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6 December 2021
How planning can support the grieving process
This week is National Grief Awareness week, an annual event planned by the lovely folk at Good Grief Trust
Advance care planning
13 October 2021
Your next consultant appointment
How to make the most of that precious one hour
Peer support
Our thoughts
30 September 2021
Talking to carers about the end of life
How learnings from lockdown have improved our practice
Working in the open
24 August 2021
If we want honest information, let’s ask for it
Bad news cannot be made better, but it can be made worse
Peer support
2 July 2021
The real effects of CPR
My DNACPR is not a wish to die but a wish not to suffer
Guest post
Do not resuscitate (DNR)
9 June 2021
A tale of two halves
Using digital to engage communities and influence change over the year of the pandemic
Advance care planning
27 May 2021
Life after a serious diagnosis
Why I moved into peer support
Peer support
11 May 2021
Carers on zoom
Advance Care Planning in Lambeth
Advance care planning
23 April 2021
Why do I think advance care planning is important?
A message from one human being to another
Advance care planning
Guest post
4 March 2021
Helping people make sense of it all
Our Peer Navigator service launches this month
Peer support
10 December 2020
Mental Capacity and Future Disabled “Voice”
Initial Thoughts on Disability and Advance Decisions from Gill Loomes
Guest post
Mental capacity
16 September 2020
Do we overvalue quantity of life?
What is society’s broader responsibility to change this conversation and where should we start
Advance care planning
Guest post
Starting conversations
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