Author Archives: sharing palliative care

Palliative care is about exploring what ‘quality of life’ means to that person in front of us, whose heart will take its last beat sooner than previously thought. For that person and those important to them, death is on the horizon … somewhere… So, by a holistic assessment in any setting, by any person, weContinue reading “We are the quality of life detectives”

Are you: – Hungry? – Angry? – Late? – Tired? If so, you are likely to make poor decisions. This top tip was presented by Dr Mark Stacey in Wales at a resilience workshop and developed into this picture. I think what was so useful at the time was the concept of pragmatism. We mightContinue reading “HALT”

We have had 3 years of ‘bridges’ as part of the logo for the Palliative Care Congress in the UK. ‘Bridges’ seemed to represent palliative care making connections between people, between teams, between settings and also bridging gaps. The Ironbridge theme for the Telford conference that was due in 2020 but had to be postponedContinue reading “PCC 2023 image”

This was one of the first posts of the collection, written as health care teams formed and disbanded, at times overnight, in response to COVID-19 pressures. Valuing individual skill sets is more important than ever, both professionally and behaviourally – and recognising that these may change on a daily basis, depending on mood and morale.Continue reading “Diversity in team working”