Clinical academic nurse. NIHR Senior Research Leader. Passionate about #olderpeople #palliativecare #workforce #AdvanceCarePlanning. She/her. All views my own.

South East, England
Joined September 2011
Dr Sarah Combes RN retweeted
In this interview with @skynewsniall, Dr Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) emphasises the need to prioritise quality end of life care. Regardless of Parliament's decision on assisted dying, fixing the funding of our struggling hospice and end of life care system is essential.
Terminally ill adults in England and Wales could soon have the right to choose to end their life, as the Assisted Dying Bill is introduced to Parliament. On the Daily podcast, @skynewsniall speaks to @doctor_oxford, a palliative care doctor Listen: podfollow.com/skynewsdaily

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Note closing date -30 May. If you’ve strong research skills, leadership experience & passion for nursing workforce issues - this might be a great opportunity for you 😊
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Interested in working with me ⁦@theRCN⁩ Institute? Getting nursing workforce right is absolutely key to achieving nursing excellence. Could you lead the RCN’s work on workforce? A great opportunity to make a huge difference careers.rcn.org.uk/Vacancies…
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Dr Sarah Combes RN retweeted
#EAPC2024 comes to an end with inspiring people, lots of knowledge and nice network. I would like to remember this words from @cewalshe ! Thank you so much @EAPCvzw ! See you soon! 😊
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Dr Sarah Combes RN retweeted
New webinar coming up! With Els van Wijngaarden June 13th at 16:00 CET. A deep dive into discourse analysis in end-of-life research! Free bu registration needed 👇 eventbrite.be/e/how-discours…
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Dr Sarah Combes RN retweeted
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#eapc2024 @libby_sallnow rather than symptomising palliative medicine, palliative care should be seen as social challenges with medical components.
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Next week is Dying Matters Week #DMAW24 Lets start these tender conversations and looking forward to supporting confidence in talking about dying & bereavement @DyingMatters @hospiceuk
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Dr Sarah Combes RN retweeted
Occupations are the things we do that are important to us. Occupational Therapists ensure we can do the things that make us live, not just survive. #OTweek23
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Dan Harman talking about Frailty @hospiceuk conference this morning What is so striking and it shouldn’t be is how simple people’s needs are Listening, expertise, reliability ‘they made me a cup of tea’ Why do we tend to make stuff so complicated?
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As part of developing the long-term sustainability of our programme of work, we have rebadged from @ThePALLUPstudy #PALLUP to Living and Dying Well Research - @LDW_Research You can read about what we're working on here: surrey.ac.uk/living-and-dyin…
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Want to know more about LPAs & ADRTs #AdvanceCarePlanning⤵️
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"I know that I've been given some information, but you tell me your story." -@drleeroyw 🎧 Listen: zurl.co/co2C 🔊 Check out the Narratives of Connection podcast: zurl.co/kVvH @PallMedEd
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Dr Sarah Combes RN retweeted
The work unpaid carers do is equivalent to that of 4 million paid care workers - report by @TheKingsFund “All leaders… must absolutely understand the value of carers and carer organisations in delivering a high quality, local care system” Find out more: bit.ly/3qbslJs
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Dr Sarah Combes RN retweeted
📣Have you cared for someone at the end of life? Would you join us on July 5th for a 4 hour paid, online workshop to shape mental health care for those with a terminal illness? Those from underserved communities are especially welcome. Apply here: imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jf…
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Just seen we are just 7 episodes shy of 7,000 downloads for the series! Subscribe on your usual #podcast platform & to next 7 listeners thank you! open.spotify.com/show/570gwo… #AdvanceCarePlanning
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🚨Join @HSeowPhD and @ClareFuller17 May 10th at 12pm GMT/ 7am EST on Zoom for Navigating a Life-Changing Diagnosis: Simple strategies for patients, families and health care providers in 30 minutes. 👉Register, learn more and submit your questions: zurl.co/4A4A
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I'm so very pleased to be part of the speaker team with @WhatWorksWB talking about working while living with a terminal illness. It fits perfectly with key theme this year "If Dying Matters Then it Matters At Work" #DMAW2023 Book here⤵️ us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Send your answers ahead of time or let's chat on the day! Join me for an overview of #AdvanceCarePlanning & discussion around normalising the Important Conversations. ➡️eventbrite.co.uk/e/advance-c… #DMAW2023
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Dr Sarah Combes RN retweeted
Zhang et al. (2023) 12-weeks of (2x40 mins) dance fitness led to Increase in +ve emotional experience by wk 8, Decrease in -ve emotional experience by wk 12 Take home message Dance regularly for 12 weeks to see changes in state & trait anxiety. doi.org/10.3390/su15021118
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