Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre

Pleased to announce that our @flissmurtagh.bsky.social is speaking at @rcphysicians.bsky.social #MED+2025 Check the link to book the session rcpconferences.co.uk/med-plus-202... #advancedillness #ACP #lastyearoflife

Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre The Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre aims to find and help deliver the best palliative care services and treatments.

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Dr Sonya Bushell has been awarded #SAPC Junior Investigator Research Prize by Society for Academic Primary care on “Better to be prepared”: understandings of early Advance Care Planning amongst those with long-term conditions at the SAPC Annual Scientific Meeting2025

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Patients from minority backgrounds lose out on end of life pain relief A major UK study reveals that minority ethnic cancer patients receive fewer opioid prescriptions for pain relief in their final months.

A major UK study led by @jonathankoffman.bsky.social reveals stark inequalities in end-of-life care: Cancer patients from minority ethnic backgrounds are significantly less likely to receive adequate opioid pain relief in their final months.Read more: www.hull.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Our researchers are very proud to be part of the team who developed the Breathing Space Garden which will be at Chelsea 2026! @asthmaandlung.org.uk @katebinnie.bsky.social @projectgivingback.bsky.social @annhutchinson.bsky.social
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New paper published @flissmurtagh.bsky.social Funding for palliative research remains very low: out of total of 18,023 health research awards in 2022, only 136 related to palliative research – just 0.26% of the total £4.2billion awarded. See spcare.bmj.com/content/earl...

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Our researchers presented their work at a @universityofhull.bsky.social event held in the @houseoflords.parliament.uk highlighting the need for continued investment in palliative care research and improved access to services across the UK. @flissmurtagh.bsky.social @miriamjohnsonhyms.bsky.social

Models, components and outcomes of palliative and end-of-life care provided to adults living at home: A systematic umbrella review of reviews - Sophie Pask, Chukwuebuka Okwuosa, Ahmed Mohamed, Rebecca... Background: There is growing demand for home-based palliative care because of patient preference, and increased number of deaths. Optimal models for community-b...

Our large umbrella review of models, components and outcomes of palliative and end-of-life care provided to adults living at home is now out! This includes evidence from 66 systematic reviews! All you want to know about models of care! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

What is it like to experience exacerbations? How should clinicians talk to people about exacerbations? Read our article to find out... @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social

Stephanie presenting at the Intensive Care Society Conference

A picture of Katerina Rusinova, Stephanie Meddick-Dyson, and Sarah Grove who all presented on palliative care in the ICU

My absolute pleasure to talk about palliative care in the ICU at this year’s @ics-updates.bsky.social #SOA2025.

It makes me very happy to see how much traction the conversation is getting and the eagerness from both palliative and intensive care to learn and grow.

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Smiles all around at the team @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social @hyms.ac.uk stand at #EAPC2025 in #Helsinki 🇫🇮

We’re all friendly, come by & say hello ☺️
#PalliativeCare #Hpc #hapc #Research
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Congratulations to Susanne de Wolf-Linder from @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social one of the best 5 posters at @eapcvzw.bsky.social #EAPC2025 #IPOS-Dem is a valid and reliable outcome measure for assessing and monitoring palliative symptoms and concern for those with dementia @flissmurtagh.bsky.social

Prof of Implementation science Mark Pearson leads EAPCC workshop highlighting need for theoretically-underpinned translation of evidence into practice."Even the best evidence won't implement itself". See www.hyms.ac.uk/postgraduate...

LGBTQI+ inclusive palliative care being addressed via audience participation - more important than ever in current times. @eapcc.bsky.social

Come and visit the team @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social at @eapcvzw.bsky.social #EAPC2025 and learn more about our work and courses offered MSc , PGcert and PGdiploma in #PalliativeCare #implementationscience @implementsci.bsky.social

@donnawakefield.bsky.social presenting her SR on inequity & inequality in Lung Disease @eapcc.bsky.social

#EAPC2025 has crept up and is finally here! Landed in Helsinki yesterday and excited for a jam packed programme. Excited to be with colleagues from all around the globe to consider where we have come from, where we are at, and where we are going with palliative care. @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social

An artist’s impression of how it feels to have a COPD exacerbation developed from descriptions given by participants

COPD | This interview study with patients and carers highlights the importance of plain language (‘flare up’ rather than 'exacerbation') and the lasting effect on patient behaviour of a clinician's response to help-seeking for flare-ups

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Paper infographic about how patient information documents frame dialysis and conservative kidney management in inaccurate ways.

📣 New paper now online @ckj-era.bsky.social: How do patient information documents present dialysis and conservative kidney management? A document analysis.

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Exploring patients’ and carers’ experiences, understandings and expectations of COPD exacerbations:an interview study Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations are clinically significant events that affect millions of people globally. Aim To explore patients’ and carers’ experiences, unde...

Early emphasis on symptom management, preparation for exacerbations, and post-exacerbation reviews are practical ways that clinicians can support patients and carers to manage these events better. Read more here:
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#YorkshireandHumberPalliativeCareResearchNetwork improving #PC and #EOLC through research, member of public,health or social care practitioner, commissioners, researchers from #Yorkshire and #Humber working on #PC and #EOLC www.hyms.ac.uk/research/res... confirmsubscription.com/h/j/F344C951...

@flissmurtagh.bsky.social delivered the endowed #SamuelGeelecture 2025 @rcphysicians.bsky.social Less medicine and more care #palliativecare in NHS improving #qualityoflife in older age sometimes means less medicine, not more. player.rcp.ac.uk/ee/live/samu... @hyms.ac.uk @uniofhull.bsky.social

#MarkPearson #GillianJackson #JasonBoland @hyms.ac.uk @universityofhull.bsky.social

Study paves the way for improved management of delirium in hospices A study is leading the way in improving the detection, assessment, management and prevention of delirium in specialist palliative care units.

New strategy, developed in collaboration with patients, families and hospice staff, improved #delirium care in the four hospice sites with 13% reduction in delirium days following implementation. #DAMPEN_D #YorkshireCancerResearch @miriamjohnsonhyms.bsky.social www.hyms.ac.uk/research/sto...

Nationally data is gathered on quality of cancer care when CURATIVE- screening, access to treatment & outcomes, survival…..

But no agreed measure/monitoring of QUALITY for those with advanced cancer

This feels wrong!

Great talk & discussion by Dr Lesley Henson 👏👏
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Does your role include care of people towards the end of their lives at home, in hospital or care homes?
This looks good:
my pals at Harlington Hospice invite you to join them for an updates day on 18th June.
Apply here www.harlingtonhospice.org/conference/