@lucyselman.bsky.social
Professor Palliative & End of Life Care, Uni. of Bristol. Equity, community, communication, bereavement. Founding Director Good Grief Festival https://bsky.app/profile/goodgrieffest.bsky.social goodgrieffest.com https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5747-26
An accompanying policy briefing detailing key findings & recommendations has also been published today:
Bereavement: Systemic reform and targeted action needed to better support Black communities
👉 tinyurl.com/34sh98ac
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📣Out today: “The system doesn’t really cater for the trauma that Black people have experienced” – Experiences of grief and bereavement in Black British and Black Caribbean heritage communities in England: A qualitative study
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Policy brief: tinyurl.com/34sh98ac
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Please repost @bright-group.bsky.social @kazjm.bsky.social @drlucypotter.bsky.social @lucyselman.bsky.social @drpoco.bsky.social @clarethomasvll.bsky.social @shobadawson.bsky.social @christiec.bsky.social @jscottuob.bsky.social @jhorwood.bsky.social safespaces-againstviolence.axa.com/en/
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Last chance to book - PEOLC Southwest Research Network Meeting, Tomorrow 6 November 2-4pm, online. We have an exciting list of speakers and interesting talks lined up. Presentations will have a focus on equity. Register here www.ticketsource.co.uk/alice-malpas...
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Excellent paper led by Dr Charlotte Snead - we need to find ways of consulting with people about kidney disease that support them to make person-centred decisions.
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We are running this session on Ripple Effects Mapping next week - free and open to all. 👇
30.10.2025 17:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lovely article in @bristol247.bsky.social about an exhibition 'turning grief into art', which was held in Bristol on Saturday. The exhibition was curated by @goodgrieffest.bsky.social intern Isis Blake.
www.bristol247.com/culture/art/...
Stellar line-up of speakers for our next online Palliative and End of Life Care Southwest Research Network Meeting on 6 Nov. Our focus is equity.
Register: www.ticketsource.co.uk/alice-malpas...
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Listen to CC&CH Co-Investigators speak
David Moss BNSSG ICB & Teresa Salami-Oru Consultant in Public Health
Register here lnkd.in/euB5HEfu
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Stellar line-up of speakers for our next online Palliative and End of Life Care Southwest Research Network Meeting on 6 Nov. Our focus is equity.
Register: www.ticketsource.co.uk/alice-malpas...
@joannamdavies.bsky.social @claudechidiac.bsky.social @peolcsw.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social
CC&CH Workshop: Why does it matter? Understanding accountability for community outcomes, 4 December 1-3pm. More information and registration here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/why-does-i...
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Opportunity to learn about Ripple Effect Mapping - a participatory evaluation method that helps to identify and make sense of the wide-ranging impacts of a project or initiative (both intended & unintended), courtesy of @coastalcch.bsky.social, which is co-led by colleague @lucyselman.bsky.social. 🔽
16.10.2025 09:36 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The CC&CH project aims to generate evidence and resources to improve mental health and tackle health inequalities in coastal communities by enhancing and widening access to community assets coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk
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Amazing work by Liam Callebout, who live scribed at our recent community meeting in Weston-super-Mare, where our main focus was creative health. @mobcommassets.bsky.social @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social
10.10.2025 12:39 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Evaluating Programmes & Creative Engagement Initiatives. Register for our Collaborative workshop exploring methods for evaluating creative engagement initiatives and participatory methods for evaluating programmes www.eventbrite.com/e/evaluating...
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📢Research Handbook on End of Life Care and Society (eds Clark & Samuels) now out OPEN ACCESS.
Delighted to contribute the chapter on bereavement. PDF available here: www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-o...
Grief’s Grace: Launching our Living Archive in Weston-super-Mare. Read Louise Hill-Davis' blog here coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/news/
How do we carry loss and still find strength and connection? When we share it, grief can become a source of grace.
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Co-creating Services: Stakeholder Engagement from Design to Evaluation. Recording & slides from our latest capacity building workshop are now on our website. coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/capacity-bui...
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Figure 1 | Patients have diverse preferences that reflect individual variation in what they consider important. Those planning for life with kidney failure want control over their futures and tend to desire autonomy in treatment decision-making. They will trade off the potential benefits of treatments against an over-riding desire to minimize disruption of daily and family life, responsibilities, and interests. The treatments that patients plan for and receive reflect complex processes involving many actors. Familial, community, societal, cultural, spiritual, clinical, and informational factors shape preferences, restrict or provide treatment options, and guide decisions. Skill, investment, and intentional practice are needed to ensure that patient preferences carry weight in decision-making.
Proud of this Kidney International paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ki.... Nephrology involves optimal delivery of treatments that prolong life, preserve & replace organ function. The art lies in shaping this care to the person.
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The first seminar of our new series is now available on YouTube! Thanks again to Christy Denckla @hsph.harvard.edu @harvard.edu for a fascinating discussion exploring a public health perspective on grief & bereavement with @lucyselman.bsky.social.
Watch here: griefcentre.bristol.ac.uk/events
If you are interested in bereavement research, join us on 30 July at 2pm (UK time) to hear from Dr Christy Denckla on A Public Health Perspective on Grief & Bereavement
www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...
Figure 1 Patients have diverse preferences reflecting individual variation in what people consider important. Those planning for life with kidney failure want control over their futures and tend to desire autonomy in treatment decision-making. They will trade-off the potential benefits of treatments against an over-riding desire to minimize disruption of daily and family life, responsibilities, and interests. The treatments patients plan for and receive reflect complex processes involving many actors. Familial, community, societal, cultural, spiritual, clinical and informational factors shape preferences, restrict or provide treatment options, and guide decisions. Skill, investment, and intentional practice is needed to ensure that patient preferences carry weight.
Patient preferences in RRT choice
Review in @kireports.bsky.social www.kidney-international.org/article/S008...
On 30 July we have the first of our new
@griefcentrebris.bsky.social online seminar series. Join us at 2pm to hear Dr Christy Denckla @hsph.harvard.edu talk on A Public Health Perspective on Grief & Bereavement.
Register at:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...
Last week we had our annual in-person team meeting in Weston. Lovely to welcome colleagues from across sectors from Blackpool/the NW and Hastings/the SW and show them around Weston in the sunshine! Blog here
coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/news/#WSM-me...
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Watch our capacity-building workshops "A changing landscape and the need for complexity-informed approaches" and "Trauma-informed practice: Tools, stories, and strategies for impact" coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/capacity-bui...
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Do you work for a bereavement service? If so, pls take a look at this v. short survey for a project we are running to support the analysis of qualitative client feedback data. Open until 31 July.
There'll also be a focus group on 17 Sept - see flyer.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/cardiff/be...
📢 In BMJo: That’s why I wanted him to go on dialysis-a qualitative analysis of older patients’ & family members’ perspectives on kidney failure treatment rdcu.be/ewi4l
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Professor Lucy Selman and Dr Lesel Dawson, University of Bristol.
Guests at the launch event.
Guests on the lawn with Goldney House in the background.
A wonderful day at Goldney House with @lucyselman.bsky.social & @leseldawson.bsky.social for the launch of The Bristol Centre for Grief Research & Engagement (1 July). 🎉
The Centre will focus on interdisciplinary & multidisciplinary research into grief, death & loss.
See: griefcentre.bristol.ac.uk
Portrait by Jake Hurle.
Exhibition flyer
1/3 Coming up: Life in a Coastal Town - a new free exhibition exploring #MentalHealth and community, Weston Museum, Weston-super-Mare, 8-17 July 2025.
The exhibition shares original artwork by local people exploring their experiences during some of life's toughest times.
More info: bit.ly/4ltc4H8
