Dr Katharine Weetman

Results are in! Alongside publishing our findings, we have developed a simple summary of the hospice discharge communication study results & welcome feedback #DischargeLetters #hospice #communication @UAPCWarwick @MarieCurieEOLC @johnmacartney @warwickmed @A_Finucane @MacGPSarah

More support is needed to help healthcare staff manage the grief and conflicted feelings of attending funerals of their paediatric patients, @unibirmingham researchers have suggested. Led by @ke_weetman. 📎 Read the paper here: blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2026/01…

A recent paper by Dr @ke_weetman explores disability inclusion and representation in healthcare education and calls for action and improvement to better equip future professionals. Relevance for all in Higher Education committed to #EDI and accessibility. education-in-practice.co.uk/weetman-k-2025…

Dr Katie Weetman delivers the keynote at the #WMCares event on Discharge from Palliative Care. #REACH #Research @unibirmingham @ke_weetman

#REACH #UoB #PalliativeCare #PalliativeCare🏥 Summary of Results: Improving patients, carers, & primary care healthcare professionals' experiences of discharge communication from specialist palliative care to community settings @ke_weetman @unibirmingham #REACH #PalliativeCare

The government's 10 Year Health Plan for England highlights the need to shift care from hospital to community. For patients receiving specialist palliative care in hospital, who often have complex care needs, discharge to community services and primary care is a poorly understood transition. Yet it is a key part of the end of life experience for many. Dr Katharine Weetman, Marie Curie Associate Professor Dr John MacArtney and team have recently published findings on the challenges posing current discharge processes, identifying patient experiences and highlighting suggestions for healthcare professionals, summarised below.

Now published -our research on improving specialist palliative care discharge bmcpalliatcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… @johnmacartney @NIHRresearch @unibirmingham @unibirm_CMH @UniBham_Nursing @NHS_CWICB @NHSuk @mariecurieuk @MarieCurieEOLC @warwickmed @BBCCWR @AoMRC @MytonHospices

Our #REACH team will be presenting at the #EAPC2025 conference – representing @unibirm_CMH and @unibirmingham.

At #CCRSS25, @ke_weetman will introduce key ethical issues in collecting and analysing healthcare data, followed by breakout groups where students can pitch project ideas and explore the topics in more depth.

Out now - our open access editorial on ethical issues in palliative care research: Time, distress and the social good of palliative medicine research participation spcare.bmj.com/content/early/… @johnmacartney @NIHRresearch @UoB_REACH @unibirm_CMH

I’ll be presenting my work on communicating uncertainty at the Marie Curie Research into Practice Conference on 13.2.25 2pm joined by @SimonNoahEtkind @RosannaFennessy & Dr Chloe Shaw The conference is online &free with presenters from end of life care research #MCResearch2025

Brilliant turnout at the 'Living Well with a Serious Illness' public engagement event on palliative care! A huge success! 🎉 @ke_weetman @celiajbernstein @unibirmingham @UniBham_Nursing #REACH and special appreciation to @MytonHospices @MarieCurieEOLC for sharing their insights.

Let's talk about living well with serious illness We've teamed up with local hospices & hospitals for a free information event on palliative and end of life care services 🗓️ Sat Jan 25 🕛 12-2pm 🍕Pizza & drink included 📍Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry eventbrite.co.uk/e/lets-talk-ab…

Experts to give free advice on palliative care birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/expe… @NIHRresearch @StGilesHospice @MarieCurieWM @MarieCurieEOLC @mariecurieuk @MytonHospices @UoB_REACH @NHS_CWICB

Let’s talk about living well with a serious illness - free event westmidspallcare.co.uk/listing/lets-t… @NIHRresearch

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"Let's talk about living well with a serious illness! Join our Palliative Care public engagement event. Registration is now open and FREE - scan the QR code to register @ke_weetman

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