Next year's SPPC major conference will be on 3rd Nov. We've checked to avoid obvious clashes, and are sharing the date early to help others planning events to avoid diary conflicts.

Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak whispers o’er-fraught heart & bids it break
Shakespeare

The @toabsentfriends.bsky.social festival enables spaces which acknowledge that we all carry experiences of loss. #ToAbsentFriends

@drkathrynmannix.bsky.social Edinburgh is famously accessible from the NE of England, & we are always delighted to welcome palliative care people across the border to our conferences. We have a great line up this year, closer & cheaper than London. www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk/content/annu...

At @royalsoced.bsky.social Curious Festival running @goodlifedeathgrief.bsky.social superhero-themed escape room "Powers, Puzzles & Prescience". Lots of intense codebreaking & laughter from the groups so far. Also some v gentle learning along the way, and a useful comic to take away. #DeathLiteracy

The deadline for MSPs to submit amendments to the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill is 12 noon on Wednesday 29 October

Considering our reputation as a grey and rainy place domestic solar power Scotland is v effective. Data from my roof so far this year: 1) generated more than I've used (all my heating and hot water is electric so I use a lot) 2) sold surplus back to the grid for over £400.

I'm back visiting Wheathampsead, the village where I was born. Many things seem unchanged, but standing in this familiar-but-no-longer-empty field I realise I am older than a substantial tree! #ArborealTime

Whilst explaining his decision not to support the Assisted Dying Bill John Swinney has made clear his personal and governmental commitment to improving palliative care.

A fun new free resource helping to shine a light on the end of life. Why not give it a go in your community or workplace? #DemystifyingDeathWeek #DemystifyDeath

Delay to vote on assisted suicide Bill at Westminster:

Scary. That spiral staircase reminds me of Sigiriya in Sri Lanka

SPPC has written to the Scottish Parliament @SP_HSCS
Committee, highlighting important points on coercion and suffering which it wasn't possible to raise at the recent oral evidence session on the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill #AssistedDying