Teaching for our time

All different. All equal. Part 2.

Our final episode in this series. A doctor researching inequality in access to hospice services talks about issues of ethnicity in relation to Palliative Care. How can we improve in this area? 

The shock of your life

What do you know about the deactivation of implantable cardiac devices for palliative care patients? Listen, learn and spare your patients from avoidable painful shocks at the end of their lives.  Give us feedback about the podcasts at https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/7XG8GBP
 
 

All different. All equal. Part 1.

Ting and Rosemary explore racial discrimination, equality and diversity from a patient and staff perspective. 

Dying to get home

What needs to happen to get a dying patient home quickly and safely? Who does what to make it happen? What can go wrong? Take one minute to give us feedback on these podcasts here.

Eat to live or live to eat?

Learn about the way members of the Palliative Nutrition MDT approach the complex issue of clinically assisted nutrition for patients approaching the end of life. Please evaluate this and our other podcasts by completing our VERY short survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/7XG8GBP

A good place to die?

In this special Dying Matters awareness week episode, we discuss what it means to be in a good place to die relationally, digitally and spiritually. https://www.dyingmatters.org/AwarenessWeek. 

"I can see my daughter's face clearly now"

Tissue Donation. What is it? Who benefits? Who can donate? What is your responsibility as a HCP? This episode will help you transform lives. More info here:  https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/what-we-do/transplantation-services/tissue-and-eye-services/  Register your wish to donate here: https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/
 
 

"My patient has died. Now what?"

Listen in as a Palliative Care doctor, Trust chaplain and clinical nurse specialist discuss care after death. Ever heard of 'peaceful positioning'? Worried about a family member's bereavement journey? Wondering how to support a ward team after a difficult death? All this and more in this important episode. 

"I know how this ends." A relative's experience.

A longer special edition episode for the National Day of Reflection. Small acts of kindness, humour, empathy, touch and compassionate honest communication. This is a celebration of life in the face of adversity and, we hope, a helpful tool for your own reflection as the nation considers together all those that have died and all that has been lost through Covid-19.  

I wouldn't want to do your job!

4 members of the Hospital Palliative Care multidisciplinary team describe some of the highs and lows of the job. How do they cope with all the sadness and death? More info also available here.