John Wonnacott

Great to have this study open in NI @UlsterUniSoNP @mariecurieuk @Felicity_Hasson @CamplingNatasha @MarieCurieEOLC

To ensure end-of-life care is the best it can be teams at @marymountcork & @CUH_Cork introduced a care planning form, checklist & staff training to improve how dying patients and families are supported. 📰mdpi.com/1718-7729/32/8…

Credit to lead author Dr @ConorMoloneyOnc ‘Using audit to improve end-of-life care in a tertiary cancer centre’.

@frankcottrell_b Well said Frank thank you.

Who are you going to listen to? If it's not the most vulnerable, most affected, then ... well you're not listening.

@John_Dabell Such a great way with words John - it’s more about the ‘grit than grim’ ‘focus on the ‘hopelines than the deadlines’ - Thanku for your inspiration

Five years ago, the diagnosis was incurable cancer. The prognosis? Two months. Two months to say my goodbyes. That was supposed to be the end of my story. But grit always beats grim. And here I am - five years later: alive, grateful, optimistic, still battling, still believing, and proving that the human spirit doesn’t follow timelines. Living proof that predictions are not prophecies. And every day I wake up, I show the world this truth: don’t give up. Hope always has more to say. Every new day is a victory. Focus on the hopelines not the deadlines. My hopeline and lifeline is immunotherapy and it's keeping me in the game. gofund.me/ae4b8a2d

Fantastic opportunity to present at @QualityForum @TheIHI Conference in Utrecht #frailty #advancedpractice @campbell_s65064 @MarysiaGraffin @Orr1Marion @MargaretDiamo10 @SuzannePullins @NHSCTrust

Our Macmillan Unit has been reaccredited with the Macmillan Quality Environment Mark which recognises the unit's commitment to meeting patients' palliative care needs 👏 The Health Minister & staff came together to celebrate this huge achievement 🎉 #DyingMattersWeek @healthdpt

"If we’re serious about restoring meaningful continuity we need to make full time (or near full time) work a more attractive and viable option." @RammyaMathew asks: how do we make general practice a job that doctors can sustainably commit to? bmj.com/content/389/bm…

The President and Lay Leader of the Methodist Church in Ireland have extended the “sympathies and prayers of the Irish Methodist people” upon learning of the death of Pope Francis. → Read in full: bit.ly/42JIyoY

Amazing Grace from outside my cottage. Wishing you a peaceful Easter from the west of Ireland🕊️

Congratulations @MariaBe19750692 on your published article - available via @healthcarelib in the most recent issue of Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice!

To Anyone Dreading Mothering Sunday: This Is for You 💔🌸 @juliasamuelmbe Mothering Sunday can be one of the most tender, painful days of the year if your mum has died — or if your child has. The cards, the flowers, the smiling faces on social media — what feels like simple joy for others can land like a punch to the heart. Everywhere you turn, there are reminders of what’s missing. Of who’s missing. If this day is hard for you, please be gentle with yourself. You don’t need to power through or pretend. 
You don’t need to ‘white-knuckle’ your way to Monday. 
Grief doesn’t vanish when ignored — but neither does love. Your love for them and theirs for you, hasn’t gone anywhere. It lives on — today and every day. So take the day gently. Switch off the noise if you need to — social media, group chats, even plans that feel too much. Make space for what soothes you. Walk somewhere quiet. Sit with a friend who gets it. Curl up with a blanket and a book. Or do absolutely nothing. That’s allowed too. Mark your love in a way that feels right for you:
 👒 Wear something of theirs.
🥘 Cook their favourite meal.
🕯️ Light a candle.
💌 Write them a card.
♥️ Speak their name. A small ritual can be a bridge — between now and then, between you and them. However you choose to spend the day, let it be with kindness. You deserve that. 
Your grief is real because your love is real. 
And that love — however deep the ache — never dies. ♥️ #MothersDay #GriefAndLove #Remembering

Cookstown in mid Ulster had the longest main street in Ireland. Where you can get anything you want!

Gary Lightbody's first book... file more under "Spiritual" than "Rock Biog"... Gary drops fascinating depth charges for the soul... sprinkled among the grief of losing his father... vulnerable and open as ever... I Surmise! stocki.typepad.com/soulsurmise/20…

I'm really excited that one of my scribbles has made the cut and is going to be hanging. My first! If you're in London, come along for a free look round to brighten your day. @UrbSketchLondon

10 months after a radical orchiectomy and chemotherapy for #testicularcancer I was informed yesterday that my surveillance CT scan doesn’t show any evidence of disease or metastases. The relief is palpable 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 #alwaysthankful

Get into my Norn Iron map! Find my paintings, videos, route Discover secrets of Northern Ireland! mapanory.com/v/northern-ire…

It’s no mean feat to pull together this fantastic #Parkinsons #MOOC #MedEd free online course. @janealty1 and @MicheleCallisa1 from @WickingDementia @UTAS_ have created a #medicaleducation masterpiece. Goes live 5th Feb. Register at👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 mooc.utas.edu.au/course/20278/P…

We saw this play tonight at @4cornersbelfast Festival . It was brilliant - Nuala McKeever playing 3 parts in a great story of truth, love, promise...and home. Great festival, well done @Stoxo @MartinJMagill & colleagues. Check out 4cornersfestival.com