The proverb, ‘If the mountain won’t come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain’ speaks of seeking an alternative if the wished-for reality is not possible. But what if Muhammad is too ill to go to the mountain? In today’s fast-moving era of extending reality through technology, can a virtual mountain, or other […]
Latest articles
The value of Care.
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 When I purchased my Toaster- don’t laugh, I looked -at all of Google’s best (Free) reviews, Two weeks I persisted In the search for the right one. At two weeks in, […]
Quick Response Palliative Care: Are wearable medical identification wristbands with QR code technology acceptable to palliative care patients?
Dr Elin Harding, Palliative Medicine Doctor, Clinical Research Fellow, Velindre Cancer Centre, Cardiff, UK ORCID 0009-0003-7100-7998 Dr Martha Thomas, Foundation Year 1 Doctor, Princess of Wales, Bridgend, UK 0009-0004-5908-8550 Dr Nikki Pease, Palliative Medicine Consultant, Velindre Cancer Centre, Cardiff, UK 0000-0002-8994-749 In the last year of life, palliative patients increasingly access emergency unscheduled care via […]
Harlington Hospice and MyWishes launch Wellbeing Hub on Hospice Care Week 2023, to empower Hillingdon residents’ overall feelings of wellbeing
Harlington Hospice is excited to announce a partnership with MyWishes to launch the Digital Wellbeing Hub, for this year’s Hospice Care Week. This innovative offering provides a unique platform that seeks to empower and improve the overall wellbeing of people living in and around Hillingdon. A video highlighting some of the wellbeing hub’s features can […]
Say you have to go
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 Say you have to go, Tell me, then I shall know. We left unsaid Always the words crouched Hidden jungle cats Between the forest trees of triviality Constructed of words and […]
What evidence is needed for better end of life experiences; what questions should research address? By Dr Sabine Best and Jodie Crooks
Some might remember the first time we asked that question in 2014. Marie Curie and many funding partners and stakeholders worked with the James Lind Alliance (JLA) on the Palliative and end of life care Priority Setting Partnership (PeolcPSP) with the express aim to hear from patients, carers and health and social care professionals about […]
Synopsis of a conference that nearly never happened – The 2023 Sapporo Conference for Palliative and Supportive Care in Cancer (SCPSC) in Japan
Toshiro Kusakabe reflects on the highlights of The 2023 Sapporo Conference for Palliative and Supportive Care in Cancer (SCPSC) in Japan that was due to happen in 2020, and was then postponed on three separate occasions The 3rd/4th joint SCPSC The 3rd SCPSC was scheduled for 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic and […]
Sapporo: History of a conference
Toshiro Kusakabe outlines how the Sapporo Conference for Palliative and Supportive Care in Cancer (SCPSC) was conceived. In his first blog, he outlines some of the history that has led to these events History of Higashi Sapporo Hospital and the Progress of the SCPSC Higashi Sapporo Hospital was founded in 1983 in Sapporo, Japan […]
The Tree That Stands By My Window
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 Hello tree, I was a teenager when I first appreciated you. Your greens were greener then, But then my hair was thicker So I shouldn’t compare Glass houses and all that. […]
Meet the Editors: Jason Boland
As part of a new series, we will feature some of the people who work for BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. Meet the Editors: Dr. Jason Boland Hello Jason, where do you work? I work at the Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull and my clinical work is […]