#assisteddying Illness trajectories explain why a prognosis of 6 months is flawed. Most people need terminal care 2 to 5 years. They cannot be “reasonably expected to die within 6 months”. They are likely to be alive 18 months later. Evidence ignored

Primary palliative care has been traditionally defined as care provided by primary health care workers. We agree that current definitions should recognize the vital role of community-centered approaches. #palliativecare.

RT @bmj_latest: In this precarious moment of national and global multicrisis, the legal system is more and more becoming our last and only….

RT @ProfMarkTaubert: Untested, unlicensed, unregulated: prescribing and oversight issues in physician-assisted dying/suicide https://t.co/….

RT @EdinUniUsher: Absolute honour and pleasure to welcome you here @DrTedros. Thank you so much for your time yesterday.

Breaking free from prognostic paralysis in chronic advanced diseases. June 2025Palliative and Supportive Care 23.DOI: 10.1017/S1478951525100254 .We need to accept and even embrace uncertainty as a cure for prognostic paralysis! @ProfMarkTaubert.

RT @spectator: Recent heated debates may have left some with the impression that most deaths in the UK are bad, that palliative care cannot….

RT @RightToLifeUK: Jeremy Wright MP: I do not want to live in a society where anyone, including the terminally ill, is encouraged in the be….

RT @DrRachelFisher: A dark day. The government will fund your early death before your palliative care. Heartbroken now I must state publicl….

RT @dsnorthnorth: I and Blair McDougall have written this piece in the @NewStatesman to highlight the costs - in every sense - if we were t….

RT @DrRachelFisher: 🧵As a GP with a palliative care interest, I am deeply concerned by the #assisteddyingbill. It not only threatens my vul….

RT @treesey: The founder of the hospice movement - Dame Cicely Saunders - was asked what she thought about assisted dying in 1983 https://t….

Royal College of General Practitioners confirms GPs should not deliver assisted suicide. They are too busy delivering health care and they need more time to support people dying naturally. Palliative care can help people scared of dying

Assisted dying is an existential choice, not a treatment Another really important question that must be answered before this bill goes any further #Palliativecare can address existential issues @ProfMarkTaubert @SimonNoahEtkind.

RT @scottamurrayed: #assisteddying BMJ editorial highlights another impractical "safeguard" in the Westminster bi….

RT @STAGEDOC: “Any opportunity to make this Bill workable and introduce assisted suicide in a safe way has gone. The assisted suicide Bill….

What the audience thought about the presentation from nahala delivered by Mhoira ⁦@drmhoira⁩ ⁦@Nahlazzahra⁩ ⁦@EAPCvzw⁩ HUMANITY

RT @Pontifex: From #Gaza, the cries of parents rise to heaven ever more intensely as they clutch the lifeless bodies of their children, sea….

RT @Existential_Doc: Steps to improve palliative care in the community and home. 1. Access to expert telephone advice and support 24/7 for….

RT @Existential_Doc: 4. Public health campaign to engage public on the myths and fears around death, dying, hospice and palliative care. 5.….

Finding wise hope beyond a cure Really helpful #AssistedDying Palliative care fosters hope in living and dying at peace. But people must understand the offer and be aware of the potential benefits. The vocabulary sometimes gets in the way @kpettus.