Dr Katharine Weetman, Marie Curie Associate Professor Dr John MacArtney and team have recently published findings on the challenges posing current discharge processes, identifying patient experiences and highlighting suggestions for healthcare professionals, summarised below.
21.08.2025 09:54 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
The Chief Medical Officer for England’s 2023 Annual Report on Health in an Ageing Society identified that more research needs to include older people. That's why we've joined other organisations in signing a statement of intent and to take action.
Read more - www.nihr.ac.uk/news/nihr-an...
11.08.2025 15:37 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Conference submissions are open. We are welcoming abstract and spotlight session submissions for the Marie Curie Research into Practice Conference 2026.
🚨Calling researchers - Submissions for abstracts and spotlight sessions for the Marie Curie Research into Practice Conference 2026 are now open!
www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...
05.08.2025 10:02 — 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
@mariecurieuk.bsky.social and @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social announce the projects awarded through our research funding partnership.
The projects aim to tackle the urgent need for better dementia-specific end-of-life care.
Find the individual projects ⬇️
www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...
15.07.2025 11:17 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1
Priorities identified through the Marie Curie/James Lind Alliance (JLA) Priority Setting Partnership have guided our research grants scheme; end of life care in, and discharge from, hospitals.
Read the JLA blog to learn more👇
And visit the scheme page - www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...
09.06.2025 12:59 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Research Grants Scheme: improving hospital experiences
Marie Curie's next call for research will focus on improving the quality of care and discharge processes in hospitals for people at the end of life.
The @mariecurieeolc.bsky.social research call is now open. We're delighted to partner up with two brilliant hospital charities: Leeds Hospitals Charity and Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals Charity. Deadline for expressions of interest is 21 July 25 www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...
03.06.2025 15:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by Marie Curie
How to start a Men's Shed in your hospice
*FAO all hospices!*
We want to help you set-up and develop a Men's Shed support group.
For more information please watch our short presentation (25mins) explaining what Men's Sheds are, the benefits they bring, and how we are able to help you start your own!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5ZY...
03.06.2025 14:59 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Great to see over 100 posters on the management of psychological symptoms & needs at #eapc2025. Check out our poster on research required in this area. And feel free to join our network to exchange ideas on research and practice in this space: www.mainexchange.org.uk
30.05.2025 03:49 — 👍 8 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
Sharing the results of this important study at #EAPC2025:
Mapping the #PalliativeCare #Research workforce in the UK 🗺️ - thoughts?
Led by @annefinucane.bsky.social
-with wide collaboration including @simonnoahetkind.bsky.social & @flissmurtagh.bsky.social
Funded by @mariecurieeolc.bsky.social
30.05.2025 12:08 — 👍 20 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
My Grief My Way: delighted to present a poster on our bereavement support resource at #eapc2025. Our website content is free to use by all, with further material coming soon!
mygriefmyway.co.uk
Funded by @mariecurieuk.bsky.social
29.05.2025 08:03 — 👍 14 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 0
Congratulations to @andreabruun.bsky.social for winning the @eapcvzw.bsky.social Early Career Researcher Award #EAPC2025 - so well deserved! Brilliant to hear about your career development from PhD @mariecurieeolc.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk Research Dept and current work on learning disabilities
29.05.2025 07:21 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
Call for research: Improving hospital experiences
Marie Curie's next call for research will focus on improving the quality of care and discharge processes in hospitals for people at the end of life.
Pre-launch: themes for the next @mariecurieuk.bsky.social Research Grants Scheme call, based on the refreshed @jameslindalliance.bsky.social palliative + end of life care research priorities - focus on hospital palliative + end of life care from ED to discharge www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...
14.05.2025 12:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Palliative Care Research Conference
Our Palliative Care Research Conference aims to support researchers and practitioners to establish research opportunities in their hospice.
I’m presenting at the Dorothy House Palliative Care Research Conference on 5 June, discussing the timely, effective and safe use of injectable end-of-life medications.
Bringing together our brand new research for the 1st time!
www.dorothyhouse.org.uk/palliative-c...
27.04.2025 13:06 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Marie Curie funded research is looking into the palliative and end of life care research workforce. Can you help?
The sessions seek to explore your views on the findings and implications for growing the palliative care research workforce in the UK. See below post for details 👇
19.03.2025 12:15 — 👍 12 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0
🏅Our Tammy Prescott public and patient involvement award goes to the team behind the Victoria and Stuart Project!
The project was a codesign of a toolkit of resources for advanced care planning for those at the end of life with learning difficulties.
19.02.2025 15:27 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
The top 10 new priorities for palliative and end of life care research are:
How do people with dementia experience end of life? How can palliative and end of life care better meet their needs and those of their carers, friends and families?
How can NHS, social services and charities work more collaboratively to provide joined-up care that better meets the needs of people with a serious life-limiting illness and their carers, friends and families?
What kinds of palliative and end of life care and support need to be in place to enable people to die well at home? What skills do staff need? What helps or hinders the delivery of care at home?
What are the best ways to provide personalised palliative and end of life care that meets all the physical, mental, practical, social and spiritual needs of a person with a serious life-limiting illness?
How can palliative and end of life care better meet the complex needs of people with multiple health conditions?
How can communication and care co-ordination be improved across the teams of health and social care professionals caring for people with any serious life-limiting illness?
What skills, training and information do carers, friends and family members need to be able to care for someone who is dying at home (e.g. giving medicines safely by injection, managing incontinence, moving people)? What is the impact (pros and cons) of upskilling the people giving care?
How can the quality of palliative and end of life care in hospital be improved? What helps or hinders improvement?
What are the best ways to provide palliative and end of life care, support and advice at all hours (24/7 or out of hours)?
How can palliative and end of life care better meet the needs of people who live alone, or are socially isolated?
We’re excited to announce the launch of new research priorities for palliative and end of life care!
These have been created in a project with the JLA and other partner organisations, including co-funders the ESRC and @mndassoc.bsky.social, and guided by people affected by a life limiting illness.
13.02.2025 10:24 — 👍 21 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 0
The cost of dying crisis
It shouldn’t be harder to make ends meet at the end of your life. But many people are pushed into poverty after a terminal diagnosis.
Always shocked by the number of people dying in poverty in the UK - 111,000 in 2023, up from 90,000 in 2019 - higher risk for working age people, women, black minorities, North East, Wales @drjulietstone.bsky.social @helenbarnard.bsky.social @mariecurieeolc.bsky.social #MCResearch2025 bit.ly/42UPfpK
14.02.2025 10:27 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Last day of the @mariecurieeolc.bsky.social Research into Practice conference - another great line up of interesting presentations! I did not manage to catch all sessions live yesterday and Tuesday but will watch them all on catchup #MCResearch2025 mariecurie.ivent-pro.com/events/resea...
14.02.2025 09:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Quote from Dr Charlotte Stenson's work on multiple health conditions #MCResearch2025: '..We in health push people through little portals depending on which organ we're trying to look at on each occasion..' such a powerful description - striking also the other quotes, including from the audience
13.02.2025 19:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Session recording from @spbowers.bsky.social @felicitydewhurst.bsky.social on palliative care for people with multiple long-term conditions #MCResearch2025 now live-this is addressing priority 5 of the new @jameslindalliance.bsky.social Peolc research priorities healthopenresearch.org/documents/7-2
13.02.2025 19:48 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Very interesting abstract session #MCResearch2025 - great to hear from Lynne Partington from @eolp.bsky.social about the @mariecurieeolc.bsky.social impact grant on involvement of activity coordinators in care homes to improve identification and management of depression
13.02.2025 16:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Great to be finally able to share the refreshed research priorities identified+prioritised by people with lived/professional experience, a partnership with
@jameslindalliance.bsky.social @mndassoc.bsky.social, ESRC
@mariecurieeolc.bsky.social
Report here: healthopenresearch.org/documents/7-2
13.02.2025 12:39 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🏅Congratulations to all the Marie Curie Research into practice conference 2025 prize winners!
We'll be posting about each individual winner soon. In the meantime, check out this conference booth to explore the winning research - mariecurie.ivent-pro.com/events/resea...
#MCResearch2025
12.02.2025 08:42 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Congratulations! So very well deserved - a brilliant project
11.02.2025 17:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I'm one of over 70 people tuned in for Stephanie Crawford from @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social School of Psychology's presentation on #deathliteracy at the Marie Curie annual conference #MCResearch2025
11.02.2025 15:41 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Great to hear about the partnership approach to discussing and researching end of life care for people with HIV by @mariecurieeolc.bsky.social community team and @thtorguk.bsky.social @brionyhudson.bsky.social great to see the use of the Life Cafe in the first stages #MCResearch2025
11.02.2025 14:30 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Policy updates, news and campaigns from the UK’s leading end of life charity. We campaign for a world where everyone gets the best experience possible at the end of their life.
Supporting development of researchers in palliative and end of life care through events, networking and collaborations.
Professor of Liaison Psychiatry- QMUL Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing and Royal London Hospital.
Researches interface of physical & mental health, delirium & dementia. Evangelical parkrunner
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Death, dying & bereavement in acute care 🚑
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Health research methods🤓
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Quantitative Researcher at Marie Curie
Interests include palliative and end of life care, caregiving, loneliness, health and wellbeing, older adults.
Chief Medical Officer, Marie Curie UK | Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Bradford |
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Europe PMC provides comprehensive access to life sciences literature from trusted sources. It's available to anyone, anywhere for free. https://europepmc.org/
Professor of Palliative Care, University of Sheffield.
Palliative Care | Family Caregiving | Mesothelioma | Equity
Clinical Reader, Cicely Saunders Institute|Consultant Palliative Medicine, King’s Health Partners|House of Commons Health & Social Care Committee palliative care expert panel|Trustee, Hospice UK
Passionate about equality, equity and ILD.
President of the @ec.europa.eu
Mother of seven. Brussels-born. European by heart. 🇪🇺
Lead at NHS England for #LivingWithAndBeyondCancer.
Trustee of the Pelvic Radiation Disease Association PRDA.org.uk | Views my own | Quality of life really matters
Research Fellow at CRSP, Loughborough University. Stats geek researching social policy and inequality, poverty, and living standards.
Bringing patients, carers, and health and care professionals together to identify and prioritise the unanswered questions they want health research to address.
Visit our website: https://www.jla.nihr.ac.uk/
KAM | Professional Development Lead Frailty & End of Life Care | Palliative Care Paramedic | Welsh Ambulance Service | Wish Ambulance
Deputy Director of Research @NuffieldTrust. Interests quality of care, equity, end of life care, using data and evidence to improve health and social care.
The International Observatory on End of Life Care undertakes research and education to improve palliative and end of life care. Home of the PhD in Palliative Care. Lancaster University, UK. https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/health-and-medicine/research/ioelc/
Associate director for internal research at Marie Curie
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Together we’ll ensure a better end of life for all.
