Pleased to share that the final paper from my PhD - cogntive testing of the Children's Palliative care Outcome Scale (CPOS) has just been published in Palliative Medicine. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02…. Cicely Saunders Institute at King's CYP Research in Palliative Care #pedpc

We have recruited our 450th participant to the C-POS questionnaire study! Thank you to everyone who has taken part and to the 76 UK sites who continue to recruit to the study to reach our target of 600 participants!

Boarding the flight for #EAPC2024 …and lovely to unexpectedly see the friendly face of the one and only @emelasml 😃 Looking forward to lots more friendly faces over the next few days in Barcelona ☀️EAPC VZW

Amazing to hear from Dr Jo Bayly earlier #EAPC2024 on the brilliant INSPIRE trial: multi-methods, wonderful to see equity & inclusivity built-in, exciting progress across many European countries (with lots in the audience 👏🏽) palliativeprojects.eu/inspire/ EAPC VZW Matt Maddocks Cicely Saunders Institute at King's

Sabrina Bajwah 💙 - “Through inequality and pain I have found passion and purpose.” You are such an inspiration Sabrina. Your bravery in putting your head above the parapet and your commitment is a catalyst for positive change. Thank you. #EAPC2024 EAPC VZW Cicely Saunders Institute at King's

🚨 There's a new studentship at Cicely Saunders Institute at King's Applications for the Dunhill Medical Trust – Saunders PhD Programme are now open until 10 June. More info about award details, eligibility criteria and application guidelines are below ⬇️ buff.ly/3UTpiBk

What a milestone! So grateful to all of the committed hospital, hospice and community teams who are helping us recruit children with life-limiting conditions and their parents to this study. Your work is invaluable🌟

The C-POS study held their final steering group meeting. We're really grateful to the sites that have supported recruitment & especially grateful to our #PPI members (DaniellaLogunFoundation (DLF) Fabian's Childhood Cancer Trust). We're in our final week of recruiting families to our study before analysis begins

What are the benefits, risks, barriers & facilitators to implementing PCOMs into paediatric palliative care #pedpc? Hannah Scott led a qualitative interview study to find out. 📰Full article: doi.org/10.1177/026921… 🔊Podcast: traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sagepal… / podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sag…

Delighted that our paper exploring confidence of care home staff to provide palliative and end of life care is out now! Part of the CovPall Care Homes study and my NIHR pre-doctoral fellowship with Prof Catherine Evans Prof Katherine Sleeman Andy Bradshaw Anna Bone doi.org/10.1186/s12904…

We are excited to share our final C-POS study newsletter. Please get in touch for more information on the project, or to request a PDF copy of the newsletter #pedpc Lucy Coombes Debbie Braybrook (she/her) Hannah Scott Children's Health Queensland Starship Foundation Cicely Saunders Institute at King's EAPC VZW Palliative Medicine

Today, 24 Sept, leaders from across academia, clinical, health, social & voluntary care, to government meet to shape the launch of 'Better Health & Care Futures' led by King's College London. To find out more read tinyurl.com/ypprr2m5 #Health #Care #Inequity #Multimorbidity

📣📣 UPCOMING EVENT - Palliative care for children and young people Wednesday 6th November 2024, 13:00-16:30 Online and in-person Cicely Saunders Institute at King's FREE to attend, register here: buytickets.at/facultyofnursi… Fantastic programme 👇

We're excited to be welcoming David Hui to present the Cicely Saunders International Annual Lecture at 4pm today! He'll be talking about the importance of timely palliative care⌛Registration still open for late bookings! kcl.ac.uk/events/cicely-… Cicely Saunders Int MD Anderson Cancer Center

“One of the most unique aspects of palliative care is its interdisciplinary nature ⚖️… allowing a patient’s needs to be addressed in a holistic and timely fashion” - David Hui doi.org/10.3322%2Fcaac… Cicely Saunders Int MD Anderson Cancer Center

'Palliative care is concerned with journeys of discovery-for patients, of what is most lasting & important; for those who love them, of their strengths in new roles; for staff of their continued search for excellence'✨- Dame Cicely Saunders Cicely Saunders Int Thank you David Hui

Great opportunity to work with ⁦RichardHarding⁩ and myself on an ⁦National Institute for Health and Care Research⁩ funded study on complexity of needs in children ⁦RCPCH⁩ ⁦Cicely Saunders Institute at King's⁩ ⁦CYP Research in Palliative Care⁩ #ppc ⁦The CoLab Partnership⁩ kcl.ac.uk/jobs/097185-re…

Delighted to share this piece for LGBTQ+ history month about the great work of ACCESSCare . Here's to the next steps ... 🏳️‍🌈 kcl.ac.uk/lgbt-history-m… RichardHarding Liadh Timmins Debbie Braybrook (she/her) Prof Katherine Sleeman

If you didn’t get chance to join the webinar but want to find out more about the development of the implementation plan for the C-POS CYP Research in Palliative Care, my systematic review & qual papers are published open access: Review: doi.org/10.1186/s12955… Qual: doi.org/10.1177/026921… #pedpc

Until now, I’ve held onto a stack of books that I’ve built up over my research career - books that became important in my work, or my identity as a researcher. Finally, I’ve taken the time to remove my name & pass these on. Hopefully someone else will find gold within. #feelsgood