As doctors, we are failing to put patients’ needs first, causing harm at the end of life | Death and dying | The Guardian theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

So excited to be an event at the first UK National Advance Care Plan Day 2024 @ACPDay2024 still a few tickets left for the inperson conference and to livestreaming #AdvanceCarePlanning

Lovely to chat to @DrJRubenstein this week. Here's his breakthrough short video, ICYMI. How many times have you avoided a necessary palliative care conversation 'in case it upsets people'? youtu.be/BbNi_-wYXJE?si…

Great paper from University Hospitals Sussex Prof Ollie Minton and team - ⬆⬆ unplanned ED use in last 90 days of life regardless of condition; 10 primary care contacts in last yr ⬇ likelihood of death in 🏥; palliative care registers don’t impact on dying in 🏥 but do ⬇ unplanned emergency admissions

I've written a piece on the relationship between end of life and the future of the NHS. Part of the #NHS2048 reformscotland series on how the NHS can be sustained and improved.

The fifth vital sign? Nurse worry predicts inpatient deterioration within 24 hours pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32025643/

"It's people who change lives." Tommy Whitelaw BCAh sends out a passionate rallying cry for the #WhatMattersToYou movement. NNUHPalliativeCare #PalliativeCare #DMAW2024

About how other clinicians refer (or not) to palliative care... The genius of @DrJRubenstein, animating a conversation of desperation we held a few weeks ago. I'm very proud of this one. 🔥if this sounds familiar ✋🏽if you plan to take this advice youtu.be/nkWrJeBq0hI?si…

Beautiful explanation by Samantha Winemaker she/her & Hsien Seow PhD - teaching everyone the skills to have a better illness experience. Unlocking the 7 keys waitingroomrevolution.com #DMAW24

New ASCO Guideline on Palliative Care for Patients with Cancer ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.12… 1. Early referral to SPECIALIZED PC leads to improved QOL, mood, higher likelihood of documenting EOL preferences 2. PC teams are fundamentally interdisciplinary 3. PC benefits caregivers

For the people in the back. Robin Zon, MD, FACP, FASCO says during presidential address that palliative and supportive care must be woven into all of cancer care. A first. Palliative care on the main stage. #hapc

What is a digital legacy and how can you manage yours? pilgrimshospices.org/news/digital-l… Pilgrims Hospices #digitallegacy #hospice #hospiceeducation

What an amazing final message 💔

Crazy. If only hospices had proper investment and greater number of beds. Makes asking someone about their preferred place of dying a slightly pointless exercise.

Dr Ollie Minton on shared decision making in emergency cancer presentations. 2/3 of these patients will die within a year. Plan for the best, prepare for the worse - gives patients the best of everything in a pragmatic and patient centred way. Oncology Forum UK

Patterns of acute hospital & specialist palliative care (SPC) use among people with non-curative upper gastrointestinal cancer showed less likelihood of hospital re-admissions if patients were referred to the hospital SPC team⁦ Fliss Murtagh⁩ link.springer.com/article/10.100…

A fab article from The Telegraph today raising the importance of good #supportiveoncology 👇 digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1802/read… The Christie NHS MASCC The Royal College of Radiologists Royal College of Physicians Daniel Monnery Ollie Minton Matt_Carey_Palliative Ashique Ahamed jen vidrine

We strongly support the recommendations of Compassion in Dying latest report. You can read the report in full here cdn.compassionindying.org.uk/wp-content/upl… #compassionindying #eolduk

'Talking about dying won’t make it more likely. Death rates remain a stubborn 100% despite medical advances, a rate that looks unlikely to change'. Fab piece by Kathryn Mannix on new study of (over) investigation of pts who die <6mths later #Last1000Days theguardian.com/commentisfree/…