WestMidsPallCare
@MidsPall
We enable high quality palliative and end of life care across the West Midlands and beyond. Finalist RCP Excellence in Patient Care Digital Award 2020.
🥳 Revamped Specialist #Palliative Care guidelines, more accessible & swish new branding #TeamWestMids westmidspallcare.co.uk/spagg/
Join West Mids #PalliativeCare team, friendly supportive colleagues, beautiful countryside & flexible working options. westmidspallcare.co.uk/listing/consul…
For an informed decision re "assisted dying" -Must know 1) likely course of illness 2) the potential of early palliative care. This video explains illness trajectories in last years of life + potential of a palliative care. Help people to live + die well youtu.be/vS7ueV0ui5U
SESSION UPDATE! On Non Drug Management of Breathlessness - thank you @lovell_natasha again for your help! portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Deta… @APM_Hub @APMPostTweets @NHSE_TEL
New @APMJuniors webinar just launched 👇 Join us at our community palliative care webinar to hear about: ➡️ Working in community palliative care ➡️ How to support patients with palliative care needs during hospital discharge ➡️ Community palliative care case studies #MedTwitter
🚀NEW Event Palliative care at home – an introduction to community palliative care 🗓️Wednesday 5 March ⏰18:30 - 20:30 🎟️APM Members £10 | Non-Members £20 Full programme available More info & tickets 👇 apmonline.org/events/apm-jun… Not yet a member? Join today! apmonline.org/membership-cat…
George Adams Prize Describe what palliative care services will be like in 2050 in the UK? Open to: Medical students Deadline: 11:59pm on Monday 13th January 2025 Meeting: Tuesday 18th February 2025 More info: www5.shocklogic.com/scripts/jmeven…
Research Prize Open to: Healthcare students & healthcare professionals with master's level research projects, quality improvement or audit in the field of palliative medicine. Submission deadline:11:59pm on Monday 13th January 2025 More info: www5.shocklogic.com/scripts/jmeven…
Please share PEOLC member Polly Maxwell's survey on LGBTQ+ family which is part of a study collecting knowledge on LGBTQ+ families and the care they provide, including towards the end of life app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/bathreg/lgbt… @Lucy_Selman
And some more reviews in our Communication skills module - 'Please don't tell my husband - managing collusion' portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Deta… and 'I don't believe you, I'm not ready to die' - managing denial portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Deta… @APMPostTweets @APM_Hub @NHSE_TEL
Another new session! END STAGE LIVER DISEASE An excellent session in Module 5 by Ben Stone and Beth Sheridan - many thanks! portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Deta… @APMPostTweets @APM_Hub @NHSE_TEL
We have released a new report. 'Planning for the End' is a review of the quality of care provided to patients towards the end of life. ncepod.org.uk/2024eolc.html @HQIP @macmillancancer @Sue_Ryder @mariecurieuk @APMPostTweets @hospiceuk @NVTweeting @PCPLDnetwork @NICEComms
New QI project improving end of life care in primary care. @GSFCentre #PalliativeCare #endoflifecare westmidspallcare.co.uk/listing/improv…
New article in the BMJ SPC blog- ‘The Cinderella Effect’ in which I write about the last thing to survive global catastrophe, Douglas Adams and hospital medicine blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2024/09… @drol007 @Existential_Doc @drkathrynmannix @M_Jefford @docdai @CSI_KCL @APMPostTweets
Symposium #PCC2025 Artificial Intelligence in Palliative Care Professor Christina Faull, Dr David Wenzel, Dr John Jeans, and Anna Makower-Jones Session outline 👇 pccongress.org.uk/day-1-programm… Tickets 👇 pccongress.org.uk/registration/
Symposium #PCC2025 #Paramedics in #palliativecare : A look into the #development of the role and what the future holds for their role within the #speciality Susanne Seymour Session outline 👇 pccongress.org.uk/day-2-programm… Tickets 👇 pccongress.org.uk/registration/
Only a week left until the @APMJConf24 on the theme of Universal Palliative Care: Compassion for everyone, everywhere. There's some great speakers lined up for what is sure to be an interesting day. Tickets available here: apmonline.org/events/apm-jun…
'The future of hospice provision is insecure, putting dying people and their families at significant risk' by Debbie Talbot & @CaraBaileyEOLC In @BMJ_SPCare #palliativecare spcare.bmj.com/content/early/…
Join us for the SAS Study Afternoon 🗓️ 21 November 2024 ⏰ 13:00 - 17:00 We will provide an update on the management of common endocrine issues & the increase in subcutaneous options for the management of common symptoms in #palliativecare 🎟️apmonline.org/events/sas-stu…
Management of Patients with #Parkinson’s disease approaching the end of life, another fab regional collaboration. westmidspallcare.co.uk/specialist-gui…
🚨Only two weeks to go until the WMPA autumn meeting, Frailty, on Wednesday 6 November at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham! It’s not too late to register! millbrook-events.co.uk/event/WMPAFrai… cc: @AstraZeneca @Ethypharm #Frailty #PalliativeCare #VirtualWards
Join us on 17 Oct @ 5.30-7pm: Dying at the margins: inequalities of access to end-of-life care Opening our highly topical six public events series on death & dying - free & open to all. --- Pls share tickettailor.com/events/intelle… @PCU_Cambridge @ARC_EoE @TheQNI @QNI_Scotland