Prof Katherine Sleeman
@katherinesleeman.bsky.social
Laing Galazka Chair in palliative care at King’s College London. Consultant in palliative medicine.
Stimulating and productive meeting today of our NIHR Policy Research Unit in palliative and end of life care. So lucky to work with such brilliant colleagues.
For more info on our work: www.kcl.ac.uk/research/nih...
For more info on our work: www.kcl.ac.uk/research/nih...
September 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Stimulating and productive meeting today of our NIHR Policy Research Unit in palliative and end of life care. So lucky to work with such brilliant colleagues.
For more info on our work: www.kcl.ac.uk/research/nih...
For more info on our work: www.kcl.ac.uk/research/nih...
Join us on 21st October for this year’s Cicely Saunders Institute Michal Galazka Study Day!
👉Topic - Delivering Integrated Palliative Care
👉Great speakers - including @drbenbowers.bsky.social Dr Matthew Allsop and Dr Sarah Mitchell
👉In person and online
👉Free!
Registration: shorturl.at/JzMwG
👉Topic - Delivering Integrated Palliative Care
👉Great speakers - including @drbenbowers.bsky.social Dr Matthew Allsop and Dr Sarah Mitchell
👉In person and online
👉Free!
Registration: shorturl.at/JzMwG
August 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Join us on 21st October for this year’s Cicely Saunders Institute Michal Galazka Study Day!
👉Topic - Delivering Integrated Palliative Care
👉Great speakers - including @drbenbowers.bsky.social Dr Matthew Allsop and Dr Sarah Mitchell
👉In person and online
👉Free!
Registration: shorturl.at/JzMwG
👉Topic - Delivering Integrated Palliative Care
👉Great speakers - including @drbenbowers.bsky.social Dr Matthew Allsop and Dr Sarah Mitchell
👉In person and online
👉Free!
Registration: shorturl.at/JzMwG
🔔 We are looking for people aged 18-25 living with complex health conditions to help us with a research study.
📋 The study is about how we measure the symptoms and concerns that matter to you. We’ll pay you £25ph.
📧 Contact Rachel (details below) if you are interested.
📋 The study is about how we measure the symptoms and concerns that matter to you. We’ll pay you £25ph.
📧 Contact Rachel (details below) if you are interested.
August 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🔔 We are looking for people aged 18-25 living with complex health conditions to help us with a research study.
📋 The study is about how we measure the symptoms and concerns that matter to you. We’ll pay you £25ph.
📧 Contact Rachel (details below) if you are interested.
📋 The study is about how we measure the symptoms and concerns that matter to you. We’ll pay you £25ph.
📧 Contact Rachel (details below) if you are interested.
Our report for the UK Covid Inquiry on palliative and end of life care during the pandemic has been published.
We include 15 recommendations to strengthen palliative and end of life care so it is fit for the future, including future pandemics.
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/documents/in...
We include 15 recommendations to strengthen palliative and end of life care so it is fit for the future, including future pandemics.
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/documents/in...
July 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Our report for the UK Covid Inquiry on palliative and end of life care during the pandemic has been published.
We include 15 recommendations to strengthen palliative and end of life care so it is fit for the future, including future pandemics.
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/documents/in...
We include 15 recommendations to strengthen palliative and end of life care so it is fit for the future, including future pandemics.
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/documents/in...
Is assisted dying a treatment? This question is not just interesting philosophically - it has important implications in terms of clinical practice and law.
New BMJ Opinion by Prof Gareth Owen, Prof
@capacitylaw.bsky.social and me
Free link: bmj.com/cgi/content/...
New BMJ Opinion by Prof Gareth Owen, Prof
@capacitylaw.bsky.social and me
Free link: bmj.com/cgi/content/...
June 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Is assisted dying a treatment? This question is not just interesting philosophically - it has important implications in terms of clinical practice and law.
New BMJ Opinion by Prof Gareth Owen, Prof
@capacitylaw.bsky.social and me
Free link: bmj.com/cgi/content/...
New BMJ Opinion by Prof Gareth Owen, Prof
@capacitylaw.bsky.social and me
Free link: bmj.com/cgi/content/...
Listen to our manifesto poem, written by poet Louise Wallwein, about the unseen stories of unpaid carers
#DementiaJourneys #DementiaActionWeek 4/8
#DementiaJourneys #DementiaActionWeek 4/8
May 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Listen to our manifesto poem, written by poet Louise Wallwein, about the unseen stories of unpaid carers
#DementiaJourneys #DementiaActionWeek 4/8
#DementiaJourneys #DementiaActionWeek 4/8
📰 Want to read the Dementia Journeys magazine? Follow the link to order your own
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#DementiaJourneys #DementiaActionWeek 3/8
dementia-journeys.com/order-magazi...
#DementiaJourneys #DementiaActionWeek 3/8
May 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
📰 Want to read the Dementia Journeys magazine? Follow the link to order your own
dementia-journeys.com/order-magazi...
#DementiaJourneys #DementiaActionWeek 3/8
dementia-journeys.com/order-magazi...
#DementiaJourneys #DementiaActionWeek 3/8
Dementia Journeys was an exhibition at Science Gallery London, inspired by the EMBED-Care research programme. The website shares powerful stories of unpaid carers supporting loved ones with dementia at the end of life.
👉 To view the exhibition’s artwork www.dementia-journeys.com/exhibition-a... 2/8
👉 To view the exhibition’s artwork www.dementia-journeys.com/exhibition-a... 2/8
May 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Dementia Journeys was an exhibition at Science Gallery London, inspired by the EMBED-Care research programme. The website shares powerful stories of unpaid carers supporting loved ones with dementia at the end of life.
👉 To view the exhibition’s artwork www.dementia-journeys.com/exhibition-a... 2/8
👉 To view the exhibition’s artwork www.dementia-journeys.com/exhibition-a... 2/8
Just out - letter in @JAMAInternalMed led by @joannamdavies.bsky.social
“Understanding the risks that MAiD [assisted dying] may pose to individuals living in vulnerable situations … should be a priority.”
“Understanding the risks that MAiD [assisted dying] may pose to individuals living in vulnerable situations … should be a priority.”
May 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Just out - letter in @JAMAInternalMed led by @joannamdavies.bsky.social
“Understanding the risks that MAiD [assisted dying] may pose to individuals living in vulnerable situations … should be a priority.”
“Understanding the risks that MAiD [assisted dying] may pose to individuals living in vulnerable situations … should be a priority.”
This letter, in today’s Times, stopped me in my tracks.
The assisted dying Bill will affect all of society, in ways that have barely been considered.
Indeed, it already is…
The assisted dying Bill will affect all of society, in ways that have barely been considered.
Indeed, it already is…
May 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This letter, in today’s Times, stopped me in my tracks.
The assisted dying Bill will affect all of society, in ways that have barely been considered.
Indeed, it already is…
The assisted dying Bill will affect all of society, in ways that have barely been considered.
Indeed, it already is…
Strong statement from the Royal College of Psychiatrists. “We cannot support the Terminally Ill Adults Bill as it stands”
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default...
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default...
May 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Strong statement from the Royal College of Psychiatrists. “We cannot support the Terminally Ill Adults Bill as it stands”
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default...
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default...
Open access paper just out on The social determinants of where people die: A study of moderators and mediators using linked UK Census and mortality data. Brilliantly led by @joannamdavies.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Open access paper just out on The social determinants of where people die: A study of moderators and mediators using linked UK Census and mortality data. Brilliantly led by @joannamdavies.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Woohoo @chrisbridgeswriter.bsky.social it arrived!
Debut novel from Chris who was a brilliant palliative care CNS and colleague, and now brilliant novelist.
Debut novel from Chris who was a brilliant palliative care CNS and colleague, and now brilliant novelist.
March 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Woohoo @chrisbridgeswriter.bsky.social it arrived!
Debut novel from Chris who was a brilliant palliative care CNS and colleague, and now brilliant novelist.
Debut novel from Chris who was a brilliant palliative care CNS and colleague, and now brilliant novelist.
Our letter in today’s @theguardian on the assisted dying Bill - with full list of signatories.
Last week, a group of lawyers, judges and academics described the proposed panel amendment as ‘sensible and practical’.
It may be ‘practical’. But is it safe?
Last week, a group of lawyers, judges and academics described the proposed panel amendment as ‘sensible and practical’.
It may be ‘practical’. But is it safe?
March 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Our letter in today’s @theguardian on the assisted dying Bill - with full list of signatories.
Last week, a group of lawyers, judges and academics described the proposed panel amendment as ‘sensible and practical’.
It may be ‘practical’. But is it safe?
Last week, a group of lawyers, judges and academics described the proposed panel amendment as ‘sensible and practical’.
It may be ‘practical’. But is it safe?
Letter in today’s @theguardian.com from me and 34 other health and care professionals on the assisted dying panels.
Unfortunately they have cut 33 signatories - including social workers, psychiatrists, geriatricians.
This must be corrected.
www.theguardian.com/theobserver/...
Unfortunately they have cut 33 signatories - including social workers, psychiatrists, geriatricians.
This must be corrected.
www.theguardian.com/theobserver/...
March 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Letter in today’s @theguardian.com from me and 34 other health and care professionals on the assisted dying panels.
Unfortunately they have cut 33 signatories - including social workers, psychiatrists, geriatricians.
This must be corrected.
www.theguardian.com/theobserver/...
Unfortunately they have cut 33 signatories - including social workers, psychiatrists, geriatricians.
This must be corrected.
www.theguardian.com/theobserver/...
Assisted dying in the UK: please don’t ignore the impact on children and young people
New editorial from Prof Lorna Fraser
adc.bmj.com/content/earl...
New editorial from Prof Lorna Fraser
adc.bmj.com/content/earl...
March 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Assisted dying in the UK: please don’t ignore the impact on children and young people
New editorial from Prof Lorna Fraser
adc.bmj.com/content/earl...
New editorial from Prof Lorna Fraser
adc.bmj.com/content/earl...
V good article from Simon Etkind and colleagues on why we need to consider frailty in the assisted dying / suicide debate
academic.oup.com/ageing/artic...
academic.oup.com/ageing/artic...
February 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
V good article from Simon Etkind and colleagues on why we need to consider frailty in the assisted dying / suicide debate
academic.oup.com/ageing/artic...
academic.oup.com/ageing/artic...
Life goal 👇
February 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Life goal 👇
Join us on the 26th February for our CSI Open Seminar delivered by Professor Irene Higginson, King's College London
The event is hosted both in-person and virtually via Microsoft Teams. Sign up for FREE here: buytickets.at/facultyofnur...
The event is hosted both in-person and virtually via Microsoft Teams. Sign up for FREE here: buytickets.at/facultyofnur...
February 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Join us on the 26th February for our CSI Open Seminar delivered by Professor Irene Higginson, King's College London
The event is hosted both in-person and virtually via Microsoft Teams. Sign up for FREE here: buytickets.at/facultyofnur...
The event is hosted both in-person and virtually via Microsoft Teams. Sign up for FREE here: buytickets.at/facultyofnur...
My letter in today’s Guardian on last weeks oral evidence sessions for the assisted dying bill - and how they left us with more questions than answers (including a big one)…
February 7, 2025 at 9:25 AM
My letter in today’s Guardian on last weeks oral evidence sessions for the assisted dying bill - and how they left us with more questions than answers (including a big one)…
Important letter in today’s Times. 24 leading psychiatrists say assisted dying will harm suicide prevention.
It was apparent last week that some committee members believe there’s a clear line between suicidality and a wish for hastened death. These psychiatrists disagree.
It was apparent last week that some committee members believe there’s a clear line between suicidality and a wish for hastened death. These psychiatrists disagree.
February 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Important letter in today’s Times. 24 leading psychiatrists say assisted dying will harm suicide prevention.
It was apparent last week that some committee members believe there’s a clear line between suicidality and a wish for hastened death. These psychiatrists disagree.
It was apparent last week that some committee members believe there’s a clear line between suicidality and a wish for hastened death. These psychiatrists disagree.
📣📣📣 We are looking for health and care professionals with experience caring for adults with advanced illness, and working with ethnically diverse populations, to join an expert consultation.
Please contact us if you are interested 🙏
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January 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
📣📣📣 We are looking for health and care professionals with experience caring for adults with advanced illness, and working with ethnically diverse populations, to join an expert consultation.
Please contact us if you are interested 🙏
See flyer 👇
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None of this would have been possible without the support of my fabulous team, and colleagues at the Cicely Saunders Institute and beyond.
2025 will be an interesting and important year for palliative care. Our job and my priority is to ensure high quality evidence informs policy and practice.
2025 will be an interesting and important year for palliative care. Our job and my priority is to ensure high quality evidence informs policy and practice.
December 31, 2024 at 2:08 PM
None of this would have been possible without the support of my fabulous team, and colleagues at the Cicely Saunders Institute and beyond.
2025 will be an interesting and important year for palliative care. Our job and my priority is to ensure high quality evidence informs policy and practice.
2025 will be an interesting and important year for palliative care. Our job and my priority is to ensure high quality evidence informs policy and practice.
We’ve held events in Parliament and for the public, and used public opinion polling to highlight the need for improved palliative care.
December 31, 2024 at 2:06 PM
We’ve held events in Parliament and for the public, and used public opinion polling to highlight the need for improved palliative care.
During late 2024 much of my focus was on assisted dying – collating evidence, radio, TV, podcast and print media interviews, and Parliamentary events. With several other palliative care doctors, I published a letter in the Times on the depiction in the debate of ordinary dying.
December 31, 2024 at 2:03 PM
During late 2024 much of my focus was on assisted dying – collating evidence, radio, TV, podcast and print media interviews, and Parliamentary events. With several other palliative care doctors, I published a letter in the Times on the depiction in the debate of ordinary dying.