Author: Mark Taubert, NHS Consultant and Professor of Palliative Medicine, Cardiff, UK It can be a challenge finding data on assisted dying and euthanasia in jurisdictions where it is legal. In some areas the data is not made available, elsewhere not much is recorded or observed beyond patient demographics. Finding detail on complication rates and […]
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Autumn Newsletter of the International Research Society Sapporo, Japan
by Dr. Kunihiko Ishitani President of The International Research Society of the SCPSC and President, Higashi Sapporo Hospital Announcement regarding the 5th Sapporo Conference for Palliative and Supportive Care in Cancer Toward a New Era in Palliative Care in Cancer The Sapporo Conference for Palliative and Supportive Care in Cancer (SCPSC), regarded as the […]
News: Inaugural Palliative and End of Life Care Awards
News The inaugural Palliative & End of Life Care Awards 2024 were held in June in central London, recognising and celebrating excellence in palliative and end of life care in a social care or hospice setting in the United Kingdom. The gala event, hosted by journalist Kate Garraway, recognised initiatives within social care and/or […]
SEECare & a Sea Change?- How NHS Hospitals care for you when you’re dying
Author: Dr Simon Tavabie, Transforming End of Life Care Fellow @UCLH & Palliative Care Doctor (on behalf of the authors of the SEECareUK study) Dr Tavabie summarises the findings from the recently published Seeking Excellence in End-of-Life Care UK (SEECareUK) study It’s a Saturday morning at your local District General Hospital and sadly, […]
BMJ SPC Editor-in-chief receives Supportive Oncology Award
– NEWS – Prof Declan Walsh, editor-in-chief of BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, has received the Walther Cancer Foundation Endowed Supportive Oncology Award at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting in June. The award goes to distinguished leaders who have contributed significantly to palliative and supportive oncology care. Prof Walsh said: “It is an honour […]
New ruling on care of dying in India will force some to live life “of machine-related suffering”
-NEWS- India: Progressive step, but ruling still has important shortcomings & missed opportunities, say specialists The newly revised ruling on advance medical directives and withholding/withdrawing medical support for the dying in India will inevitably force some terminally ill patients to “live a life of machine-related suffering” and deprive them of their autonomy and dignity […]
NHS Wales Message In A Bottle Scheme
– NEWS – How can an individual’s fridge help in alerting paramedics to important care plans? Here, we describe a project that has been running in Wales for several years. Paramedics from Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust (WAST) are increasingly called to palliative care patients at a point of sudden deterioration, or crisis. The […]
European Palliative Care Day
– NEWS – ‘One voice, one vision’ The first European Palliative Care Day, will take place on 15th June 2023, organized by the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC). The purpose of this new European day is to demonstrate the strength and unity of the EAPC network of member associations and increase awareness of palliative […]
Dying Matters Awareness Week: Dr. Rachel Clarke in conversation with Prof. Mark Taubert
– NEWS – A special recorded webinar for Dying Matters Awareness Week 2023. Dr Rachel Clarke and Professor Mark Taubert discuss how to help people at the end of life have as full and rich a life as possible, the challenges of living in the face of death and the transformative power of human stories […]
My Wishes – Newham Council Launch
NEWS Overview At 9am on Tuesday 17th January 2023 Newham Council in the UK released a special future care, digital legacy and end of life planning platform for Newham residents. It is free to use and includes real-time support from charitable organisations working within the borough. MyWishes have produced a bespoke, localised version to suit local needs […]