Palliative care physician, teacher, advocate. Board member & UK Advocacy Focal Point for @IAHPC.
Durham, England
Joined September 2009
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Delighted to hear #Dignity in @hans_kluge’s address at #RC74CPH. Ageing well means ageing with dignity, including dignity in everyone’s final chapter @IAHPC @WHO
Reflecting on 5 transformative years - my first term as Regional Director of @WHO_Europe.
And looking ahead to future priorities - building on the foundation already laid.
A privilege to deliver my annual “Hans Talk” at the 74th WHO/Europe Regional Committee - before the 53 Member States of Europe and Central Asia whose ~1 billion people we serve.
My vision of #HealthForAll is both aspirational and achievable.
I invite you to watch - let me know your thoughts - and join us on a journey whose destination applies to each and every one of us.
United Action for Better Health - our promise, now and always. 🙏
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#RC74CPH #RC74 #HealthForAll
@WHOAlbania @WHOArmenia @WHOAzerbaijan @WHO_BIH @WHOKyrgyzstan @WHOUzbekistan @WHO_Turkiye @WHO_Romania @WHOSerbia @WHO_Europe @WHOUkraine @WHOMoldova
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Thank you @CMO_England for raising the need for @WHO_Europe to address the demands of multi-morbidity in ageing populations on health systems 👏#RC74CPH @IAHPC
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Join @IAHPC at @UN 13th Open-ended Working Group on Ageing and learn about #palliativecare services for older patients. Showing the way to a rights-based approach in #Albania #Philippines #USA #Zambia April 5 10am EDT/ 3pm BST bit.ly/iahpc-vse13 #OWEGA #AgeWithRights
Controlled medicines in end-of-life care must be included in the #PandemicAccord blogs.ncl.ac.uk/victoriahewi…
#CND66_tweets
In contrast to #ZeroDraft #INB4 on pandemic prevention, preparedness + response @covidinquiryuk explicitly includes #palliativecare in terms of quality of care, decision-making and communication with patients and their loved ones covid19.public-inquiry.uk/do… @IAHPC @whpca @FCDODanny
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3 out of 5 people who died because of covid in the UK had disabilities @covidinquiryuk @IAHPC @PatientsAssoc
Read and endorse the joint statement on #palliativecare to #INB4 on the #ZeroDraft of the #PandemicAccord here: hospicecare.com/submit/inclu…
Many palliative care and allied professional organizations endorse the joint statement on palliative care to #INB4 on the #ZeroDraft of #PandemicAccord including @APCA @CARIPALCA @EAPCvzw @Pall_Care_Aus @APMPostTweets @IAPCpage @AAsocupac @palliumindia @GPONursing @ISNCC 🙏
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Palliative Care is completely absent from #ZeroDraft of the #PandemicAccord first reading today at #INB4 @IAHPC @WHPCA @ICPCN and @PallCHASE have responded and been endorsed by regional and national palliative care and allied organizations #palliativecare youtu.be/mwpDUVZ9M-k
Education for sustainable development: mapping the terrain How I apply the #unsdgs to postgrad medical education in palliative care tinyurl.com/3j8rc6hf
@Oncpall #NCLGlobalChallenges #PalliativeCare #MedEd
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#Argentina & #advocacy: Special Reports
Making a #palliativecare law: Argentina. hospicecare.com/what-we-do/p…
Advocacy tips: 1: How to draft official written responses. 2: Connect to the audience. 3: Breadth of palliativecare. Bonus: Be bold! @DoctaVic hospicecare.com/what-we-do/p…
The call came and I didn’t think twice. Read my experiences of global #advocacy for #palliativecare
@PolicyNCL @IAHPC #sasbychoice
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For the past decade I have been teaching palliative care to professional colleagues from all over the world on @Oncpall and this led me into advocacy:
Education to advocacy blogs.ncl.ac.uk/victoriahewi…
Opioid prescribing and medical education… Can primary care fill in the gaps? bjgplife.com/opioid-prescrib… via @BJGPjournal
Honoured to have the opportunity to advocate for right to #PalliativeCare for older persons at @WHO_Europe representing @IAHPC - Dying is part of the life cycle and it is our moral and ethical duty to manage it well @UNDecadeAgeing @Oncpall
"Pharmacists are part of the circle of care" @EAhmedPharmD #Palliativecare hub @MSK sign up now mskcc.org/GlobalPalliativeCa…… watch recorded content and get CMEs! @BRosa_PhD @FeliciaKnaul
Thank you for demonstrating benefits of team-based approach to proactively managing incurable, progressive disease @RanBalicer #PalliativeCare has been taking this approach for many years @IAHPC #RC72TLV
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The Life Cycle approach to healthy ageing must, by definition, accept it ends in death. We must #leavenoonebehind #PalliativeCare @WHO_Europe @IAHPC #rc72tlv
Mortality rates increase with age. Integration of #PalliativeCare into any and all #HealthyAgeing strategies is essential @WHO_Europe @IAHPC #rc72tlv
2.8 million excess deaths in older persons in Europe region due to covid - this reminds us of the importance of managing dying well #PalliativeCare @IAHPC #rc72tlv
