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There are many occasions when doctors in any specialty might need to step up into palliative care conversations, symptom management, anticipatory care planning, or caring for dying patients. This APM Juniors conference is for all of you.

Today we celebrated 65 years since our #Hospice first opened in #Penarth in 1959. Since then the Hospice has cared for 65,000 people across Cardiff and the Vale. We were lucky to be joined in the celebrations by our Ambassador, Suzanne Packer who enjoyed 🫖 and 🍰with staff 💛


Fantastic day The Labour Party Conference with Ines and our lovely team Marie Curie Policy & Public Affairs calling on MPs to fix end of life care! Our creative colleagues Marie Curie have done us proud with this stand design!


We started the day The Labour Party Conference with a panel discussion on the urgent need to fix end of life care. Thanks so much @AshleyDaltonWL PPS to Wes Streeting and @SimonforStroud and all panellists especially Nathaniel who shared his lived experience


Ensuring people at the end of life have dignity and compassion is one of the most important things we can do. Good to meet Marie Curie today at Labour conference


That's a wrap on day 2 at #LabourConference in Liverpool! 💛 If you're here at The Labour Party conference, come by stand D14 tomorrow 🗓️ You can meet the team and hear what you can do to make things better for your terminally ill and bereaved constituents 💪


Please share & help with our research into peoples needs regarding systems for using injectable end-of-life symptom control medications at home 🏡 More info & short 5 min survey here: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eF… 🚀Hattie Taylor RN DN QN🌈 The Queen's Nursing Institute Kathryn Mannix RCN District and Community Nursing Forum Dr Crystal Oldman CBE EdD RN RHV QN FRCN


Great to have breakfast with Wes Streeting and ask him how Marie Curie can work Department of Health and Social Care to fix end of life care. Thanks Constantin Cotzias for spotting my hand up and for great chairing!


It's always a pleasure to talk with Marie Curie. Their work is so vital, both for those at the end of their lives, and for the families and loved ones. Thank you for everything you do!


Thank you Helen Hayes 💙🌹 for meeting the Marie Curie team at #LabourConference2024 With your support, we can improve things for people affected by terminal illness 💛


It was brilliant to see Nathaniel Dye MBE at our Labour conference stand today 💛 💬 We spoke about what matters most when you have limited time left. Thanks again, Nathaniel!




We only went and won it!!!!!!!!!! 💛🥳💛 #NTAwards #ReserachNurses Nursing Times National Institute for Health and Care Research Marie Curie EOLC Marie Curie Kasia Patynowska hilary nailon Rachelperry @DrEmmaCarduff Kate M


"Palliative care is an overlooked global health priority"- today's BMJ Opinion Piece in advance of the 2024 WISH Summit next month and our report on 10 years progress in palliative care since the 2014 WHA resolution shorturl.at/KmMqs Cicely Saunders Institute at King's Prof Katherine Sleeman Cicely Saunders Int

Yesterday Petitions Committee hosted a debate on children and bereavement including the petition to require schools to provide age-appropriate education to help children understand death as a part of life. We welcome this important debate highlighting the need for grief education.


I have some lovely news to share ! I've been appointed Assistant Professor of Primary Care, University of Cambridge Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge & Cambridge University Thank you to all my amazing mentors, colleagues and team; research is collaboration at its best qicn.org.uk/news-and-event…