How can we better support a meaningful and dignified life for older people facing serious illness? Don't miss this webinar tomorrow with two of our researchers (Matt Maddocks and Liam Gabb)
05.11.2025 10:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Sophie (R) stands next to an older woman with a white bob and fringe, receiving her award in front of a banner for Rethink Mental Illness
Congratulations to Sophie du Plessis, winner of
@rethinkcharity.bsky.social's 2025 Janey Antoniou Campaigner of the Year Award!
Her ED Informed campaign, born from her Policy Idol win, is changing how fitness spaces support eating disorder awareness.
π www.kcl.ac.uk/news/nmpc-st...
04.11.2025 11:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Perseverance Trust Nightingale Fellowship Lecture 2025 | King's College London
The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care is proud to present the Perseverance Trust Nightingale Fellowship Lecture 2025.
Join us for the Perseverance Trust Nightingale Fellowship Lecture 2025, celebrating the inaugural lectures of Profs Avey Bhatia OBE & Tracey Carter MBE
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3 Dec 2025
π 17:45-20:30
π Guyβs Campus (and online)
π Register now to join in person or online: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/inaug...
28.10.2025 09:12 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
A full lecture hall gathered to watch Professor Lieve Van Den Block deliver a lecture.
Last night was the Cicely Saunders International Annual Lecture 2025 β¨
Professor Lieve Van Den Block gave a fascinating lecture, particularly noting the need to celebrate longer living and ageing within the field of palliative care and that one palliative care solution will not fit all.
22.10.2025 08:17 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Hands count stacks of pennies in piles
π©Ί FREE training for clinical teams
Benefit from a 5-minute teaching session on the Special Rules for End-of-Life and completing SR1 forms, clarifying clinicians' role in helping patients access benefits.
π¬ To find out more or book a session, email: stephen.marshall@kcl.ac.uk
20.10.2025 08:26 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Text on a light blue background reads: 'People with dementia and their families bring vital insight into what makes research truly accessible and relevant.
Join a workshop to co-design a guide that will help more people take part in dementia research. Your experience matters, and youβll be reimbursed for your time.'
There is an image of two older black people with linked arms.
10 November, 2.00-4.30pm
Cicely Saunders Institute, SE5 9RS
Contact: dcrn@kcl.ac.uk
Join the Dementia Community Research Networkβs workshop to co-design a guide that will help more people take part in #dementia research. π#PPI
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17.10.2025 09:02 β π 3 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
Several people smiling in front of Nurse Kofoworola Abeni Pratt's plaque at St Paul's Cathedral
This week we celebrate our alumna Nurse Kofoworola Pratt, whose plaque has been unveiled @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social
A trailblazer who transformed nursing in the UK and Nigeria, her legacy continues to inspire generations of nurses. π
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-a...
#BlackHistoryMonth
15.10.2025 14:50 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day was over the weekend, and is a chance to celebrate, support and raise awareness of the global hospice and palliative care need.
Professors Irene Higginson and Catherine Evans reflect on the continuing legacy of Cicely Saunders at King's
15.10.2025 08:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
New global standard to measure outcomes in dengue treatment trials | King's College London
This could help improve the quality of clinical trials and future policy making initiatives.
The first global standard to measure outcomes in dengue fever treatment trials has been announced.
Co-led by @kingsnmpc.bsky.social, it could improve the quality of clinical trials & inform future policy decisions -hopefully accelerating the discovery of treatments.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-glo...
09.10.2025 14:16 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
There is growing awareness around the need to improve the sustainability in healthcare.
Over the last five years we have been embedding sustainability in its teaching to help equip healthcare workers to face this challenge.
Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/keeping-our-...
09.10.2025 08:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
π€ How do parental experiences of postnatal depression shape childrenβs long-term mental health?
Join Iryna Culpin at the next @kingsbetterhchub.bsky.social webinar to explore family-based interventions & intergenerational care
π 2 Oct, 1 pm
ποΈhttps://www.tickettailor.com/events/betterhchub/1782729
26.09.2025 08:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Assisted dying legislation deemed 'inadequate' as drafted | King's College London
The proposed legislation that would give terminally ill adults in England and Wales the right to be provided with assistance to end their own lives is not fit for purpose as currently drafted, experts...
Experts warn: Draft legislation for assisted dying bill is 'inadequate' & needs urgent reform.
As the House of Lords debate the Bill, King's researchers have proposed fundamental changes.
Read more β¬οΈ
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/assiste...
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingsnmpc.bsky.social @kcllaw.bsky.social
17.09.2025 09:02 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 1 π 1
We are proud that General Nursing, Mental Health Nursing and Children's Nursing are all ranked within the Guardian's top 20 for that subject area!
Read more below, and find out more about studying in our Faculty here:
www.kcl.ac.uk/nmpc/pre-reg...
15.09.2025 15:17 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Dr Joanna Davies receives prestigious King's Prize Fellowship | King's College London
Joanna is the first in NMPC to receive this distinction
Congratulations to Dr Joanna Davies, who has recently been awarded the prestigious King's Prize Fellowship π
Joanna is the first in the Faculty to have been awarded this distinction.
Read more π
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/dr-joan...
10.09.2025 08:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Designing better mobility support for people living with advanced illness
Researchers at Kingβs College London are co-designing affordable, low-tech mobility devices with people with advanced illness.
Walking can be exhausting for people living with serious illnesses, and walking aids often add to the burden.
Researchers from @kingsnmpc.bsky.social & @kingsnmes.bsky.social are working with patients to redesign rollators and frames that truly support independence.
π° www.kcl.ac.uk/news/spotlig...
04.09.2025 09:03 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Countdown to tomorrow, 1pm β°
Free webinar on new #T2D & #GestationalDiabetes research - open to all.
www.tickettailor.com/events/bette...
03.09.2025 09:38 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Graphic featuring a portrait of Professor Lieve Van den Block alongside the Cicely Saunders International and Kingβs College London logos. Text reads: βCicely Saunders International Annual Lecture 2025: The future of palliative care in an ageing society: evidence and practice. Tuesday 21 October, 16:00-17:00 BST, Online."
What does palliative care look like in an ageing society? π
Hear from leading expert Prof Lieve Van den Block at the Cicely Saunders International Annual Lecture 2025.
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Tuesday 21 October 2025 Online
π Register now: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/cicel...
29.08.2025 08:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
A group of five people gathered around a laptop.
Inspired by Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom, Kingβs is developing a new digital tool to support collaboration among patients, carers, professionals and researchers β aimed at improving healthcare together.
π Read more: https://loom.ly/6kCRZFM
@kingsnmpc.bsky.social
29.08.2025 01:01 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
β³ Just 1 week to go until our next webinar!
Don't miss the discussion on innovative ways to support the lived experiences of people with non-type 1 diabetes.
ποΈ Register here: buytickets.at/betterhchub/...
28.08.2025 10:10 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
A pregnant woman taking her blood glucose, and a young woman with a blood glucose monitor studying
Join our next webinar sharing new approaches to diabetes care β from reducing stigma in gestational diabetes through tailored messaging, to peer-led education for young adults with type 2 diabetes.
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Thu 4 Sep | 1-2 pm
π buytickets.at/betterhchub/...
20.08.2025 09:34 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 0 π 2
Doctor in consultation with elderly patient
As the worldβs population ages, how can we ensure that care systems evolve to meet growing and complex needs?
In this blog, two King's experts discuss how the programme equips professionals to lead with compassion, strategy, and evidence π©Ί
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18.08.2025 13:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Select tickets β Supporting the lived experiences of people with non-type 1 diabetes β Microsoft Teams
Join us for our latest session in the β―Better Health & Care webinar series, where we explore innovative approaches to suppo...
How can we better support the health and wellbeing of people with diabetes?
Join this webinar on 4 Sept to hear new approaches to:
β¨ Reducing gestational diabetes stigma
β¨ And co-designing support for young adults with type 2 diabetes
buytickets.at/betterhchub/...
14.08.2025 08:55 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
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Dean of King's College London: The Revd Dr Ellen Clark-King
First point of contact re religious provision, spiritual development & welfare for all staff & students King's College London.
Email: dean@kcl.ac.uk
PhD student at the Cicely Saunders Institute, King's College London
Young adult palliative care
Views are my own
Advanced Critical Care Practitioner. Post Doc Nurse Researcher. All the views presented are my own.
leading monthly multi-specialty journal for hospital doctors and other healthcare workers.
Link: https://magonlinelibrary.com/journal/hmed
EmailοΌlydia@bjhmhealth.com
The EMPOWER Dementia Network +, funded by the Alzheimer's Society, ESRC, and NIHR, unites researchers, people living with dementia, carers, professionals, and charities to enhance dementia care and empower a meaningful life for all.
Weβre the UKβs leading end of life charity. Hospice care and support, research and campaigns. Whatever the illness, weβre with you to the end π
The Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London is one of 15
@nihrarcs.bsky.social
We work with our partners on applied health and care research.
Exploring global challenges through diverse perspectives. Home to Kingβs Geography; Global Health & Social Medicine; International Development plus Global Institutes.
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kcl.ac.uk/global-affairs
Sociologist of Health & Illness | Lecturer in Co-designing Healthcare Interventions at King's College London.
A team of community, public and research partners from across South London, working together for better dementia care. π
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National Breastfeeding Helpline - 0300 100 0212 -24/7
Support also available via FB/IG and through local services
To donate Β£3 text BFN to 70085
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A world-leading initiative led by King's College London that is transforming the future of health and care
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Current @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social β¬Postdoctoral Research Fellow with an interest in improving mental healthcare. Previously: @imperial-ighi.bsky.socialβ¬ postdoc and @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk PhD student at @kingsioppn.bsky.social π
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Researching maternity & migration | #Afghanistan #Serbia | King's College London | personal account | https://birthingontheway.wixsite.com/project
Head of Programming, Culture kcl.ac.uk/cultural Kingβs College London π±
Part of bodydataspace.net collective πββοΈ
Project board member 'The Jewel in the Strand' https://stmarylestrand.com/ π«
Clinical Reader, Cicely Saunders Institute|Consultant Palliative Medicine, Kingβs Health Partners|House of Commons Health & Social Care Committee palliative care expert panel|Trustee, Hospice UK
Passionate about equality, equity and ILD.
Professor in the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, King's College London. FRCN. Views my own.
Research manager. Talking about caring, research, palliative and end of life care, grief & bereavement, being a sib of an adult with LD and other stuff in between.
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