eLearning postgraduate programmes in Oncology, Palliative Care & Oncology for the Pharmaceutical Industry at Newcastle University. Email: [email protected]
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Joined May 2013
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#Palliative care for older persons is a #humanright and not a privilege. @UN_HRC Resolution 48/3 implores “all States to take measures to protect the human rights of older persons in the provision of long-term support and palliative care services.” @EqualAgeingNCL @PolicyNCL
Dr Kristin Forner @Medstar pal care doc & IAHPC Advocacy Focal Point #USA gave this powerful intervention on the floor of @UN Open Ended Working Group on Ageing yesterday during session on older persons access to healthcare as a human right. hospicecare.com/uploads/2023… @GAROP_Sec
Investment in palliative care reduces suffering and promotes future household health and wellbeing #unsdgs #nopoverty #palliativecare #ONC8005
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Palliative Care Advances in the Caribbean - read the featured story by @dingleja in Dec edition of @IAHPC News Digest tinyurl.com/mvzu8ypx
Ageing and Health @UniofNewcastle Tackling Global Issues on the big screen at #rc72tlv Watch the full video here youtu.be/s-nVWZA7I4M @UNDecadeAgeing @WHO_Europe
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Our Curriculum Director @doctavic advocating for palliative care for older persons at WHO Europe regional session #ONC8005 @PolicyNCL
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
Take a peek at @doctavic's Lightning Lecture on #palliativecare in Europe at lunchtime Speaker's Corner #RC72TLV! Making waves representing @IAHPC & breaking the deafening silence around #PalliativeCarepdf in the official discourse @AtlantesPC tinyurl.com/3rn78p8a
"IAHPC shares concerns that “persons with disabilities may be less likely to receive needed life-saving treatment & may be disproportionately affected by measures taken to control the pandemic” and we suggest that they may also less likely to receive #PalliativeCare." @doctavic
Our Curriculum Director, Dr Victoria Hewitt @doctavic will be to advocate for palliative care development across the Europe region @PolicyNCL @UniofNewcastle @IAHPC #oncpall #RC72TLV
📣 Less than 3 weeks until #RC72TLV
On the agenda:
🔵Digital health
🔵Long COVID
🔵Behavioural and cultural insights for health
🔵Health emergency preparedness, response and resilience
and much more...
For more information visit
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Antiseptic drug as good as antibiotics for preventing recurrent UTIs ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/lat…
"Interruption of life-saving cancer care simply adds to the massive pain and needless suffering caused by war." via @ASCO asco.org/news-initiatives/po…
Global Palliative Care Community Statement on the Humanitarian Crisis in Ukraine ehospice.com/international_p…
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The US Cancer Pain Crisis and the Global Pain Divide: Can Two Wrongs Make It Right? ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.120… #ONC8029
Proud to be part of this #research on #PalliativeCare published with @SpringerNature in BMC Palliative Care.
It all began with a #postgrad dissertation #eol #Indonesia bmcpalliatcare.biomedcentral…
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"You're not expected to mourn someone who died by suicide."
Anne Kemunto's husband took his own life after struggling with depression. Her family has faced stigma in Kenya, where suicide is a taboo topic - and also a crime.
📹: @MercyJuma_ @gladyskigo @HassanLali @aaronajourno
Did you know Oct 9th is @UniofNewcastle's Alumni Action Day - working together to address social injustice - AND @whpca's World Hospice and Palliative Care Day. #NCLAlumniAction #LeaveNoOneBehind21 #WHPCD21
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We are delighted to announce 1 year's FREE membership to @IAHPC FREE for all our students enrolled on one of our palliative care programs (MSc, PGDip, PGCert) tinyurl.com/vtfvn3vw
Check out our programs here tinyurl.com/p62c6eps
