Trisha Greenhalgh) critically examines the evidence supporting MAPs in the NHS. Although awaiting peer review, it is comprehensive in nature and her expertise lends a huge contribution to the ongoing discourse. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

NEW REPORT: How much public money is spent supporting people in their last year of life, and what services does it pay for? Our latest research – with Health Economics Unit and Marie Curie – begins to answer these vital questions 👇 nuffieldtrust.org.uk/research/publi…

A furious Jesse Norman giving both barrels to Commons Leader Lucy Powell over the haphazard, "rushed and secretive" process of the assisted dying bill, and the lack of impact assessment pre-report stage. Magnificent (1/2)

My piece reflecting on life, love, loss and learning disabilities following the death of my daughter dailymail.co.uk/femail/article…

Association for Palliative Medicine statement about a misrepresentation of Dr Sarah Cox' witness statement by Kim Leadbeater MBE MP in Committee #AssistedDyingBill APM

Yesterday Baroness Anne Marie Rafferty gave her maiden speech in the House of Lords, using the International Women's Day debate to highlight nursing as a STEM profession. Read more: ow.ly/3Yco50VctYA

According to Conclavoscope, I match with Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas, who is Moderately progressive. What about you? #conclave2025 conclavoscope.com/cardinal-finder

Honestly think this is my favourite radio fuck up of all time. It’s perfect on every level, including the apology.

Recent heated debates may have left some with the impression that most deaths in the UK are bad, that palliative care cannot do anything and that hospices are ghoulish places that only give morphine infusions. Think opium den, just with doctors and nurses. This is completely

This is Trevor Fisher, an inpatient in Arthur Rank Hospice in Cambridgeshire, speaking to Channel 4 News this week. I am a palliative care specialist and Trevor’s interview has devastated me. His hospice has just found out that in 6 months, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS

The weekly cancer MDT meeting can cause treatment delays, result in poor quality decisions, and waste clinicians’ time, say Tom Roques and colleagues. It’s time for a fresh approach bmj.com/content/391/bm…

"The hard truth about underfunding palliative care is that people who are at their most vulnerable – the dying – suffer more pain, more indignity, less choice & less autonomy than they might have." Incredibly, only 30% of hospice care is NHS funded - a national travesty.

"Those last four weeks of her life when she was in the hospice, I think it's odd to say, but were some of the happiest of her life." Sir Michael Palin reflects on the care his wife received in a hospice, as he calls for more support for hospices in the budget. #Newsnight

The love and care we rely on in life is also crucial during dying. We must value our NHS and palliative care services for supporting us from beginning to end, writes Prof Scarlett McNally bmj.com/content/391/bm…

This story has run for 3 days. It was created by the Telegraph and was inaccurate from the start. It’s since been reproduced in many newspapers without checks, and further wrong claims have been added along the way… telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/0…