There is still time to register for the annual Marie Curie Research into Practice conference - we have a really exciting programme of practice-relevant topics. Thank you so much to all the teams who have submitted spotlight sessions and abstracts! Register here www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...
Prizes return for the Marie Curie Research into Practice Conference 2026
In continuation with previous years, we will be presenting four awards. Two are now open for nomination of any researcher in the palliative and end of life care field:
Researchers – Three new commissioned research calls are open for application (below)
The aim is for evidence from these projects to inform our policy and campaigns activities.
Calls close Friday 12th December 2025 at 5pm. Details can be found on our website - www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...
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.
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...
🚨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...
@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...
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...
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...
*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...
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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 👇
🏅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.
'Dads' Takeaway nights' - most effective in engaging fathers of children who have died suddenly - Sarah Hodkinson and Lisa Dennis from Shooting Star Children's Hospices #MCResearch2025 on their bereavement support model. Very moving and available on catchup www.shootingstar.org.uk/news/shootin...
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.
Most carers of people at the end of life are significantly older, most aged over 65 years, 20% aged over 80 years - striking findings that chime with my experience of my mother caring for my father for > 2 years, aged 84+, Clare Gardiner Sheffield
#MCResearch2025 www.sheffield.ac.uk/palliativere...
Really important new data on unpaid carers from Clare Gradiner, Sheffield #MCResearch2025: between 150,000 and 180,000 people every year are providing unpaid care for someone at the end of life - around 4% of household carers in the UK @mariecurieeolc.bsky.social www.sheffield.ac.uk/palliativere...
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
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...
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
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
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
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
🏅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
