Together for Short Lives

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

On Monday 11 September, we were thrilled to be back at BGC Partners in London as part of their annual BGC Charity Day, which raises vital funds for charities across the world.

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MAY 21, 2023

London: NHS England; 2016 The post Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP’s) in Maternity, part of the Modern Midwifery Workforce? Improving Outcomes of Maternity Services in England. A Five Year Forward View for Maternity Care. appeared first on Evidence-Based Nursing blog.

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Elaine Mansfield

AUGUST 30, 2022

In London, we caught up with our London-Madras (Chennai) flight. Your luggage will be on the next flight from London.”. I suppose I could have surrendered, but I didn’t know how. Vic squeezed my hand as we boarded the flight just before the doors closed. He loved an adventure. Was it yes? Was it maybe? “Oh, When is that?”.

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Comforcare Home Care

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

World-renowned neuroscientist, Professor Bart De Strooper, who works at University College London (UCL), has spoken out saying that an effective treatment could become available by 2028. Bart De Strooper is a professor of molecular medicine at the University of Leuven and University College London.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

NavigatorACO will serve communities in the New York City metropolitan area, including the Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, Westchester, and Rockland counties as well as Connecticut’s Middlesex, New London, and New Haven counties.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

MAY 7, 2023

This week’s blog is written by Alwin Puthenpurakal (@AlwinP13), a Senior Lecturer at London South Bank University (@LSBU; @LSBU_HSC). London, England: Jossey-Bass. An exploration of gendered networks among matrilineal and patrilineal Mosuo,” Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. and Ainscow, M.

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Hospice Chaplaincy

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Mary’s University in Twickenham, London. Leanne Griffiths on the intersection between sports, living well and dying well. Dr. Griffiths is the Dean of Faculty, Sport, Technology and Health Sciences (FSTHS) at St. As Dean of Faculty, Dr. Griffiths is responsible for the expansion and development of our contemporary […]

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

OCTOBER 8, 2023

This episode features Dr Nivedita Ashok, (University College London, London, UK). What is already known about the topic? Individuals with intellectual disability or serious mental illness have high rates of mortality due to physical comorbidities.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

This episode features Caitlin Spooner (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, University College London, London, UK). What is already known about the topic? Currently, there is no gold standard for evaluating how different methods of prognosticating in advanced cancer impact on patient care.

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Together for Short Lives

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

BNP Paribas hosted a magical Christmas Skating event at Somerset House in London and chose Together for Short Lives as the beneficiary for […]. The post Magical Skate Day raises £40,000 for seriously ill children appeared first on Together for Short Lives.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JUNE 7, 2023

This episode features Hannah May Scott (Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing Midwifery and Palliative Care, Cicely Saunders Institute, King’s College London, London, UK). What is already known about the topic?

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

“About one in eight children globally are living with some sort of life-limiting conditions and need a specialist to support them,” Laura Dale-Harris, co-author of the IGHI study, and founder and director of the London-based Global Treehouse Foundation, told Hospice News.

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Elaine Mansfield

AUGUST 16, 2022

I just knew we’d miss our connection to London and then Madras. I prayed for the plane to London to be delayed, as though my prayers had power. Our luggage disappeared into GUASD (the Great United Airlines Suitcase Devourer), but we had toothbrushes in carry-ons and money. He refused to share my agitation. The cab fare was outrageous.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JANUARY 31, 2022

This episode features Dr Nicola White (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK), Dr Christina Gerlach (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany), Dr Bert Leysen (Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, (..)

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

This podcast describes an editorial which explores the issue of racism in palliative care. The authors explores definitions of racism and highlight the importance to acknowledge that racial and minority ethnic disadvantage exists in palliative care.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Dr Julia Petty Dr Lisa Whiting Prof Celia Harding This week’s blog comes from Dr. Julia Petty and Dr. Lisa Whiting from the University of Hertfordshire and Professor Celia Harding from City University of London, who are sharing thoughts on how nurses can support parents to communicate with their premature babies.

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Palliative Care Chat Podcast

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Trained as a physician, Professor Higginson is currently Professor of Palliative Care and Policy, Vice Dean (Research) of the Florence Nightingale Facuty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care and Director of the Cicely Saunders Institute at King's College London.

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Hospice Chaplaincy

DECEMBER 4, 2022

They are both ordained Anglicans, both Myers Briggs Type Indicator Practitioners (although opposite types), both support London football teams […]. Paul and Sally Nash live in Birmingham UK and married in 1986.

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Daily Nurse

MAY 10, 2023

Erika Walker took her 9-year-old daughter, London, to the event to learn about medical work. Cymantha Galbraiph, 13, says she enjoyed learning about organs and how the human body takes care of itself. Cymantha says she wants to be a neuroscientist and likes learning about how the brain works.

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Together for Short Lives

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

On Saturday BNP Paribas hosted its annual Christmas Skating event at Somerset House in London with Together for Short Lives as its partner and beneficiary of the event. We invited families supported by Demelza and Richard House children’s hospices to have a special hour on the ice as a chance to make precious memories together […].

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AlayaCare

JUNE 22, 2021

It is an independent, private, owner-managed partnership established in 2004 and headquartered in London, with a U.S. across early and growth-stage funds and holds offices in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, San Francisco and London. AlayaCare was founded in 2014 and is the parent company of Procura, Arrow, CIMS, and AcuteNet.

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AlayaCare

JUNE 23, 2021

It is an independent, private, owner-managed partnership established in 2004 and headquartered in London, with a U.S. across early and growth-stage funds and holds offices in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, San Francisco and London. office in San Francisco. www.generationim.com. Inovia Capital manages over US$1.5B

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Americare Hospice

AUGUST 24, 2021

Steps were taken to remedy inadequate facilities with the opening of the Friedenheim in London, which by 1892 offered 35 beds to patients dying of tuberculosis. Four more hospices were established in London by 1905. In 1905, they opened St Joseph's Hospice in London.

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Together for Short Lives

APRIL 5, 2022

We are delighted to offer the ultimate prize for any Downton Abbey fan – the chance to watch the new film, Downton Abbey: A New Era, with the stars, at its global premiere on 25 April 2022 at Leicester Square, London. Just enter our special fundraising raffle to win a pair of tickets to be […].

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JUNE 11, 2021

This episode features Dr Liz Jamieson (Research Department of Practice and Policy, University College London School of Pharmacy, London, UK). Oral morphine is the recommended first line treatment for breakthrough pain.

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Hospice News

APRIL 21, 2022

While the New York- and London-based firm has a significant presence in health care, it has been relative strangers to the hospice space. I don’t know the specifics of what’s in their contract, but I’m confident that Humana probably has the first right of refusal when that time comes.”. Who is Clayton, Dubilier & Rice?

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

OCTOBER 23, 2020

This episode features Dr Bridget Candy (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK). A systematic review of effectiveness data on aromatherapy, massage and reflexology in palliative care drew inconclusive conclusions.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

References: Braun V and Clarke V (2022) Thematic Analysis: a practical guide Sage, London Duc J, Herbert A and Heussler H (2017) Paediatric palliaitve care and intellectual disability – a unique context Journal of Apllied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 30 pp1111-1123 DOI:10.1111/jar.12389

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

DECEMBER 12, 2019

This episode features Dr Nicola White and Dr Linda Oostendorp (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, University College London (UCL), London, UK). Recognising dying is a core clinical skill.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

MARCH 11, 2019

This episode features Dr Bella Vivat (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, UCL, London, UK) and Professor Paddy Stone (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, UCL, London, UK). Practice in these London settings broadly aligns with EAPC recommendations for proportionate use of sedatives at the end of life.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JUNE 25, 2020

This episode features Rebecca Anderson (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK). Honest prognostic communication with families of patients in the final hours and days of life is important for enabling a good death and for families’ preparedness for that death.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JANUARY 6, 2020

This episode features Dr Bridget Candy and Dr Megan Armstrong (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK). Aromatherapy, massage and reflexology are widely used in palliative care. Patients themselves often report that these therapies are helpful.

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AlayaCare

AUGUST 6, 2018

inovia manages $500M across three funds, and holds offices in Montreal, Toronto, San Francisco, and London. Together, we rewrite the rules of old industries, push technology frontiers and pursue bold visions for a better future. For more information, visit www.inovia.vc. 201 The post AlayaCare Raises $13.8

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JULY 22, 2019

This episode features Rebecca Anderson (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, University College London, London, UK). Poor communication from healthcare professionals is a common complaint from relatives of patients at the end-of-life.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JANUARY 9, 2019

This episode features Dr Simon Etkind (Cicely Saunders Institute, King’s College London, London, UK). To be person-centred, care should take into account individual preferences. Some influences on care preferences in older people have been described.

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JANUARY 28, 2024

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in south Asian and white populations in London: database evaluation of characteristics and outcome. You can contact INFO@SIKHNURSES.CO.UK or can find out more here British Sikh Nurses – British Sikh Nurses References Shah, A., Gadd, S., & Donohoe, R. Heart, 96(1), 27-29.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JULY 3, 2019

This episode features Dr Bridget Candy and Dr Megan Armstrong (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK) Conventional therapies are not always sufficient to provide satisfactory relief of symptoms to those at an advanced stage of a disease.

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