Prof Katherine Sleeman
@kesleeman
Laing Galazka Chair in Palliative Care @CSI_KCL @KingsCollegeLon, Honorary Consultant Palliative Medicine @KingsCollegeNHS
Improving palliative and end-of-life care has never been more important. I am thrilled to announce the Impact Centre for Palliative and End-of-Life Care, which will accelerate better care for dying people by closing the gap between evidence and practice. kcl.ac.uk/research/the-i…
King's is delighted to announce the Impact Centre for Palliative and End-of-Life Care. The Centre will enable the provision of high-quality palliative & end-of-life care across the UK and create systemic change in the delivery of care for dying people. kcl.ac.uk/news/half-of-u…
Without support from @NIHRresearch at critical points in my career (eg moving from basic science to health services research) I would not be where I am right now. (Which is, specifically, on my way to Parliament to talk about improving palliative care) Thank you NIHR 🙏
Everyone deserves dignity, comfort, and the right support at the end of life. But too often, that doesn’t happen. Supported by two NIHR Career Development awards, Professor @kesleeman Katherine Sleeman’s research is helping to improve palliative care services here in the UK and…
Super excited to work with a wonderful team at @CSI_KCL and @hscwru, with collaborator @homeinsteadcouk, on this important research... Why not join us?! 📢Applications for a Research Assistant open NOW: jobs.ac.uk/job/DNW744/res… #dementia #peolc #homecare @CatherineJanee1
Around 90,000 people living with dementia in England rely on homecare workers—but many lack suitable end-of-life training. Dr Lesley Williamson @LEWilliamson19 @KingsCollegeLon will pilot the IPOS-Dem tool, equipping carers to identify symptoms & communicate effectively with…
The annual assisted dying reports produced by jurisdictions like Washington and Oregon are far from adequate. But they’re better than nothing. It’s astonishing that they could be axed. Note- an amendment to the TIA Bill that specified what must be reported annually was rejected.
Reassured by the promise of annual "assisted dying" reports? Washington state had those, but no more. "Due to funding cuts... a 2024 annual statistical report will not be released." #AssistedSuicide deaths will continue, though. nationalreview.com/corner/washing…
📣 Are you a UK professional working with people near the end of life? 💥 Help shape priorities for the new Impact Centre for Palliative and End-of-Life Care. We’re inviting health & care professionals & commissioners to complete our Stakeholder Survey👇 qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_3g…
There’s an important question here. In the run up to the third reading of the assisted dying bill, who was reassuring MPs that safety concerns would be sorted out in the House of Lords?
10. MPs were told (who by?) that the bill could be fixed in the Lords. 335 MPs are new to parliament; this misleading line may well have persuaded some inexperienced MPs to vote for a bill they suspected was unsafe. x.com/kesleeman/stat…
Parliament-at-its-best latest. Read, and weep.
A month on from the Commons vote on assisted suicide, it’s clear that quite a few MPs were confused about the bill or influenced by misinformation. Here are 10 examples:
🔔 HIRING! We are looking for a Grade 6 Research Associate to join our great team, delivering policy-focused research to improve palliative and end of life care. 📅 Closes 7th August 📧 Contact me for info jobs.ac.uk/job/DNY814/res…
Great clinical teaching today on interventional anaesthesia / nerve blocks in palliative care. These techniques can be incredibly helpful for, eg, cancer pain. But my impression is they are used far less often than they might be.
💪 Everyone has worked so hard to get us to within 3,000 signatures of reaching our 100k goal! But there's no room for complacency: so keep sending folk to ParkyPetition.com and let's lock in this historic moment!
.@alzheimerssoc and @MarieCurie are investing £1 million into groundbreaking research, tackling the urgent need for better dementia-specific end-of-life care. These projects bring together experts to develop practical tools, training, and guidelines, improving homecare support,…
Delighted to be co-leading this @MarieCurieEOLC and @AlzSocResearch funded study with Dr Therese Johansson 👇
Influence of primary and community care service use on hospitalisation among people with dementia in the last three months of life: A mixed-methods secondary analysis of national survey data youtube.com/watch?v=QhrGS-… mariecurie.org.uk/research-and-p…
Falconer suggested that the Lords must ‘uphold’ what ‘the Commons have decided to go ahead with’. A rather novel downgrading of our second house . I’ve explored this further in the @spectator
Why the Lords doesn’t have to accept the Assisted Dying Bill The reality is that both the House of Commons and the House of Lords play an equal role in the passing of legislation, except when it comes to matters of financial privilege ✍️ Nikki Da Costa…
Over 660,000 people die each year in the UK, yet too many still can’t access the care and support they need at the end of life. That reality drives the work of Professor @kesleeman , whose NIHR-funded research is changing how the UK and the world care for people in their final…
New paper on minimizing escalation toward high-intensity treatments - a process we refer to as ‘clinical deceleration’. Highly relevant to NHS 10 year plan. Led by the excellent @LizDzeng
In Great Britain, clinicians and caregivers identified individual, institutional, and system-level factors that favor lower-intensity treatment for people living with advanced dementia. ja.ma/4kwu96e