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.
West Midlands, England
Joined January 2019
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🥳 Revamped Specialist #Palliative Care guidelines, more accessible & swish new branding #TeamWestMids westmidspallcare.co.uk/spagg… – at West Midlands, England
Join West Mids #PalliativeCare team, friendly supportive colleagues, beautiful countryside & flexible working options. westmidspallcare.co.uk/listi…
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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
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SESSION UPDATE!
On Non Drug Management of Breathlessness - thank you @lovell_natasha again for your help!
portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Componen…
@APM_Hub @APMPostTweets @NHSE_TEL
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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!
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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/…
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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/…
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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…
@Lucy_Selman
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And some more reviews in our Communication skills module -
'Please don't tell my husband - managing collusion'
portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Componen…
and
'I don't believe you, I'm not ready to die' - managing denial
portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Componen…
@APMPostTweets @APM_Hub @NHSE_TEL
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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/Componen…
@APMPostTweets @APM_Hub @NHSE_TEL
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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/listi…
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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
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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-prog…
Tickets 👇
pccongress.org.uk/registrati…
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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-prog…
Tickets 👇
pccongress.org.uk/registrati…
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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…
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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/speci…
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🚨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…
cc: @AstraZeneca @Ethypharm
#Frailty #PalliativeCare #VirtualWards
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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/inte…
@PCU_Cambridge @ARC_EoE @TheQNI @QNI_Scotland
