Jagtar Dhanda set up and heads Macmillan’s Inclusion Department, which leads the organisation’s work on patient experience, inequalities, peer to peer support and user involvement. Here, Jagtar shares his reflections […]
Barbara Gelb OBE is the Chief Executive of Together for Short Lives, the UK charity for children and young people who are not expected to reach adulthood, and their families. […]
Diane Walker talks about her mother Annie’s experience of advance care planning in Northern Ireland, and how having the opportunity to discuss her wishes meant she received the care she […]
Jan Cooper, Regional Liaison Adviser at the GMC, started her career as a palliative care nurse. She reflects on our focus on end of life care throughout 2016 and asks […]
Professor Bill Noble, executive medical director at Marie Curie, discusses the difficulties doctors face when dealing with a patient’s family and friends. Doctors’ communication skills have come a long way. […]
Dr Kirsty Boyd, a consultant in palliative medicine from Edinburgh, talks about her experiences of speaking with patients and families about future care planning and what she has learned from […]
Dr Katie Smith is an ST2 in public health and is also a GMC clinical fellow. She reflects here on her experiences of caring for patients with dementia as a […]
