@sasmacmillan @Scotambservice The dream team! Congratulations 🙌🏻 so well deserved
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Libby Ferguson
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Libby Ferguson
@libbyferguson13
Palliative physician @MarieCurieSCO and @NHSGGC Views are my own
Katılım Mart 2014
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**Hospice UK Echo for staff working in palliative & eolc who are racialised as 'Black'/'Brown'**
Next wednesday 14th aug 4-5pm
For staff working in ANY setting, ANY role (incl housekeeping), ALL UK nations
Register here: shorturl.at/l7ikx
Stay safe 🙏🏿
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Proud to see @Dying_Margins work included as part of CMO annual report highlighting importance of listening to stories of people in marginalised communities #NHSScot24
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Closure of homelessness health services in Glasgow & Edinburgh:
“It’s quite likely this move will just result in higher costs elsewhere in the NHS, including more attendances at [emergency departments].” bma.org.uk/news-and-opini…
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New @NHS_Education case study films highlight stories based on real-life experiences of staff working across health & social care in Scotland who have experienced the death of a colleague. They may be used as tool to enable reflection & discussion.
👉Visit shorturl.at/qAPX8
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Thank you for your continued support @BobDorisSNP and to the Minister for Public Health and Women's Health @jenni_minto, we're looking forward to working with you to support a better end of life for all in Scotland.
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Following its conference last week, the Faculty for Homeless & Inclusion Health has released a statement condemning the deplorable health & healthcare access of people in inclusion health groups bit.ly/3wWd030. We urge @wesstreeting & @VictoriaAtkins to listen & act🧵1/8
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Great to see this poster in the #SPPCParade24 alongside lots of other great projects! We are so proud of this work here in @NHSGGC supporting training in Shared Decision Making and Future Care Planning all at the heart of @RealisticMed and VBHC
Mark Hazelwood (mostly on Bluesky)@Palliative_Scot
Poster 49 #SPPCParade24 Realistic Conversations webinars in NHSGGC @JudeMarshall77 @NHSGGC @palliativeggc @NHSGGCRealMed @NHSGGC_ACP @RealisticMed @DrGregorSmith
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Two specialist consultant posts in paediatric palliative medicine here - an innovative partnership between @supportCHAS @NHSGGC and @NHS_Lothian. Come be part of something great, working alongside @jonodownie @howell_annabel and many other amazing people 👇
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@debbiemooneyxx @holmes74sarah @JamillaHussain1 @ZachariasHannah @Mel_Pickup @ChrisEllium @CMChivers @gemma_allen1 @SaraHumphreyGP @LouiseKeighley2 @SARAH15261002 @dchnet @drlaurachapman Amongst the superwomen! Thanks @holmes74sarah 💛💙💛
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@holmes74sarah @JamillaHussain1 @ZachariasHannah @Mel_Pickup @ChrisEllium @CMChivers @gemma_allen1 @libbyferguson13 @SaraHumphreyGP @LouiseKeighley2 @SARAH15261002 @dchnet @drlaurachapman Lovely, lovely idea and very fitting. Also a privilege to be tagged by one of the finest @holmes74sarah 💛
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1/📢In Scotland a large proportion of people die without some or all of the palliative support they need, despite the fact 90% would benefit from it.
That's why we're launching a campaign for a right to palliative care for everyone living with terminal illness in Scotland 🧵👇
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Convener of the Scottish Parliament's Cross Party Group on Palliative Care @BobDorisSNP calls for a Right to Palliative Care to be enshrined in the new National Care Service and for a sustainable funding settlement for palliative care @MarieCurieSco
#GreatDaffodilAppeal
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The Great Daffodil Appeal is an opportunity to support & highlight the vital work @MarieCurieSCO do.
Marie Curie research tells us that poverty & inequality is exacerbated when someone has a terminal illness - I raised this issue in the @ScotParl this afternoon.
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New paper: "The great escape" - How an incident of elopement gave rise to trauma informed palliative care for a patient experiencing multiple disadvantage.
Discusses importance of #traumainformedcare for people facing financial hardship at end of life
dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12904…
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‘You can’t afford to live in this country and certainly can’t afford to die,’ says Carole a disabled grandmother who couldn’t afford to put the heating on after paying for her children’s funerals ‘Once one thing starts crumbling, the rest is like dominoes’ independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
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Great discussion at #ScotLab24 on poverty and inequity at the end of life. Fantastic contributions from our panel. Thank you @jackiebmsp @PaulJSweeney @libbyferguson13 and @wagstaff_ellie
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Delighted to have been recognised as a runner up for the first Marie Curie Tammy Prescott Patient & Public Involvement Award 💛. My public advisory groups are my fav part of the PhD and so incredibly valuable - it’s amazing to see this recognised alongside the other winners!
Marie Curie EOLC@MarieCurieEOLC
And well done to the runners up @lavendercrew: Use of close-to-practice methodologies to explain & change impact of interpersonal relationships in quality improvement @SarahPBowers: How do people with multiple long-term conditions use & experience healthcare in last year of life?
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Homelessness and precarious #housing have a profound effect on people’s health, wellbeing, and survival.
New policies are urgently needed to reduce #homelessness and save lives, @aewilliamsonl @homelessnetscot
bmj.com/content/384/bm…
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Delighted to highlight the @Dying_Margins research project by @UofGlasgow @MarieCurieSCO
Built around the stories of people’s end of life experiences, this project makes the simple case that everyone should have the chance to die with dignity and without the worries of poverty
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Incredible to see this level of political engagement with the @Dying_Margins @EndofLifeStudy @ESRC research … watching it in the gallery with relatives and friends of those who took part knowing this political momentum is part of their legacy
Marie Curie Scotland@MarieCurieSCO
A @ScotParl Members' Debate will be taking place shortly on Inequity at the End of Life, thanks to @PFOKane for leading this debate, which touches on issues from our research "Dying in the Margins" on the impact of poverty at end of life. scottishparliament.tv/meeting/meetin…
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