@drleeroyw.bsky.social
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Dr Balfour Mount died yesterday. Our clinical and spiritual leader, he was the first to use the term “palliative care” and opened the Royal Vic PCU. He inspired all of us to work with energy and integrity . We are all a bit more lonely today. Godspeed, Bal Mount
September 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Dr Balfour Mount died yesterday. Our clinical and spiritual leader, he was the first to use the term “palliative care” and opened the Royal Vic PCU. He inspired all of us to work with energy and integrity . We are all a bit more lonely today. Godspeed, Bal Mount
Thanks Nathan Gray!
April 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Thanks Nathan Gray!
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (11th February 2025)
publications.parliament.uk
February 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Shrinking — Paul's Thanksgiving Speech | Season 2 Scene | Apple TV+
YouTube video by Apple TV
youtu.be
January 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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A *report* on social care reform by 2028.
Meanwhile assisted dying / assisted suicide could - in fact is likely to - be legalised and implemented by 2027.
How do we ensure people don’t ‘choose’ an assisted death because they can’t get the care they need?
Meanwhile assisted dying / assisted suicide could - in fact is likely to - be legalised and implemented by 2027.
How do we ensure people don’t ‘choose’ an assisted death because they can’t get the care they need?
Since 1997 there have been no less than 25 commissions, select committee inquiries & white papers on social care.
Labour - who admit social care is in crisis, & that the NHS cannot be fixed without it - just responded by...
... announcing the 26th one 😳
Labour - who admit social care is in crisis, & that the NHS cannot be fixed without it - just responded by...
... announcing the 26th one 😳
January 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A *report* on social care reform by 2028.
Meanwhile assisted dying / assisted suicide could - in fact is likely to - be legalised and implemented by 2027.
How do we ensure people don’t ‘choose’ an assisted death because they can’t get the care they need?
Meanwhile assisted dying / assisted suicide could - in fact is likely to - be legalised and implemented by 2027.
How do we ensure people don’t ‘choose’ an assisted death because they can’t get the care they need?
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#AssistedDeath / #AssistedDying poses a massive problem for informed consent. Every other medical intervention is rigorously tested to reveal its burdens and benefits. How can we test what it's like to be dead? No truly informed consen tis possible. #Ethics #HAPC #MedSky
December 23, 2024 at 1:28 AM
#AssistedDeath / #AssistedDying poses a massive problem for informed consent. Every other medical intervention is rigorously tested to reveal its burdens and benefits. How can we test what it's like to be dead? No truly informed consen tis possible. #Ethics #HAPC #MedSky
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If other medical specialities were stigmatized like palliative care #hapc #palliativecare
December 21, 2024 at 5:55 PM
If other medical specialities were stigmatized like palliative care #hapc #palliativecare
Christmas Message from President Michael D. Higgins 2024
YouTube video by Áras an Uachtaráin
youtu.be
December 21, 2024 at 12:06 PM
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my comments on #MAID #euthanasia of patient hospitalized under MH act provisions: appears to raise "concerns that non-specialists feel comfortable to end the life of persons with mental illness who need care and protection"
@nationalpost.com.web.brid.gy nationalpost.com/news/bc-psyc...
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B.C. family alleging wrongful death after man euthanized while on day pass from psychiatric ward
A B.C. family is claiming wrongful death after a 52-year-old man with back pain and a history of mental illness received MAID n 2022.
nationalpost.com
December 20, 2024 at 3:08 AM
my comments on #MAID #euthanasia of patient hospitalized under MH act provisions: appears to raise "concerns that non-specialists feel comfortable to end the life of persons with mental illness who need care and protection"
@nationalpost.com.web.brid.gy nationalpost.com/news/bc-psyc...
@nationalpost.com.web.brid.gy nationalpost.com/news/bc-psyc...
The importance of social work and palliative care in aged care cannot be overlooked. Thanks Palliative Care Australia and @jowoodSW for these insights and advocacy.
youtu.be/ZmAUJNGhqOw?...
Allied Health Professional: Jo Wood
YouTube video by Palliative Care Australia
youtu.be
December 20, 2024 at 6:12 AM
The importance of social work and palliative care in aged care cannot be overlooked. Thanks Palliative Care Australia and @jowoodSW for these insights and advocacy.
youtu.be/ZmAUJNGhqOw?...
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Compassion fatigue is a term that is thrown around a lot these days but what is the evidence for compassion fatigue? www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ml5... #spiritualcare #hospice/palliative
Compassion Fatigue: Is Compassion a Finite Resource?
YouTube video by Compassion Research Lab
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Compassion fatigue is a term that is thrown around a lot these days but what is the evidence for compassion fatigue? www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ml5... #spiritualcare #hospice/palliative
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Today is #UHCDAY2024! It is not #UHC without #palliativecare though! Since 86%of the worlds people with PC needs still lack access to services and meds according to @WHO there’s lots off work to do! Woohoo! Join @iahpc.org & let’s get it done!
December 12, 2024 at 6:54 AM
Today is #UHCDAY2024! It is not #UHC without #palliativecare though! Since 86%of the worlds people with PC needs still lack access to services and meds according to @WHO there’s lots off work to do! Woohoo! Join @iahpc.org & let’s get it done!
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Today is #HumanRightsDay2024. @IAHPC reminds our members, friends, donors and followers that #Palliativecare is a component of the right to health for all people with serious health related suffering. We welcome you to join us to help realize our vision of a world free from health related suffering.
December 10, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Today is #HumanRightsDay2024. @IAHPC reminds our members, friends, donors and followers that #Palliativecare is a component of the right to health for all people with serious health related suffering. We welcome you to join us to help realize our vision of a world free from health related suffering.
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Symptom expression is always multidimensional
December 8, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Symptom expression is always multidimensional
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@j-palliativemed.bsky.social End-of-life care in nursing homes: study of Medicaid decedents finds individuals with nursing home stays used hospice less often & for shorter duration www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
December 6, 2024 at 6:29 PM
@j-palliativemed.bsky.social End-of-life care in nursing homes: study of Medicaid decedents finds individuals with nursing home stays used hospice less often & for shorter duration www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
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The Royal College of Psychiatrists have released a statement on Friday’s vote on assisted dying.
“There are … unanswered questions about whether it is possible to provide adequate protections and safeguards … and if so what these measures would be”
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
“There are … unanswered questions about whether it is possible to provide adequate protections and safeguards … and if so what these measures would be”
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
RCPsych comments on vote for assisted dying Bill in England and Wales
A total of 330 MPs have voted in favour of moving the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill through to the next stage of the legislative process in Westminster while 275 have voted against it.
www.rcpsych.ac.uk
December 2, 2024 at 11:43 AM
The Royal College of Psychiatrists have released a statement on Friday’s vote on assisted dying.
“There are … unanswered questions about whether it is possible to provide adequate protections and safeguards … and if so what these measures would be”
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
“There are … unanswered questions about whether it is possible to provide adequate protections and safeguards … and if so what these measures would be”
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...