Prof Mark Taubert
@profmarktaubert.bsky.social
Palliative Medicine Doctor
Reposted by Prof Mark Taubert
🎟️ In-person tickets now open: Do Not Resuscitate Forms – Who’d Have One?
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Join consultant and chair of Wales’ DNACPR policy, @profmarktaubert.bsky.social*, to explore DNACPR policy, end-of-life planning, scandals & tackling misinformation
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Join consultant and chair of Wales’ DNACPR policy, @profmarktaubert.bsky.social*, to explore DNACPR policy, end-of-life planning, scandals & tackling misinformation
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October 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🎟️ In-person tickets now open: Do Not Resuscitate Forms – Who’d Have One?
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Join consultant and chair of Wales’ DNACPR policy, @profmarktaubert.bsky.social*, to explore DNACPR policy, end-of-life planning, scandals & tackling misinformation
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One of the worst articles I have read on assisted dying, and exemplifies why I am against the Bill currently going through parliament. Miscomprehension and oversimplified opinion on what others' lives are like to live, are rife.
Let them die
🖊️ Oli Dugmore: The case for assisted dying
🖊️ Oli Dugmore: The case for assisted dying
Let them die
The case for assisted dying
www.newstatesman.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
One of the worst articles I have read on assisted dying, and exemplifies why I am against the Bill currently going through parliament. Miscomprehension and oversimplified opinion on what others' lives are like to live, are rife.
@hamishhawk.bsky.social dear Hamish. Looking forward to Cardiff concert. My 8& 12 yr old love ur songs since they heard them on radio.They got us to get ur AFH album. They know loads of the lyrics. We were going to come to the gig without kids but they really want to see you. Is there an age limit?
August 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
@hamishhawk.bsky.social dear Hamish. Looking forward to Cardiff concert. My 8& 12 yr old love ur songs since they heard them on radio.They got us to get ur AFH album. They know loads of the lyrics. We were going to come to the gig without kids but they really want to see you. Is there an age limit?
Reposted by Prof Mark Taubert
‘My daughter didn’t get emotional like I did’: the families who go gigging together
‘My daughter didn’t get emotional like I did’: the families who go gigging together
Concerts are now full of multigenerational fans who grew up on the music as a family. Whether Billie Eilish or Stevie Wonder, they explain the appeal
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
‘My daughter didn’t get emotional like I did’: the families who go gigging together
Reposted by Prof Mark Taubert
📝 New Future Care Planning Review
A new scoping review of the literature and an updated definition, published in @bmj.com
By: Mala Mann, Caitlin Cahill, Stephanie Sivell, Robyn Hackett, Elin Harding, @profmarktaubert.bsky.social
📖 Read more: spcare.bmj.com/content/bmjs...
A new scoping review of the literature and an updated definition, published in @bmj.com
By: Mala Mann, Caitlin Cahill, Stephanie Sivell, Robyn Hackett, Elin Harding, @profmarktaubert.bsky.social
📖 Read more: spcare.bmj.com/content/bmjs...
spcare.bmj.com
July 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
📝 New Future Care Planning Review
A new scoping review of the literature and an updated definition, published in @bmj.com
By: Mala Mann, Caitlin Cahill, Stephanie Sivell, Robyn Hackett, Elin Harding, @profmarktaubert.bsky.social
📖 Read more: spcare.bmj.com/content/bmjs...
A new scoping review of the literature and an updated definition, published in @bmj.com
By: Mala Mann, Caitlin Cahill, Stephanie Sivell, Robyn Hackett, Elin Harding, @profmarktaubert.bsky.social
📖 Read more: spcare.bmj.com/content/bmjs...
Assisted Dying Bill puts the vulnerable at risk. www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitne...
I’m a palliative care doctor – the new assisted dying Bill puts the vulnerable at risk
If clinicians start approaching assisted dying as a possible solution for patients, will they assume ‘doctor knows best’ and go ahead?
www.telegraph.co.uk
June 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Assisted Dying Bill puts the vulnerable at risk. www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitne...
Reposted by Prof Mark Taubert
“How long has the staff been here?” Staff longevity says so much about a senior living community. This week on Comforting Closure, Angie Graham and I discuss what consistency reveals about care.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
#DeathDoula #SeniorLivingSupport
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
#DeathDoula #SeniorLivingSupport
June 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“How long has the staff been here?” Staff longevity says so much about a senior living community. This week on Comforting Closure, Angie Graham and I discuss what consistency reveals about care.
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
#DeathDoula #SeniorLivingSupport
Full episode Thursday: www.comfortingclosure.com/multimedia
#DeathDoula #SeniorLivingSupport
Reposted by Prof Mark Taubert
Super proud to see my #NorthEast #PalliativeMedicine colleague Dr Lucy Robinson being awarded the highest winning abstract at #EAPC2025 #Finland 🏆 - and presenting her fantastic #PhD #Research from @newcastleuni.bsky.social
@barbarahanratty.bsky.social
@barbarahanratty.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Super proud to see my #NorthEast #PalliativeMedicine colleague Dr Lucy Robinson being awarded the highest winning abstract at #EAPC2025 #Finland 🏆 - and presenting her fantastic #PhD #Research from @newcastleuni.bsky.social
@barbarahanratty.bsky.social
@barbarahanratty.bsky.social
Reposted by Prof Mark Taubert
Happy to see so many people interested in #lung disease and #Inequalities - thanks for all the feedback and discussion #EAPC2025 🫁
May 29, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Happy to see so many people interested in #lung disease and #Inequalities - thanks for all the feedback and discussion #EAPC2025 🫁
@hamishhawk.bsky.social Hi Hamish. Thanks for the clever and catchy songs, which have accompanied us on many journeys. My son Idris is a big fan. His favourite is Big Cat Tattoos. All the best.
May 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
@hamishhawk.bsky.social Hi Hamish. Thanks for the clever and catchy songs, which have accompanied us on many journeys. My son Idris is a big fan. His favourite is Big Cat Tattoos. All the best.
Episode 2 of #BBC Inside Health programme, 3-parter with @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social and
@katherinesleeman.bsky.social
@katherinesleeman.bsky.social
Today's episode of Inside Health (BBC R4) asks how could we be certain someone wants to die, who brings up the conversation & safeguarding.
I was part of the panel discussion with @profmarktaubert.bsky.social @katherinesleeman.bsky.social & @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I was part of the panel discussion with @profmarktaubert.bsky.social @katherinesleeman.bsky.social & @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Inside Health - Assisted dying: How could we be certain someone wants to die? - BBC Sounds
James Gallagher and the panel discuss the safeguarding implications of the proposed bill.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Episode 2 of #BBC Inside Health programme, 3-parter with @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social and
@katherinesleeman.bsky.social
@katherinesleeman.bsky.social
I am part of a BBC Inside Health mini series on #AssistedDying.
With @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social and @katherinesleeman.bsky.social
Part 1:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
With @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social and @katherinesleeman.bsky.social
Part 1:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Inside Health - Assisted dying: Who’s eligible under the proposed bill? - BBC Sounds
In the first of our mini-series we discuss who could get an assisted death under the rules
www.bbc.co.uk
March 28, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I am part of a BBC Inside Health mini series on #AssistedDying.
With @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social and @katherinesleeman.bsky.social
Part 1:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
With @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social and @katherinesleeman.bsky.social
Part 1:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Reposted by Prof Mark Taubert
If our experience is anything to go by- the boards don't tend to say no
March 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
If our experience is anything to go by- the boards don't tend to say no
Our letter in today's Observer -thank you @theguardian.com for publishing full signatory list- in response to Max Hill KC
& co's letter last week on #AssistedDying
theguardian.com/theobserver/...
& co's letter last week on #AssistedDying
theguardian.com/theobserver/...
March 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Our letter in today's Observer -thank you @theguardian.com for publishing full signatory list- in response to Max Hill KC
& co's letter last week on #AssistedDying
theguardian.com/theobserver/...
& co's letter last week on #AssistedDying
theguardian.com/theobserver/...
Dear @theguardian.com Why have you culled 33 signatories from our letter in today's Observer? Mainly medics, responding to last week's full signatory letter on #AssistedDying? www.theguardian.com/theobserver/...
Are our ‘lost boys’ really being failed?
While sexist attitudes do harm outcomes, the ‘reverse gender gap’ is being weaponised against women
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Dear @theguardian.com Why have you culled 33 signatories from our letter in today's Observer? Mainly medics, responding to last week's full signatory letter on #AssistedDying? www.theguardian.com/theobserver/...
Really important editorial on predicting survival, prognosis and the current #AssistedDying law
Predicting a prognosis of 6 months is fraught with uncertainty and impossible to do accurately
Scott Murray & I summarise the challenges of predicting survival over this timescale in @bmj.com
& what this means for proposed Assisted Dying legislation www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Scott Murray & I summarise the challenges of predicting survival over this timescale in @bmj.com
& what this means for proposed Assisted Dying legislation www.bmj.com/content/388/...
March 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Really important editorial on predicting survival, prognosis and the current #AssistedDying law
A former member of a euthanasia review board in the Netherlands speaks out about #AssistedDying
www.spectator.co.uk/article/on-a...
www.spectator.co.uk/article/on-a...
February 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
A former member of a euthanasia review board in the Netherlands speaks out about #AssistedDying
www.spectator.co.uk/article/on-a...
www.spectator.co.uk/article/on-a...
Reposted by Prof Mark Taubert
Sir James Munby, former head of the Family Division of the High Court, has given his opinion on the supposedly improved Assisted Suicide Bill. His view: "it still falls lamentably short of providing adequate safeguards". transparencyproject.org.uk/assisted-dyi...
ASSISTED DYING : WHAT ROLE FOR THE TRIBUNAL? THOUGHTS ON THE LATEST PROPOSALS
This is a guest post by Sir James Munby, and it follows on from earlier posts about the proposed Assisted Dying reforms here, here and here.
In Assisted
transparencyproject.org.uk
February 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Sir James Munby, former head of the Family Division of the High Court, has given his opinion on the supposedly improved Assisted Suicide Bill. His view: "it still falls lamentably short of providing adequate safeguards". transparencyproject.org.uk/assisted-dyi...
Reposted by Prof Mark Taubert
So pt I’m helping applied for “assisted dying” (VAD) & had 1st assessment before seeing Palliative Care last week! Continued thru VAD process BUT now symptoms well controlled as I was asked to do. Family have come from afar. Due to die Friday…🥺
@profmarktaubert.bsky.social
@doctoroxford.bsky.social
@profmarktaubert.bsky.social
@doctoroxford.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
So pt I’m helping applied for “assisted dying” (VAD) & had 1st assessment before seeing Palliative Care last week! Continued thru VAD process BUT now symptoms well controlled as I was asked to do. Family have come from afar. Due to die Friday…🥺
@profmarktaubert.bsky.social
@doctoroxford.bsky.social
@profmarktaubert.bsky.social
@doctoroxford.bsky.social
Reposted by Prof Mark Taubert
@profmarktaubert.bsky.social
On assisted dying and the extreme underdiagnosis of the abuse of older persons
@kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social @patients
On assisted dying and the extreme underdiagnosis of the abuse of older persons
@kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social @patients
February 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
@profmarktaubert.bsky.social
On assisted dying and the extreme underdiagnosis of the abuse of older persons
@kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social @patients
On assisted dying and the extreme underdiagnosis of the abuse of older persons
@kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social @patients
Reposted by Prof Mark Taubert
Usage of the word "Eugenics" over time.
February 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Usage of the word "Eugenics" over time.
Huge issues in Germany with lack of Oversight and clinicians and MDTs paying scant attention even when concerns raises. Evidence about negative consequences sequences in other jurisdictions has not been sought. This Bill in its current form lacks safeguards
👩⚖️No other country with assisted dying requires judicial review.
While several questions remain on the assisted dying bill, the coming amendment improves safety standards, having judges in a more suitable position, @gideonsalutin.bsky.social explains👇
www.smf.co.uk/commentary_p...
While several questions remain on the assisted dying bill, the coming amendment improves safety standards, having judges in a more suitable position, @gideonsalutin.bsky.social explains👇
www.smf.co.uk/commentary_p...
Judges' smaller role in assisted dying will strengthen safety
SMF's Gideon Salutin explains why Kim Leadbeater MP's proposed changes to assisted dying bill will improve safety standards.
www.smf.co.uk
February 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Huge issues in Germany with lack of Oversight and clinicians and MDTs paying scant attention even when concerns raises. Evidence about negative consequences sequences in other jurisdictions has not been sought. This Bill in its current form lacks safeguards
We held an MDT yesterday to discuss multiple issues with multiple viewpoints. But there is ZERO evidence for single issue MDTs staffed with professionals who will have been employed due to a pro- #AssistedDying stance. Unsafe.
Really pleased to see a wider set of professionals would be involved in decisions on assisted dying under this amendment. This gives even stronger oversight than a judge alone.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
High court signoff in England and Wales assisted dying bill to be scrapped
Kim Leadbeater will submit what she calls ‘judge plus’ amendments to her bill
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
We held an MDT yesterday to discuss multiple issues with multiple viewpoints. But there is ZERO evidence for single issue MDTs staffed with professionals who will have been employed due to a pro- #AssistedDying stance. Unsafe.