Being assigned a clinical nurse specialist is associated with better experiences of cancer care: English population‐based study using the linked National Cancer Patient Experience Survey and Cancer Registration Dataset obvs
@BarrottLisa
@alisonleary1
‘Thank goodness you’re here’. Exploring the impact on patients, family carers and staff of enhanced 7-day specialist palliative care services: A mixed methods study 📚
@PickardJE
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap...
Danish word of today: Valgflæsk Lit: ’election bacon’. Used to describe promises by politicians which they have no intention to fulfil after the election. HT
@Scanditwitchen
#r4today
To be present as a loved one died was an honour for us | Death and dying | The Guardian and as a doctor 👨🏼⚕️ dr Minton sounds like a sensible choice
@macmillancancer
support noted as is the
@Strategy_Unit
report and data 📊
Medical student confidence in care of the dying and their family: a systematic review | BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care nice one
@DrGeoffreyWell1
sad face ☹️ pounds 💷
Screening instruments for early identification of unmet palliative care needs: a systematic review and meta-analysis | BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
Did you know that payroll costs for UK hospices have surged by 11%, equating to £130 million in additional spending?
We’re joining
@HospiceUK
to call for a new model to fund end-of-life and palliative care
RIP Clive james for the TV 📺 and the books 📚 but also the public service about living life with a terminal illness and the writing ✍🏻 and dying at home 🏡