The latest crisis concerning UK end-of-life care arose in June 2018, with the publication of the Jones inquiry into hundreds of premature deaths at Gosport War Memorial Hospital in the 1990s. The inquiry concluded that misuse of diamorphine and syringe drivers, often following the clinical instruction ‘please make comfortable’, led to the excess deaths: a […]
‘I thought it was just me’: mutual benefit from public involvement in research
Blog by Dr Anna Spathis, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Associate Specialty Director in Palliative Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine and Dr Stephen Barclay, University Senior Lecturer in Palliative Care, Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge. Teenage and young adults with cancer have inspired and steered a novel research study to develop a treatment […]
Almost half of teens and young adults with cancer face devastating fatigue long after cancer treatments end
Young people who have had cancer can suffer with severe exhaustion for months or even years after their treatment has ended. Many patients were left unable to study, work or socialise, according to research led by Dr Anna Spathis, Associate Specialty Director in Palliative Medicine at the Primary Care Unit and Consultant in Palliative Medicine, […]