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Morag Farquhar
@mfarquhar.bsky.social
Professor of Palliative Care Research, University of East Anglia (work posts, but views own)
Great to see @stelizabethhospice.bsky.social advertising for a new dedicated Carer Support Nurse role (building on our successful pilot supported by @arceastofengland.bsky.social) www.stelizabethhospice.org.uk/about-us/job...
Hospice Community Carer Support Nurse / Clinical Nurse Specialist - St Elizabeth Hospice
www.stelizabethhospice.org.uk
October 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Reposted by Morag Farquhar
What is it like to experience exacerbations? How should clinicians talk to people about exacerbations? Read our article to find out... @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social
COPD | This interview study with patients and carers highlights the importance of plain language (‘flare up’ rather than 'exacerbation') and the lasting effect on patient behaviour of a clinician's response to help-seeking for flare-ups

➡️ doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
September 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Reposted by Morag Farquhar
🛒Latest #research shows Norfolk Community Foundation's social supermarkets improves health and communities.

💷For every £1 invested, they generate £6.54 in social value by improving health, reducing stress, and strengthening community ties❗️

📖Read the findings➡️ arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/news-blogs/n...
September 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Interested in supporting young carers? See our new review paper... reviews the support needs of Young Carers and identifies adaptions needed to questions on the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool to ensure covers young carers' support needs...
doi.org/10.1177/0269...
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August 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Reframing resilience in community healthcare. Our latest piece in BJCN
magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1...
August 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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‼️ Community nurse in CPFT? Please consider this amazing opportunity to be more research active and support evidence based practice
📣 Nurses & AHPs @cpft-nhs.bsky.social are invited to apply for an exciting new #research role!
Part-time R&D Link will help more health services & staff use research to improve #NHS care & treatment over 12 months- 1 day per week.
⬇️ Apply here by Wednesday 20 August ⬇️
www.cpft.nhs.uk/latest-vacan...
August 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Join us for our cross-ARC webinar on Timely Access to end of life meds. Three insightful research projects shared and I’m chairing discussions
Register for our webinar on Tuesday 16 Sept, 11am-12pm, where will be discussing the pressing issue of timely access to end-of-life medication 👇

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July 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
If you are interested in improving healthcare in prisons, work in a prison setting, or are involved in prison healthcare research then this East of England 25th Sept FREE event at UEA may be of interest: rcgp.my.site.com/s/lt-event?i...

@arceastofengland.bsky.social
Community
rcgp.my.site.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Exciting part-time Research Associate on the Marie Curie funded SNAP in Prisons study at University of East Anglia. Further details available at vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/16...
July 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Still time to join our webinar on Tuesday 8 July, 11-12 to hear leading experts discuss the health and caregiving experiences of parents of children with a life-limiting condition. #PeoLC #palliativecare Book your place: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/bbbd0f...
June 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Community nurses based in the UK? Please help us evidence how much of your work involves end of life care.

Take part in our 10-min max survey study here:
cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

@theqicn.bsky.social @crystaloldman.bsky.social @johnunsworth10.bsky.social @rosyroo.bsky.social
NOTICE Survey
NOTICE Survey
cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com
May 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Are you registered nurse, NSW/HCA/NA/SNA who has had to accept a lower paid role/band in the last 5 years we are keen to know why. Lack of flexible working? No opportunity? Poor working conditions?
Any role, any setting, any employer, anywhere in the UK
www.surveymonkey.com/r/AFCRN
Taking lower paid roles.
Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.
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May 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Community nurses - how much of your work involves end of life care? Does any of this work have to go deferred?

Please help with our short anonymous survey
& share widely with colleagues 🙂

Take part here:
cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

@crystaloldman.bsky.social @theqicn.bsky.social
May 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Are you a clinician interested in #person-centred care for people with chronic progressive conditions? Our next "SNAP in Practice" webinar/drop-in is on 7th May 1pm-2pm - contact me to be added to the mailing list thesnap.org.uk
Person-Centred Care, Progressive Disease Intervention
The Support Needs Approach for Patients (SNAP) is a health care intervention which seeks to enable person-centred care for patients with progressive conditions.
thesnap.org.uk
April 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Calling all UK registered #nurses & HCAs NSW NAs TNAs
have you had to seek or take a lower paid role (AFC or hourly rate) to get the kind of work you need? Not just any NHS but any role, any setting, any employer, any UK country for any reason www.surveymonkey.com/r/AFCRN
April 24, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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New paper: Caregiving burden, receipt of palliative care, and the use of bereavement support: secondary analysis of population-based data

bmcpalliatcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Congratulations Maja!
April 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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🚨Our new BJGP paper - community nurses providing palliative care find collaborating with GPs harder, where practices have been moved towards remote dialogue & workforce diversification @bjgp.bsky.social

Pls Share. Our paper: bjgp.org/content/earl...

@theqicn.bsky.social @crystaloldman.bsky.social
March 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Are you a clinician interested in #person-centred care for people with chronic progressive conditions? Our next "SNAP in Practice" webinar/drop-in is on 7th May 1pm-2pm - contact me to be added to the mailing list thesnap.org.uk
Person-Centred Care, Progressive Disease Intervention
The Support Needs Approach for Patients (SNAP) is a health care intervention which seeks to enable person-centred care for patients with progressive conditions.
thesnap.org.uk
March 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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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
Are you a clinician interested in #person-centred care for people with chronic progressive conditions? Our next "SNAP in Practice" webinar/drop-in is on 7th May 1pm-2pm - contact me to be added to the mailing list thesnap.org.uk
Person-Centred Care, Progressive Disease Intervention
The Support Needs Approach for Patients (SNAP) is a health care intervention which seeks to enable person-centred care for patients with progressive conditions.
thesnap.org.uk
March 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Reposted by Morag Farquhar
Carer resource ... 'supporting someone with breathlessness'
Please click on the link
Great to see such interest in management of breathlessness at this morning’s NIHR National ARC PEoLC webinar & interest and n our unpaid carer resource supporting-breathlessness.org.uk/@arceastofen... @nihrarcs.bsky.social
supporting-breathlessness.org.uk
December 2, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Great to see this paper published on the translation of the SNAP Tool (thesnap.org.uk) into Swedish - congratulations to Prof Carina Lundh Hagelin & team at Marie Cederschiöld University in Stockholm!
March 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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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It's Young Carers Action Day 2025.

The theme, ‘Give Me A Break’, highlights the need for young carers to have time to rest and recharge, while also calling on schools and employers to provide better support, helping them achieve their full potential. @carerstrust.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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The 2025 national #ARCseminar series on:
The healing power of creative arts

💃🏾🎷🎵
7 May: Improving #MentalHealth & wellbeing with creative arts

🎭🎤🖌️
11 June: Exploring lived experience with creative arts

🎵🕺🎭
9 July: Creative arts for #dementia

eventbrite.com/cc/nihr-arcs...
March 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM