Simon Noah Etkind

I completely agree HOWEVER the vast majority of excellent palliative care is provided not in hospices/ specialist services but in homes by amazing DISTRICT NURSES, the unsung sheros here. yet their numbers have been decimated and working arrangements trashed. RESTORE THE DNs.

The Health and Social Care Committee’s evaluation of palliative care in England is out. The table of contents alone is pretty devastating. committees.parliament.uk/publications/5…

This is a positive trial..Stopping antihypertensives in this nursing home population did no harm. Thus, continuing these meds was of no benefit. That’s helpful and should promote #Deprescribing with shared decisions with patients/ families @pash22 thank you

Delighted to be offering an ACF post in palliative medicine @LancasterICAT @LancasterMedSch @IOELC Closing date Thursday 30 October 2025 16:00, start August 2026 Apply via oriel oriel.nhs.uk/Web/PermaLink/…

Have a look at the rest of the conference programme on this link: stclarehospice.org.uk/professionals/… #StClareHospice #PalliativeCare #EndOfLifeCare #FutureOfHealthcare #HealthCareProfessionals #ProfessionalDevelopment

I'm honoured to be speaking at the @hospicestclare Care Conference on Friday 10th October. This year's theme is 'The future of end of life care' & I'll be talking about how we can deliver more equitable #EndOfLifeCare by changing our approach to future uncertainties

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

Effect of nature-based health interventions for individuals diagnosed with anxiety, depression and/or experiencing stress—a systematic review and meta-analysis bit.ly/4lKONkL

Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.

Here is the evidence base for anticipatory prescribing in one place. It feels apt to share right now to show what can be done to help with effective end-of-life symptom control too! new.express.adobe.com/webpage/8yokfm… @ARC_EoE @MarieCurieEOLC @ProfMarkTaubert

Our new research findings - Healthcare systems need to factor in senior clinical support & workforce capacity to enable community nurses to engage in supported experiential learning about end-of-life care, both as learners and facilitators onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ja… @alisonleary1

Our @ACTcharity funded prognostic uncertainty communication study is out, see here for details. Please share with colleagues who may find these recommendations useful @RCPhysicians @APMPostTweets @acutemedicine @GeriSoc

I have some lovely news to share ! I've been appointed Assistant Professor of Primary Care, University of Cambridge @PCU_Cambridge & @Cambridge_Uni Thank you to all my amazing mentors, colleagues and team; research is collaboration at its best qicn.org.uk/news-and-event…

I missed this by @Annabel_C_Price a Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist specialising in medically unwell older people and palliative care and @rcpsych lead on assisted dying Yet another highly competent specialist trying their best to inform MPs rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-featu…

Our new research is out - “We've Taken on a More Advanced Clinical Role’: Community Nurses' Extended Roles in Palliative Care. Pls share! @jadvnursing @PELi_Cam @alisonleary1 @SimonNoahEtkind Open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ja…

Dr Annabel Price says the concerns of the Royal College of Psychiatrists about the Terminally Ill Adults Bill “haven’t been adequately addressed” news.sky.com/story/assisted…

Ahead of the second report stage debate in the @HouseofCommons and the pivotal third reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill expected on 20 June, we have published a position statement highlighting our key concerns with the bill. buff.ly/I7No4vt

I believe there are valid reasons to support the principle of assisted dying. I might choose it myself. But the vote on Friday is not about the principle, it’s about the workability - and safety - of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill. Let’s recap on what experts are saying… 🧵

MPs have just received a joint statement from the Royal College of Physicians and Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Hoping that MPs will consider frailty during the assisted dying debate today, especially how the bill provides for issues around relational autonomy academic.oup.com/ageing/article… @GeriSoc @JamillaHussain1