by Lesley Bethell, steering group chair of Compassionate Cymru, Wales, UK Introduction Compassionate communities have been seen as one element of public health approaches to end of life care, driven by concerns around scarce resource allocation in the face of unmet need.(1) One of the drivers for shifting support towards public health here in Wales, […]
Category: Advance Care Planning
Survival of the Kindest – a Christmas Podcast
by Dr Julian Abel, Cornwall, UK What is the collective noun for a group of palliative care consultants? A reflection, a chatter? Perhaps a mob? Or a dollop? In fact, do you like ice-cream? Then read on. It is not often that we have the opportunity to sit down and discuss our working lives with […]
Advance Care Planning: A chance to be proactive not reactive
Rebecca A Brooks, Internal Medical Trainee, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Other Contributors: Helen Hayhoe Alistair J Mackett June 14, 2020 Whilst the benefits of advance care planning are being increasingly recognised [1], the current Covid-19 pandemic has emphasised the continued importance of a proactive rather than reactive approach to end-of-life care. In light of end-of-life care discussions around […]
Advance and Future Care Planning in Wales – Consensus data from conference participants
Authors: Nikki Pease, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Velindre Cancer Centre, Cardiff, Wales Mark Taubert, National Strategic Lead for Advance/Future Care Planning, NHS Wales Introduction: “Shared Decision making should also include an ability to share the decisions that have been agreed on” In 2019, BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care featured a write-up of the proceedings of […]
Welsh Future Care Planning Conference 2019
Nikki Pease, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Cardiff, Wales Mark Taubert, National Strategic Lead for Advance/Future Care Planning, NHS Wales Alan Buckle, Patient Representative on National Advance/Future Care Planning Strategy Group for Wales Representatives from all parts of Wales gathered on a warm spring day at the Sophia Gardens Cricket Stadium, Pontcanna on Friday the […]
Llythyr o ddiolch i David Bowie oddi wrth feddyg gofal lliniarol
Dr Mark Taubert,Ymgynghorydd Gofal Lliniarol yn Ysbyty Felindre, Caerdydd, Cymru Twitter Cyfieithiad gan D W Williams Annwyl David, ‘Oh no,don’t say it’s true’ ac wrth i ni ddygymod á’r newydd am dy farwolaeth yn ystod dyddiau llwydaidd,oer Ionawr 2016, aeth y rhelyw ohonom ymlaen á’n bywydau a’n gwaith bob dydd.Ar ddechrau’r wythnos honno, cefais […]