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Caroline Barry
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Palliative Medicine Consultant and MND Specialist. Interests: Mental capacity & human rights towards the end of life. Views own.
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My rapid response in @bmj.com on research funders' joint statement calling for better inclusion of older people in research highlights the key role of #TrialsMethodology research e.g CONSULT www.capacityconsentresearch.com @ctrcardiffuni.bsky.social

#InclusiveResearch

www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Screenshot of a rapid response article in The BMJ titled Research must be (re)designed to include older people if it is to meet tomorrow's health and care needs
August 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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📢Registration now open: Building Inclusive Practices around Mental Capacity & Consent in Palliative Care Research

✅Hear research findings
✅Identify research gaps & priorities
✅Opportunities to collaborate & contribute

📆 17th Oct
📍 RCP, London
🔗 www.capacityconsentresearch.com/palliative-c...

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Flyer for workshop titled Building Inclusive Practices around Mental Capacity and Consent in Palliative Care Research at RCP in London on 17th Oct
August 13, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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📢 OPTIMISE workshop - developing recommendations for inclusive consent processes for trials

Keen to include researchers working with different populations with communication &/or capacity needs e.g care homes, learning disability, emergency

📅 8th July
📌 Cardiff, in person

Please get in touch!
Flyer for OPTIMISE event in Cardiff 8th July
June 9, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Reposted by Caroline Barry
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This day in social work history ⏳

7th April 2005: Mental Capacity Bill receives Royal Assent and becomes the Mental Capacity Act 2005. It would not come into force until 2007, when it was gradually introduced (fully introduced October 1st, 2007).
April 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Reposted by Caroline Barry
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UK clinicians - do you support unpaid/family carers of patients with breathlessness in advanced disease? This resource could help: supporting-breathlessness.org.uk. Plus we have a new batch of "mock prescription pads" in to help you signpost carers to it - just message me with your postal address!
March 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Local DNACPR policies can place patients and healthcare professionals at risk - results of a survey of resuscitation policies across England. Open access
Divergence in DNACPR and resuscitation policies: institutional survey in England
Objectives Our objective was to analyse the policies of hospitals and care homes in England as regards the use of do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) recommendations. We sought to id...
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March 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Now available Open Access as editors’ choice in the latest issue of BMJ supportive & palliative care
March 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Want to learn more about trials involving adults lacking capacity to consent?

1) Access our free CONSULT e-learning modules with links to resources & a downloadable certificate of completion

2) Complete the evaluation survey to let us know what you think!

www.capacityconsentresearch.com/training
Flyer for CONSULT training on trials involving adults lacking capacity to consent
February 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Great to see the 1st annual report from Cardiff's Centre for Adult Social Care Research showcasing the breadth of work already achieved, including from my Churchill Fellowship visits last year exploring advance research planning

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#InclusiveResearch #SocialCare
Front cover of annual report from Centre for Adult Social Care Research at Cardiff University Page from Centre for Adult Social Care Research report covering project on advance research planning
January 16, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39805678/ First paper on the important topic of how pharmacogenomics might affect symptom management in palliative care - looking forward to exploring this further in studies in the coming year
Pharmacogenomics and symptom management in palliative and supportive care: A scoping review - PubMed
It is both feasible and acceptable to conduct PGx testing in a supportive and palliative care setting. Many supportive care medications are amenable to PGx. Clinician adherence to recommendations is v...
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January 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM