Scottish Network for Acute Palliative Care (SNAPC)
@ScotPallNet
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Enabling acute palliative care specialists from across Scotland to collaborate, share, & amplify their voice, to improve care for people nearing the end of life
Scotland
Joined March 2020
A clip (and vote) which leads to the heart of some harsh and very disturbing realities.
Should each assisted suicide applicant get a meeting with a palliative care specialist? When MPs proposed this, care minister Stephen Kinnock raised a “concern” that it “would increase demand for palliative care specialists”. He joined Kim Leadbeater in voting down the proposal.
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Letter correcting some misinformation which was prominent in the Westminster debate.
Devil in the detail of the assisted dying Bill. Letters in The Times, including one from me and 14 other palliative care specialists. @Dr_N_Wiggins @drkathrynmannix @doctor_oxford @pollyedmonds @CarolUHS @SBajwah @ProfMarkTaubert @BakerIdris @drol007 @bathmatt
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@ScotPallNet @APMPostTweets @Existential_Doc @dbuch17 @theASPCP @PCRScommittee @veladconmigo @CormacRussell @doctor_oxford @dr_mary_miller @drcrouchback @drkathrynmannix @Palliative_Scot
The public are being asked for their views on a palliative care strategy consultation published by Public Health Minister @Jenni_Minto. More information here: https://t.co/wte3Yg8thD
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Letter from the Cab Sec setting out SG position on the Assisted Dying Bill. SG expects costs to be "substantially higher" than set out in the Financial Memorandum. Also "the Bill in its current form is outside the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament" 1/2
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SPPC's easy read brief on the content of the new Scottish Assisted Dying Bill, plus an updated version of our description of the legislative process.
palliativecarescotland.org.uk
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Still space on our EASE course in Portobello, Edinburgh! Starts 21 Feb. EASE is a free course for anyone who wants to be more comfortable and confident helping friends or family who are caring, dying or grieving. Get more info or book: samara@palliativecarescotland.org.uk
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The Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines are a great resource. So pleased to see that they continue to be developed and improved. @annasutherlan15 @Palliative_Scot @online_his
https://t.co/9hKKVgLvns
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The line up for SPPC's annual conference on 22 Nov is taking shape. More details and bookings here https://t.co/sIYz8LFzXZ
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Vacancies in #PalliativeCare adult services within Greater Glasgow & Clyde area: CNS Band 6 Glasgow Royal Infirmary https://t.co/U86eRWNKYO CNS Band 6 Royal Alexandra Hospital https://t.co/ykp6f8DPp3 ACNS Band 7 Royal Alexandra/Vale Of Leven https://t.co/5zhoY5kzqQ
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Just published a short paper reporting a persistent increase in home deaths in Scotland since the start of the pandemic: https://t.co/BKrqODsQrp 1/4
academic.oup.com
AbstractBackground. Deaths at home increased in Scotland at the start of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic by ~35%. The majority did not inv
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Latest paper highlights that deaths at home in Scotland(#DaH) throughout the pandemic, rose by 35% and continue to rise. The impact that this has on quality of #care, quality of #death and unpaid #carers requires further study. #ADRScotland @adr_uk
https://t.co/PCJ0UaPsVo
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Registration now open for the Inspiring Leadership Programme starting Feb 2024. Further info & course feedback: https://t.co/vOhthLqxAA The programme is for registered health or social care professionals or senior colleagues working in specialist #PalliativeCare in Scotland...
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Designing and psychometric properties of the hospitalized patients’ spiritual needs questionnaire (HPSNQ) in the medical-surgical hospital setting
link.springer.com
BMC Palliative Care - The evaluation of spiritual requirements in patients can facilitate the delivery of spiritual care as an essential element of holistic healthcare. The objective of this...
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Today we remember the one and only Dr Kate Granger MBE who died on this day in 2016. Kate was an inspiration to thousands across the NHS and her legacy lives on in so much of what we do. 2023 marks 10 years since she launched the #HelloMyNameIs campaign.
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Acute care is shaped by an ideology of rescue which predicted and dictated the process of care. Suffering was not restricted to the experiences of life-limiting illness but also receiving care in an acute hospital setting. #hpm #hapc #hospice
https://t.co/68JNIacvIq
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Finally, we can talk about SEECareUK. The first ever prospective UK wide evaluation of care of dying people in hospitals, with a focus on those not supported by specialists in palliative care. In those reviewed, there was near universal unmet need. https://t.co/95NOUYLqvG
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The consultation for the Deteriorating patients guideline is now live and will remain open until 6pm on Tuesday 11 April. If you would like to provide feedback, the link to the consultation can be found
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https://t.co/deK7dvs4oV Great opportunity for a colleague to join our consultant team here at Strathcarron Hospice! Deadline is the 22nd of February! BMJ thinks we're in the Highlands! We're not but there's the opportunity to live in Perthshire and enjoy the outdoors lifestyle!
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Last shift as a specialty doctor today. Don’t remember ever experiencing levels of need so high before in so many areas of health care all at once. The risk of moral injury for staff and families doing what they can to care seems unjust. Look after each other
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