**NEWS** A national peer forum event for Wales with regard to Future Care Planning was held in Cardiff on the 27th March 2025. The event saw key stakeholders and professionals, working in the areas of palliative, end of life care and advance care planning, get together with policy makers, Welsh government representatives and volunteer […]
Month: March 2025
Do They Go Gently?
Authors: Dr. Benjamin Thomas, Staff Specialist in Palliative Medicine, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, NSW, Australia. bluesky: andiyar.bsky.social Dr. Greg Barclay, Senior Staff Specialist in Palliative Medicine, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, NSW, Australia Introduction: Voluntary assisted dying (VAD) is becoming more widespread in multiple jurisdictions around the world. Legislation is currently […]
Exploring the unknown
By Dr Joseph Hawkins, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Clinical lead for End of Life Care, Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust. Twitter: @JoeHawk75825077 At a recent family event a relative explained in long suffering terms how no-one knew why she had a persistent, low level tachycardia at times. The issue appears benign and this […]
Assisted dying in the UK – law change must be informed by robust evidence
Author: Professor Katherine E Sleeman, King’s College London, UK The UK is moving closer to legalisation of assisted dying. One of the arguments made in favour of legalisation is the limit of palliative care to resolve all suffering. Many of the speeches made in support of the Leadbeater bill (which would legalise assisted dying […]
Sapporo Winter Newsletter
Author: Dr. Kunihiko Ishitani President of The International Research Society of the Sapporo Conference for Palliative and Supportive Care in Cancer President, Higashi Sapporo Hospital, Japan As the saying goes, “time flies like an arrow,” and before we know it the 5th Sapporo Conference for Palliative and Supportive Care in Cancer (SCPSC) will be upon […]