Dr Ros Taylor ๐Ÿ’œ (@hospicedoctor) 's Twitter Profile
Dr Ros Taylor ๐Ÿ’œ

@hospicedoctor

Palliative physician. Former Clinical Director @hospiceuk Med Director @harlhospice Founder of #HPAL @hpal_medindex info site #rememberPhoebe๐Ÿ’œ

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#ConfMSH24 Prof Ann Gallagher tells us of her childhood in Donegal โ€˜Wakeโ€™ was part of the culture - with dead bodies in the front room โ€ฆ Has death disappeared now ? #DMAW24 @KevinToolis

#ConfMSH24
Prof Ann Gallagher tells us of her childhood in Donegal 

โ€˜Wakeโ€™ was part of the culture - with dead bodies in the front room โ€ฆ

Has death disappeared now ?

#DMAW24 

@KevinToolis
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#ConfMSH24 Prof Ann Gallagher Talking about the SLOW movement Storytelling is part of this โ€œStories give us the steer on how to live โ€ฆ and how not to live

#ConfMSH24

Prof Ann Gallagher 
Talking about the SLOW movement

Storytelling is part of this 

โ€œStories give us the steer on how to live โ€ฆ and how not to live
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#ConfMSH24 HPAL getting mentioned a lot at our Conference HPAL Opioid conversions Help for breathless patients And so much more ! hpal.medindex.co.uk/c #DMAW24

#ConfMSH24

HPAL getting mentioned a lot at our Conference <a href="/hpal_medindex/">HPAL</a> 

Opioid conversions
Help for breathless patients
And so much more ! 

hpal.medindex.co.uk/c

#DMAW24
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#ConfMSH24 Colleague senior nurses Mark Troup and Amie Lacey doing an amazing and shocking dramatisation of BOB admitted to Hospital at 1am from a care home โ€ฆ. And the outcomes were f a sad suffering over-medicalised death in hospital How can we do better ?

#ConfMSH24

Colleague senior nurses Mark Troup and Amie Lacey
doing an amazing and shocking dramatisation of BOB admitted to Hospital at 1am from a care home โ€ฆ. And the outcomes were f a sad suffering over-medicalised death in hospital 
How can we do better ?
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#ConfMSH24 Paula Boyd talking about how to support children who face loss Huge numbers of children with neurodiversity being referred for support after loss 27000 parents die a year - thatโ€™s so many children affected Early conversations matter #DMAW24 #Grief

#ConfMSH24

Paula Boyd talking about how to support children who face loss 

Huge numbers of children with neurodiversity being referred for support after loss

27000 parents die a year - thatโ€™s so many children affected 

Early conversations matter

#DMAW24 
#Grief
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#ConfMSH24 Nana Zhvitiashvili Art Psychotherapist sharing a case of how to support a bereaved child Adversity Organised Growth Fabulous therapeutic art work by children The questions they ask โ€ฆ #DMAW24 #Grief

#ConfMSH24

Nana Zhvitiashvili Art Psychotherapist sharing a case of how to support a bereaved child 

Adversity Organised Growth 

Fabulous therapeutic art work by children
The questions they ask โ€ฆ
#DMAW24 
#Grief
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#ConfMSH24 Now itโ€™s ace CNS Team Lead Barbara van Brummen CNWL NHS FT sharing stories of drama at home caring at the end of life What do people appreciate ? #DMAW24

#ConfMSH24

Now itโ€™s ace CNS Team Lead Barbara van Brummen <a href="/CNWLNHS/">CNWL NHS FT</a> sharing stories of drama at home caring at the end of life 

What do people appreciate ?
#DMAW24
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ConfMSH24 More drama at home! Husband started measuring up his wife after her death โ€˜Why are you measuring her?โ€™ asked the nurseโ€ฆ โ€˜Oh I am going to put her in our chest freezer - to keep her at home for a while!โ€™ Need to talk to families about care after death ! #DMAW24

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#ConfMSH24 Nurse Consultant Jo Fernandes giving a nuanced talk on Assisted Dying It is so not a binary issue #DMAW24 #AssistedDying

#ConfMSH24

Nurse Consultant Jo Fernandes giving a nuanced talk on Assisted Dying 

It is so not a binary issue 

#DMAW24 
#AssistedDying
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#ConfMSH24 French proposals re assisted dying Also proposing BILLIONS of Euros for palliative care Could we do this in the UK ? Balancing care, compassion and autonomy #DMAW24

#ConfMSH24 

French proposals re assisted dying 

Also proposing BILLIONS of Euros for palliative care 

Could we do this in the UK ?

Balancing care, compassion and autonomy 

#DMAW24
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#ConfMSH24 Heather Wells Consultant Clinical Psychologist discussing death anxiety Why me? Why now ? What next ? โ€˜Whatโ€™s bothering you most about dying?โ€- simple brave questions Often very practical responses โ€˜My husband doesnโ€™t know how to do my daughters hairโ€™ #DMAW24

#ConfMSH24

Heather Wells Consultant Clinical Psychologist discussing death anxiety 

Why me?
Why now ?
What next ?

โ€˜Whatโ€™s bothering you most about dying?โ€- simple brave questions

Often very practical responses 
โ€˜My husband doesnโ€™t know how to do my daughters hairโ€™
#DMAW24
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#ConfMSH24 Our Conference was much enjoyed yesterday Death, dying and all that jazz! Lectures will be on YouTube soon Much learning ! The jazz theme - passion, creativity and improvisation in palliative care was a thread thru the day

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โ€œโ€ฆsomebody with a terminal condition and very little time left has only BAD optionsโ€ says Kim Leadbeater MBE MP Err..palliative care can be a GREAT option if ONLY it was more widely available AD law may change - but huge investment in palliative care is critical #AssistedDying

โ€œโ€ฆsomebody with a terminal condition and very little time left has only BAD optionsโ€ says <a href="/kimleadbeater/">Kim Leadbeater MBE MP</a> 

Err..palliative care can be a GREAT option if ONLY it was more widely available

AD law may change - but huge investment in palliative care is critical 
#AssistedDying
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Off to Montreal for the McGill Int Pall Care Congress Will be tweeting with #mipcc2024 Much to learn from Canada ๐Ÿ re #assisteddying And much else !

Off to Montreal for the McGill Int Pall Care Congress

Will be tweeting with #mipcc2024 

Much to learn from Canada ๐Ÿ 
re #assisteddying 

And much else !
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Our hospice Michael Sobell House is going an extra 5000 miles to get Shirley home to Goa A dying young mothers wish #totalcare #palliativecare Dying where you belong really matters gofundme.com/f/shirley-to-gโ€ฆ

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Touch and Goa ! We completed Shirleyโ€™s repatriation to Goa yesterday Many people want to be where they feel they belong in their final days Do we ask? And do we make it happen enough I wonder? Kathryn Mannix Dr Rachel Clarke MyWishes #whatmatters harlingtonhospice.org/touch-and-goa-โ€ฆ

Touch and Goa !

We completed Shirleyโ€™s repatriation to Goa yesterday 

Many people want to be where they feel they belong in their final days

Do we ask? And do we make it happen enough I wonder?

<a href="/drkathrynmannix/">Kathryn Mannix</a> <a href="/doctor_oxford/">Dr Rachel Clarke</a> <a href="/MyWishesApp/">MyWishes</a>
#whatmatters

harlingtonhospice.org/touch-and-goa-โ€ฆ
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Does your role include care of people towards the end of their lives at home, in hospital or care homes? This looks good: my pals at Harlington Hospice invite you to join them for an updates day on 18th June. Apply here harlingtonhospice.org/conference/

Does your role include care of people towards the end of their lives at home, in hospital or care homes?
This looks good:
my pals at Harlington Hospice invite you to join them for an updates day on 18th June.
Apply here harlingtonhospice.org/conference/