Dr Nicola White
@nicolawhite.bsky.social
Principal Research Fellow in palliative care.
Deputy Head of the Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, UCL.
All posts my own views.
More about me: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/31627-nicola-white
Deputy Head of the Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, UCL.
All posts my own views.
More about me: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/31627-nicola-white
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Would be great for Sam to hear from as many people as possible - do share @uclpsychiatry.bsky.social @sally-anne-fran.bsky.social @drbenbowers.bsky.social @nicolawhite.bsky.social @libbysallnow.bsky.social
I’m seeking interview participants for my PhD study about patient safety in non-conveyance. If you had an ambulance out for yourself or someone you care for, I’d love to talk to you. Please see ad for details. Please share @lavendercrew.bsky.social @carsonstevens.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Would be great for Sam to hear from as many people as possible - do share @uclpsychiatry.bsky.social @sally-anne-fran.bsky.social @drbenbowers.bsky.social @nicolawhite.bsky.social @libbysallnow.bsky.social
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Final interviews complete 🎉 It’s been a privilege to speak with staff and patients at @queenscourthospice.bsky.social about the potential of VR. Now it’s time to dive into the data and prepare for the implementation study! #VirtualReality #PalliativeCare
August 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Final interviews complete 🎉 It’s been a privilege to speak with staff and patients at @queenscourthospice.bsky.social about the potential of VR. Now it’s time to dive into the data and prepare for the implementation study! #VirtualReality #PalliativeCare
Great work @katieflanagan.bsky.social
Final interviews complete 🎉 It’s been a privilege to speak with staff and patients at @queenscourthospice.bsky.social about the potential of VR. Now it’s time to dive into the data and prepare for the implementation study! #VirtualReality #PalliativeCare
August 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Great work @katieflanagan.bsky.social
Brilliant night in Bristol 👏👊💪 @idlesband.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Brilliant night in Bristol 👏👊💪 @idlesband.bsky.social
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That’s a wrap on recruitment at Marie Curie Liverpool! I’ve spoken with staff & patients about whether VR could be used in a hospice 🥽 Huge thanks to the staff for their support through such uncertainty, and to the patients who shared their time & stories #PalliativeCare #VirtualReality
July 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
That’s a wrap on recruitment at Marie Curie Liverpool! I’ve spoken with staff & patients about whether VR could be used in a hospice 🥽 Huge thanks to the staff for their support through such uncertainty, and to the patients who shared their time & stories #PalliativeCare #VirtualReality
Caring for someone with dementia near the end of life can be overwhelming.
Our project aims to improve death literacy: the knowledge, confidence, and skills needed to navigate end of life care.
Listen to a summary of the project here:
youtu.be/U0hEbfn7DoI
Our project aims to improve death literacy: the knowledge, confidence, and skills needed to navigate end of life care.
Listen to a summary of the project here:
youtu.be/U0hEbfn7DoI
DLI-dem - Supporting dementia carers during the end of life care
YouTube video by Marie Curie
youtu.be
July 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Caring for someone with dementia near the end of life can be overwhelming.
Our project aims to improve death literacy: the knowledge, confidence, and skills needed to navigate end of life care.
Listen to a summary of the project here:
youtu.be/U0hEbfn7DoI
Our project aims to improve death literacy: the knowledge, confidence, and skills needed to navigate end of life care.
Listen to a summary of the project here:
youtu.be/U0hEbfn7DoI
Calling for your paper for the upcoming collection "Palliative care in people living with dementia"
I'm honoured to be on of the collection's Guest Editors. Learn more about the collection and how to contribute:
bit.ly/4i9VYkx
@biomedcentral.bsky.social #CallForPapers #Dementia
I'm honoured to be on of the collection's Guest Editors. Learn more about the collection and how to contribute:
bit.ly/4i9VYkx
@biomedcentral.bsky.social #CallForPapers #Dementia
June 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Calling for your paper for the upcoming collection "Palliative care in people living with dementia"
I'm honoured to be on of the collection's Guest Editors. Learn more about the collection and how to contribute:
bit.ly/4i9VYkx
@biomedcentral.bsky.social #CallForPapers #Dementia
I'm honoured to be on of the collection's Guest Editors. Learn more about the collection and how to contribute:
bit.ly/4i9VYkx
@biomedcentral.bsky.social #CallForPapers #Dementia
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I still can’t believe I have won the 2025 European Association for Palliative Care Early Researcher Award! 🍀
Thank you to the @eapcvzw.bsky.social for the award, and thank you for all the kind and encouraging words I’ve received over the last days. I really really appreciate it!
Thank you to the @eapcvzw.bsky.social for the award, and thank you for all the kind and encouraging words I’ve received over the last days. I really really appreciate it!
June 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I still can’t believe I have won the 2025 European Association for Palliative Care Early Researcher Award! 🍀
Thank you to the @eapcvzw.bsky.social for the award, and thank you for all the kind and encouraging words I’ve received over the last days. I really really appreciate it!
Thank you to the @eapcvzw.bsky.social for the award, and thank you for all the kind and encouraging words I’ve received over the last days. I really really appreciate it!
If you have 5 minutes, please nominate the PALLIATIVE CARE RESEARCH SOCIETY charity.
With this donation, we can provide more opportunities to develop careers and facilitate public involvement in palliative care research.
Closes in 1 day.
health.movementforgood.com?utm_source=E...
#hapm
With this donation, we can provide more opportunities to develop careers and facilitate public involvement in palliative care research.
Closes in 1 day.
health.movementforgood.com?utm_source=E...
#hapm
Nominate a charity - Movement for Good
Nominate a charity for a Movement for Good award now.
health.movementforgood.com
May 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
If you have 5 minutes, please nominate the PALLIATIVE CARE RESEARCH SOCIETY charity.
With this donation, we can provide more opportunities to develop careers and facilitate public involvement in palliative care research.
Closes in 1 day.
health.movementforgood.com?utm_source=E...
#hapm
With this donation, we can provide more opportunities to develop careers and facilitate public involvement in palliative care research.
Closes in 1 day.
health.movementforgood.com?utm_source=E...
#hapm
New paper out
A significant proportion of patients with metastatic cancer were unaware that their cancer was not curable at referral to the ESC service.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#hapm #hpm
A significant proportion of patients with metastatic cancer were unaware that their cancer was not curable at referral to the ESC service.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#hapm #hpm
April 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
New paper out
A significant proportion of patients with metastatic cancer were unaware that their cancer was not curable at referral to the ESC service.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#hapm #hpm
A significant proportion of patients with metastatic cancer were unaware that their cancer was not curable at referral to the ESC service.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#hapm #hpm
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Well done to @katieflanagan.bsky.social for presenting a great paper in the @mariecurieuk.bsky.social Hospice Liverpool journal club about the role of #VirtualReality in palliative care for hospice patients.
#hapc
#palliativecare
#medsky
#vr
@nicolawhite.bsky.social
@sarah-stan.bsky.social
#hapc
#palliativecare
#medsky
#vr
@nicolawhite.bsky.social
@sarah-stan.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Well done to @katieflanagan.bsky.social for presenting a great paper in the @mariecurieuk.bsky.social Hospice Liverpool journal club about the role of #VirtualReality in palliative care for hospice patients.
#hapc
#palliativecare
#medsky
#vr
@nicolawhite.bsky.social
@sarah-stan.bsky.social
#hapc
#palliativecare
#medsky
#vr
@nicolawhite.bsky.social
@sarah-stan.bsky.social
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Great to welcome @katieflanagan.bsky.social to Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool to prepare her #PhD to evaluate virtual reality in #PalliativeCare. It's amazing to have Katie join our team 😊
@mariecurieuk.bsky.social
@lancasteruni.bsky.social
@nicolawhite.bsky.social
#hapc
@sarah-stan.bsky.social
@mariecurieuk.bsky.social
@lancasteruni.bsky.social
@nicolawhite.bsky.social
#hapc
@sarah-stan.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Great to welcome @katieflanagan.bsky.social to Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool to prepare her #PhD to evaluate virtual reality in #PalliativeCare. It's amazing to have Katie join our team 😊
@mariecurieuk.bsky.social
@lancasteruni.bsky.social
@nicolawhite.bsky.social
#hapc
@sarah-stan.bsky.social
@mariecurieuk.bsky.social
@lancasteruni.bsky.social
@nicolawhite.bsky.social
#hapc
@sarah-stan.bsky.social
Im looking forward to this #hapm
Navigating the Future of Assisted Dying Legislation in the UK
🗓️Wednesday 9 April
⏰13:00 – 14:30
🗨️Dr Nataly Papadopoulou & Professor Nancy Preston
More info 👇
pcrs.org.uk/events/pcrs-...
Bookings now open!
This webinar is FREE for PCRS members.
🗓️Wednesday 9 April
⏰13:00 – 14:30
🗨️Dr Nataly Papadopoulou & Professor Nancy Preston
More info 👇
pcrs.org.uk/events/pcrs-...
Bookings now open!
This webinar is FREE for PCRS members.
February 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Im looking forward to this #hapm
@qpr.co.uk made a young aspiring goalkeeper very happy with their online meet and greet with Paul Nardi today 💪⭐️ #urs #juniorhoopers
February 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
@qpr.co.uk made a young aspiring goalkeeper very happy with their online meet and greet with Paul Nardi today 💪⭐️ #urs #juniorhoopers
Welcome aboard, Libby 🎉💪
Congratulations to Libby Lavery who today starts her #research nurse role in Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool, to develop a virtual reality intervention to help manage pain advanced cancer.
#palliativecare
#hapc
#cancer
#medsky
@mariecurieuk.bsky.social
@nicolawhite.bsky.social
@ucl.ac.uk
#palliativecare
#hapc
#cancer
#medsky
@mariecurieuk.bsky.social
@nicolawhite.bsky.social
@ucl.ac.uk
January 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Welcome aboard, Libby 🎉💪
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REALLY IMPORTANT SURVEY for all those in the UK researching dying and palliative care.
The results will help shape research funding - so have your say, *especially* if you are have a social science or humanities background!
The results will help shape research funding - so have your say, *especially* if you are have a social science or humanities background!
Invitation - open until Sunday 12th: If you are a UK-based researcher, or clinician conducting palliative care research, please complete our brief survey to help funders understand what is needed to sustain and grow palliative care research in the UK. Now open until 12.1.25:
January 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
REALLY IMPORTANT SURVEY for all those in the UK researching dying and palliative care.
The results will help shape research funding - so have your say, *especially* if you are have a social science or humanities background!
The results will help shape research funding - so have your say, *especially* if you are have a social science or humanities background!
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I've just joined Blue Sky - please say hello 👋so I can find like-minded people! Interests in palliative care and bereavement, improving quality and addressing inequities. bsky.app/profile/catr...
bsky.app
January 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I've just joined Blue Sky - please say hello 👋so I can find like-minded people! Interests in palliative care and bereavement, improving quality and addressing inequities. bsky.app/profile/catr...
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@thelancet.bsky.social
Comment out today:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Social and structural determinants of dying well and the complex systems they exist in
#palliativecare #socialdeterminantsofhealth
Comment out today:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Social and structural determinants of dying well and the complex systems they exist in
#palliativecare #socialdeterminantsofhealth
December 17, 2024 at 9:48 AM
@thelancet.bsky.social
Comment out today:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Social and structural determinants of dying well and the complex systems they exist in
#palliativecare #socialdeterminantsofhealth
Comment out today:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Social and structural determinants of dying well and the complex systems they exist in
#palliativecare #socialdeterminantsofhealth
Another top night🤘
December 9, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Another top night🤘
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Thanks @lbc.co.uk for having me on to discuss AD.
Both Keir Starmer & Wes Streeting know full well how grossly underfunded UK palliative care is - & they have the power to change that.
But will they?
Or will they turn their backs on dying people?
www.lbc.co.uk/news/palliat...
Both Keir Starmer & Wes Streeting know full well how grossly underfunded UK palliative care is - & they have the power to change that.
But will they?
Or will they turn their backs on dying people?
www.lbc.co.uk/news/palliat...
November 30, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Thanks @lbc.co.uk for having me on to discuss AD.
Both Keir Starmer & Wes Streeting know full well how grossly underfunded UK palliative care is - & they have the power to change that.
But will they?
Or will they turn their backs on dying people?
www.lbc.co.uk/news/palliat...
Both Keir Starmer & Wes Streeting know full well how grossly underfunded UK palliative care is - & they have the power to change that.
But will they?
Or will they turn their backs on dying people?
www.lbc.co.uk/news/palliat...
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You can find out more about this important initiative in this interview: www.mariecurie.org.uk/blog/the-imp...
#HospiceUKConf
#HospiceUKConf
November 27, 2024 at 4:26 PM
You can find out more about this important initiative in this interview: www.mariecurie.org.uk/blog/the-imp...
#HospiceUKConf
#HospiceUKConf
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If you are at @hospiceuk.bsky.social #HospiceUKConf, do see @joe-sawyer.bsky.social Dr Joe of @stelizabethhospice.bsky.social at poster 115 re: our public health approach to palliative care. We’re developing a protocol for Suffolk, funded by the National Lottery. @compassionatecomm.bsky.social
November 27, 2024 at 5:33 PM
If you are at @hospiceuk.bsky.social #HospiceUKConf, do see @joe-sawyer.bsky.social Dr Joe of @stelizabethhospice.bsky.social at poster 115 re: our public health approach to palliative care. We’re developing a protocol for Suffolk, funded by the National Lottery. @compassionatecomm.bsky.social
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Very important work which showcases innovative inpatient and outpatient services at Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool.
Further work is in development to understand experiences of patients accessing this vital service.
#PalliativeCare #hpm #hapc
Further work is in development to understand experiences of patients accessing this vital service.
#PalliativeCare #hpm #hapc
Congratulations to @amyr1.bsky.social for her excellent poster about the innovation paracentesis service at @mariecurieuk.bsky.social #Hospice Liverpool. Excellent work!
Presented at #HospiceUkConf
@hospiceuk.bsky.social
#hapc
#hpm
#PalliativeCare
@sarah-stan.bsky.social
Presented at #HospiceUkConf
@hospiceuk.bsky.social
#hapc
#hpm
#PalliativeCare
@sarah-stan.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Very important work which showcases innovative inpatient and outpatient services at Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool.
Further work is in development to understand experiences of patients accessing this vital service.
#PalliativeCare #hpm #hapc
Further work is in development to understand experiences of patients accessing this vital service.
#PalliativeCare #hpm #hapc