Congratulations to Dr Ben Bowers, who has been awarded a Wellcome Post-Doctoral Fellowship to research pressing and sensitive issues in last days of life symptom control. Ben’s interdisciplinary project seeks to understand the human and system factors involved in the safe, effective and timely use of injectable end-of-life symptom control medications for adults dying at […]
The experience of uncertainty in advanced multimorbidity
Similar uncertainties about illness, care, and the future are experienced by older people with multiple advanced chronic illnesses (multimorbidity) and by their carers and healthcare professionals, according to new research from the Primary Care Unit at the University of Cambridge. The research holds promise for supporting the holistic care of those with advanced multimorbidity. Uncertainty […]
Prestigious appointment for Dr Ben Bowers
Dr Ben Bowers, postdoctoral Research Associate with the Primary Care Unit, has been appointed by the Queen’s Nursing Institute as “Community Nursing Research Consultant”. This highly prestigious appointment is in acknowledgement of his major contribution to Community Nursing and to Palliative and End of Life Care research, including his founding of the QNI Community Nursing […]
New quality measures needed in end-of-life care
New quality measures are urgently needed for end-of-life and palliative care, to assess the care given to all patients in all settings, say researchers at the University of Cambridge’s Primary Care Unit. That’s because in the UK and elsewhere, end-of life care is provided in many different settings and by a wide range of health […]
Less deprived areas saw biggest increase in deaths at home during pandemic
Deaths at home increased the most in the least deprived areas during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research has found. The report, published on July 15 2022 from the Better End of Life research programme, provides the first evidence that the increase in deaths at home across the UK that occurred during the pandemic was accompanied […]
New Community Nursing Research Community of Practice launched
Community nurses, from novice to expert, came together at a webinar to launch the new Community of Practice for Community Nursing Research in June 2022. The Community of Practice aims to share experiences and expertise in research to drive high-quality care and harness the power of a collective voice to build research capacity. At the […]
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