
Sam Royston
@sam_royston
Exec Director for Policy and Research at Marie Curie (@mariecurieuk). Formerly @childsocpol. Wrote 'Broken Benefits' bit.ly/2AoFMM3
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05-08-2011 13:22:05
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Delighted to see Sir Stephen Timms appointed as Minister for Social Security and Disability. Marie Curie Policy & Public Affairs very much looks forward to working with him to ensure the social security system works for all those living with terminal illness. mariecurie.org.uk/media/press-re…

Diolch Eluned Morgan a Huw Irranca-Davies am ddod i ymweld ein swyddfa yn Pencoed heddiw a siarad efo staff amdano'n gwaith yng Nghymru a ledel y DU.




When someone's dying or grieving, getting things in order can be overwhelming, especially if people at the companies you're dealing with don't understand what you're going through. This has to change. Sign Marie Curie's petition to #MakeSadminSimple: campaigns.mariecurie.org.uk/page/152537/ac…




Yikes, somehow I have agreed to walk down a very large building to raise money for Marie Curie! Sponsor me here! 👇 justgiving.com/page/sam-royst…

'People don’t always die between the hours of 9am and 5pm. People need care and access to medication 24/7. There aren’t the resources to cover those extra hours, meaning people simply end up in A&E, where they often die – and die alone. Read Sarah Holmes in this mornings

Wow this is exciting - PM is surprise speaker The King's Fund conference today talking on Darzi report. Great to hear him lead on need for reform to achieve neighbourhood health service - Labour promised #palliative care would be part of this in their manifesto!



"a deeply moving reminder that there is no one way to tell the story of grief" - Sam Royston, Exec Director for Policy and Research at Marie Curie Find out more about this powerful book: brnw.ch/BlackGriefandH… Dr Yansie Rolston Patrick Vernon


We often talk about the taboo on talking about death and dying- but to what extent is that really the case? Find out more on this, and what matters most to people at the end of life in the latest "Public Attitudes to Death and Dying" report from Marie Curie Research Centre, Cardiff @SilviaGoss1

Great to speak with Clare Fuller RGN MSc about the 90,000 people who die in poverty each year - and what can be done to end poverty at the end of life.

Today I wrote for WalesOnline 🏴 about my own personal experiences of bereavement, Marie Curie Cymru’s latest research and why political parties need to start thinking deeply about how we transform end of life care services in Wales.


Really pleased to see Jeremy Miles and Welsh Government setting out the direction for palliative and end of life care services in Wales. We've got a way to go, but the team at Marie Curie Cymru will keep working with you to fix end of life care.

Thank you so much National Institute for Health and Care Research for choosing us as winners of the Clinical Research Nursing award Nursing Times #NTAwards 💛 Such an honour and so grateful for the opportunity to showcase the work of our research nurse team Marie Curie