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nancypreston.bsky.social
Professor and Supportive and Palliative Care and Co-Director of the International Observatory on End of Life Care, Lancaster University
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Our new paper explores the impact of circumstances early in the COVID-19 pandemic on experiences of death & dying in care homes. With colleagues from Lancaster, Newcastle & Sheffield Universities. @ioelc.bsky.social @nancypreston.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social Full paper link rdcu.be/ebmVF

A difficult study to conduct during lockdowns, reminding us of the distressing experiences of dying in care homes t.co/WxygCA4KyK

Thanks for inviting us to share our research on what is a complex topic

Please join us for this webinar covering our research on sssisted dying arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/events-train...

Time to get festive in the office

The practicalities of the proposed bill on assisted dying will need a bit more consideration when the bill is discussed. I tried to raise some points about this on the Today programme this morning. Listen from 1.10 eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Seems to be a lot more on assisted dying leading up to the parliamentary debate on Friday. We have conducted research in a number of countries of first hand accounts of families and healthcare workers which is complex, and summarised in this paper theconversation.com/assisted-dyi...

Really important study and links with what we are trying to do on two European studies for patients with cancer palliativeprojects.eu/palcycles/ and COPD eupal-copd.eu

Using sedation at the end of life – information for healthcare staff An international study on #palliative sedation is empowering patients and families with informed choices, supported by short animations for healthcare staff www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3KL...

You might be interested in this piece we wrote about first hand accounts of assisted dying from family and health care workers perspectives theconversation.com/assisted-dyi...

Really productive two days at Lancaster Castle working on out Pal-Cycles project palliativeprojects.eu/palcycles/ importance of in person meetings

Yes please get in touch to discuss the role