Lily Lamb
@DrLilyLamb
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FRCGP, NIHR Doctoral Fellow @UniofNewcastle @RCGP Council representative for NE England, GP @NPCcentral, all views are my own
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined July 2012
Fantastic day so far for the #CONNECT programme event, so much enthusiasm in the room for Clinical Education Research and a great opportunity to share experience, methodologies, challenges and ideas with potential for impact. Thank you @ClinEdResearch for bringing this community
🎉 A full house for the #CONNECT Programme launch, bringing together our first cohort of clinical education researchers and esteemed faculty for a day of inspiration, mentorship & collaboration! ⭐ Made possible through the @NIHRresearch & our Incubator network #ClinEdR #MedEd
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🥳 Brilliant workshop led by @lisigordon on Longitudinal #Qualitative Research exploring lived #experiences through time ⌚ 💬 A powerful reminder that understanding process, change, and temporality helps us see the BIG story, not just the pieces 🧩 #ClinEdR #MedEd #ClinEd
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This week at the TIA Bill committee, several peers asked questions about the drugs used for assisted deaths. Short thread…
Prof Katherine Sleeman on assisted suicide drugs, which no regulator anywhere has approved: “The reason different jurisdictions all use different drugs...is because we haven’t got that evidence. We don’t know which...works better than another, because they’ve not been tested.”
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Worth a watch. Too little thought into how these unnatural premature deaths affect loved-ones
"Why didn't I say something?" Listen to Benjamin Turland share his experience of losing both his grandmothers to euthanasia in Canada.
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.@Tanni_GT tears up explaining she knows parents "terrified" about how their 40-year-old child living with Down’s syndrome will be treated if they outlive them, and they are no longer around to help advocate for him. Especially if assisted suicide becomes an option.💔
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“The prospect of a state-funded assisted dying service sitting alongside a cash-strapped hospice sector is deeply disquieting” And yet, this is precisely what it seems we will shortly have. https://t.co/EM2QmjSXLj
theguardian.com
Editorial: A new National Audit Office report reveals a sector in crisis. As the needs of an ageing population grow, it must be a wake-up call for the government
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Academic medicine needs a revolution. Read this first in a series of papers @bmj_latest laying out Vision 2050 recommendations for much needed reform. We invite you to join the debate & hope it will reset research towards better heath for all & a workforce to deliver it 👇
The chairs of the BMJ Commission on the Future of Academic Medicine set out principles for transforming academic medicine and to help improve population and planetary health, @SoniaKSaxena @MiguelORyan1 @baumfran
https://t.co/UqthCBtrWX
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Key line of questioning from @lucianaberger. The bill's failure to involve coroners means chances will be missed to pick up cases of medically-assisted dying where domestic abuse was a factor. Both expert witnesses - medical examiner & former chief coroner - completely agree.
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This is why assisted dying, if legalised, must be entirely outside healthcare. See
kadoh.uk
Welcome to KADOH Keep Assisted Dying Out of Healthcare Assisted Dying and the Role of Mainstream Healthcare KADOH provides evidence on why assisted dying should be separate from healthcare Keep...
Canada's euthanasia program is a warning to the world. People with disabilities are being pressured to end their lives during routine medical appointments. Not in rare cases, but weekly. Why? Because the system now classifies poverty and loneliness as "intolerable suffering."
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Well said @michael_mul1 @rcgp Thank you for giving evidence on behalf of GPs at @UKHouseofLords today. It struck me that the 'robust' safeguards of the bill are really dependent on the continuity, relational knowledge and experience present in the GP-patient relationship, yet
Dr Michael Mulholland, Honorary Secretary of the Royal College of General Practitioners: "The whole question of making decisions for assisted dying goes against everything I've been trained in and have practised for 30+ years".
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Now starting
Next up Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Nursing, Royal College of General Practitioners
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Well said @michael_mul1 @rcgp Thank you for giving evidence on behalf of GPs at @UKHouseofLords today. It struck me that the 'robust' safeguards of the bill are really dependent on the continuity, relational knowledge and experience present in the GP-patient relationship, yet
Dr Michael Mulholland, Honorary Secretary of the Royal College of General Practitioners: "The whole question of making decisions for assisted dying goes against everything I've been trained in and have practised for 30+ years".
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Learning disabilities? Autistic? Downs Syndrome? Don't worry you too can have an assisted death according to Lord Falconer
Falconer: those with learning disabilities, autism... with proper care we can make sure they have that option too!
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My interview at the end of this piece was edited to a short clip, but highlights that legalising #assisteddying does not only concern the autonomy of patients, but of doctors as well. There is risk of harm to the medical workforce from participation in assisted deaths, an act
Thank you @itvtynetees for the opportunity to make the point in this sad case that legalising #assisteddying will affect doctors as well as patients, and many will be deeply uncomfortable with ending a patients life. Evidence suggests participation in assisted deaths can cause
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Its great to hear you care about hospices and suicide prevention @kimleadbeater , I hope you also listen to evidence and recognise the potential unintended consequences of legalising assisted dying. For example, recent evidence from a former Australian Attorney General and MP
For those who think you can’t possibly care about giving terminally ill people choice in their dying days AND suicide prevention, this will really blow your minds - you can also care about our brilliant hospices too. We can and must do all these things #HospiceCareWeek
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The fact Australian clinicians now have to give reasons for conscientious objection is particularly concerning @ProfMarkTaubert, I sense UK medical colleagues have been reassured by the idea of #assisteddying being an opt-in only service, ie not part of the routine role of a
Australia, & how Assisted Dying, once law, constantly changes & expands: 13 proposed amendments: • Removing ‘gag clause’ so health practitioners can raise AD with pts during discussion abt end of life care • Requires clinicians who conscientiously object to provide info on why
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Its great to hear you care about hospices and suicide prevention @kimleadbeater , I hope you also listen to evidence and recognise the potential unintended consequences of legalising assisted dying. For example, recent evidence from a former Australian Attorney General and MP
For those who think you can’t possibly care about giving terminally ill people choice in their dying days AND suicide prevention, this will really blow your minds - you can also care about our brilliant hospices too. We can and must do all these things #HospiceCareWeek
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Two former presidents of the Association for Palliative Medicine have told me that the Leadbeater bill could “destroy” the hospice sector.
For those who think you can’t possibly care about giving terminally ill people choice in their dying days AND suicide prevention, this will really blow your minds - you can also care about our brilliant hospices too. We can and must do all these things #HospiceCareWeek
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