Mark Hazelwood
@palliativescot.bsky.social
CEO of Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care (SPPC). Mostly about palliative care (but not SPPC official). Occasional sharing other enthusiasms. RT ≠ endorsement. @palliative_scot on Twitter
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www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk
I've just been updating a web page giving an overview of SPPC's work. It includes lots of info and links to free resources and other interesting stuff. Enjoy.
#HPM #PalliativeCare #Bereavement
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#HPM #PalliativeCare #Bereavement
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It is National Grief Awareness Week. The Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief website signposts to a range of support and information for people in Scotland who are bereaved, including information on practical tasks, funerals, finances. www.goodlifedeathgrief.org.uk/support-after/ #NGAW25
December 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
It is National Grief Awareness Week. The Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief website signposts to a range of support and information for people in Scotland who are bereaved, including information on practical tasks, funerals, finances. www.goodlifedeathgrief.org.uk/support-after/ #NGAW25
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The large drop in immigration seen in today's ONS data will likely have huge consequences for social care.
The sector has been entirely reliant on care workers from overseas to meet growing demand.
Read our statement from Researcher @cglobont.bsky.social 👇
The sector has been entirely reliant on care workers from overseas to meet growing demand.
Read our statement from Researcher @cglobont.bsky.social 👇
Falling immigration presents problems for social care sector
Cyril Lobont responds to new immigration data from the Office for National Statistics.
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The large drop in immigration seen in today's ONS data will likely have huge consequences for social care.
The sector has been entirely reliant on care workers from overseas to meet growing demand.
Read our statement from Researcher @cglobont.bsky.social 👇
The sector has been entirely reliant on care workers from overseas to meet growing demand.
Read our statement from Researcher @cglobont.bsky.social 👇
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Congratulations to Rashielee Care Home on being the 50th organisation to achieve the Bereavement Charter Mark for Workplaces!
To find out more about the Bereavement Charter for Workplaces, see:
www.goodlifedeathgrief.org.uk/about-charte...
To find out more about the Bereavement Charter for Workplaces, see:
www.goodlifedeathgrief.org.uk/about-charte...
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Congratulations to Rashielee Care Home on being the 50th organisation to achieve the Bereavement Charter Mark for Workplaces!
To find out more about the Bereavement Charter for Workplaces, see:
www.goodlifedeathgrief.org.uk/about-charte...
To find out more about the Bereavement Charter for Workplaces, see:
www.goodlifedeathgrief.org.uk/about-charte...
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My work is all about taking a public health approach to palliative care. But the term 'public health palliative care' isn't well understood. We made this short film that we hope makes things a little clearer.
Have you heard the term 'public health palliative care' and not been entirely sure what it means? If so, this new short film is for you! vimeo.com/1135830580?s...
What is Public Health Palliative Care
A short film explaining public health palliative care. Copyright: Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care, 2025. Music from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/hemlock/firelight License…
vimeo.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
My work is all about taking a public health approach to palliative care. But the term 'public health palliative care' isn't well understood. We made this short film that we hope makes things a little clearer.
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Is it too early to make plans for January? We don't think so! We have an EASE course coming up in Edinburgh:
Tuesdays 13, 20, 27 Jan & 3 Feb 2026
10.30am - 12.30pm
Victoria Manor Care Home, Albert Street
Book your free place: [email protected]
www.goodlifedeathgrief.org.uk/plan-illness...
Tuesdays 13, 20, 27 Jan & 3 Feb 2026
10.30am - 12.30pm
Victoria Manor Care Home, Albert Street
Book your free place: [email protected]
www.goodlifedeathgrief.org.uk/plan-illness...
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Is it too early to make plans for January? We don't think so! We have an EASE course coming up in Edinburgh:
Tuesdays 13, 20, 27 Jan & 3 Feb 2026
10.30am - 12.30pm
Victoria Manor Care Home, Albert Street
Book your free place: [email protected]
www.goodlifedeathgrief.org.uk/plan-illness...
Tuesdays 13, 20, 27 Jan & 3 Feb 2026
10.30am - 12.30pm
Victoria Manor Care Home, Albert Street
Book your free place: [email protected]
www.goodlifedeathgrief.org.uk/plan-illness...
Second session is this morning. Watch here www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/heal...
November 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Second session is this morning. Watch here www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/heal...
"Are we designing services that help people move forward, or ones that simply manage decline? Are we offering pathways to purpose, or just places to wait?"
Typically thought provoking blog from Donald reflecting on the resonance for Scotland of recent thinking in the USA.
Typically thought provoking blog from Donald reflecting on the resonance for Scotland of recent thinking in the USA.
The stories we tell: reflections from Boston and the future of #ageing #positive #hope #socialcare #narrative scottishcare.org/the-stories-...
The stories we tell: reflections from Boston and the future of ageing
At the Global Ageing Conference in Boston, I found myself not just attending a keynote but entering a new narrative; a reframing of ageing that challenges our assumptions and invites us to imagine a d...
scottishcare.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"Are we designing services that help people move forward, or ones that simply manage decline? Are we offering pathways to purpose, or just places to wait?"
Typically thought provoking blog from Donald reflecting on the resonance for Scotland of recent thinking in the USA.
Typically thought provoking blog from Donald reflecting on the resonance for Scotland of recent thinking in the USA.
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Today's To Absent Friends activities are organised by Runforever and HMPG Peterhead, Rooted Willow, Duncan Place, Battlefield Community Project, North Berwick Coastal Community Connections and Humanist Society Scotland. #toabsentfriends
www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/blogs/festiv...
www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/blogs/festiv...
November 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Today's To Absent Friends activities are organised by Runforever and HMPG Peterhead, Rooted Willow, Duncan Place, Battlefield Community Project, North Berwick Coastal Community Connections and Humanist Society Scotland. #toabsentfriends
www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/blogs/festiv...
www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/blogs/festiv...
Next year's SPPC major conference will be on 3rd Nov. We've checked to avoid obvious clashes, and are sharing the date early to help others planning events to avoid diary conflicts.
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Next year's SPPC major conference will be on 3rd Nov. We've checked to avoid obvious clashes, and are sharing the date early to help others planning events to avoid diary conflicts.
Spending a lot of time currently trying to strengthen safeguards in the Scottish Assisted Dying Bill. This very short film covers what SPPC is doing.
Today the Scottish Parliament Health, Social Care & Sport Committee began discussing amendments to the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill.
We worked with stakeholders and Bob Doris MSP to suggest some changes.
More info:
www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk/news/news/am...
We worked with stakeholders and Bob Doris MSP to suggest some changes.
More info:
www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk/news/news/am...
November 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Spending a lot of time currently trying to strengthen safeguards in the Scottish Assisted Dying Bill. This very short film covers what SPPC is doing.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak whispers o’er-fraught heart & bids it break
Shakespeare
The @toabsentfriends.bsky.social festival enables spaces which acknowledge that we all carry experiences of loss. #ToAbsentFriends
Shakespeare
The @toabsentfriends.bsky.social festival enables spaces which acknowledge that we all carry experiences of loss. #ToAbsentFriends
November 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak whispers o’er-fraught heart & bids it break
Shakespeare
The @toabsentfriends.bsky.social festival enables spaces which acknowledge that we all carry experiences of loss. #ToAbsentFriends
Shakespeare
The @toabsentfriends.bsky.social festival enables spaces which acknowledge that we all carry experiences of loss. #ToAbsentFriends
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To Absent Friends (1-7 November) activities today by Fuze Ceremonies, Bishopbriggs Crematorium, celebrant Fleur Hoole, and Duncan Place Community Hub & Enterprise. #toabsentfriends
www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/blogs/festiv...
www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/blogs/festiv...
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
To Absent Friends (1-7 November) activities today by Fuze Ceremonies, Bishopbriggs Crematorium, celebrant Fleur Hoole, and Duncan Place Community Hub & Enterprise. #toabsentfriends
www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/blogs/festiv...
www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/blogs/festiv...
Horrendous.
Our latest report charts the decline in the number of district nurses, down 43% since 2009 📉
It also places the decline in the context of government ambitions to shift more care out of hospital and into the community, where district nurses play a key role.
Read the report: buff.ly/gezemDJ (2/2)
It also places the decline in the context of government ambitions to shift more care out of hospital and into the community, where district nurses play a key role.
Read the report: buff.ly/gezemDJ (2/2)
November 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Horrendous.
Link to watch the Scottish Parliament Health, Social Care and Sport Committee begin debating amendments to the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill. From 9am www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/heal...
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee | Scottish Parliament TV
www.scottishparliament.tv
November 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Link to watch the Scottish Parliament Health, Social Care and Sport Committee begin debating amendments to the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill. From 9am www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/heal...
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To Absent Friends activities on 2 and 3 November include a reminiscence cafe for young people at The Junction, campfires on Portobello Beach by Action Porty, and the Mid-Argyll Death Cafe #toabsentfriends.
www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/blogs/festiv...
www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/blogs/festiv...
November 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM
To Absent Friends activities on 2 and 3 November include a reminiscence cafe for young people at The Junction, campfires on Portobello Beach by Action Porty, and the Mid-Argyll Death Cafe #toabsentfriends.
www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/blogs/festiv...
www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/blogs/festiv...
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NEW REPORT: Government plans to move more #NHS care into the community and out of hospitals won’t be achievable unless action is taken to address the problems facing #DistrictNursing. 👩⚕️
📉 The supply of district nurses is plummeting while demand for care has risen. Read the report: buff.ly/gezemDJ
📉 The supply of district nurses is plummeting while demand for care has risen. Read the report: buff.ly/gezemDJ
October 31, 2025 at 8:45 AM
NEW REPORT: Government plans to move more #NHS care into the community and out of hospitals won’t be achievable unless action is taken to address the problems facing #DistrictNursing. 👩⚕️
📉 The supply of district nurses is plummeting while demand for care has risen. Read the report: buff.ly/gezemDJ
📉 The supply of district nurses is plummeting while demand for care has risen. Read the report: buff.ly/gezemDJ
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There are lots of simple but powerful ways to take part in To Absent Friends online or on social media. Post to our online Remembrance Wall, submit a playlist song, or make or share a social media post using the hashtag #toabsentfriends.
Find out more:
www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/content/onli...
Find out more:
www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/content/onli...
October 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
There are lots of simple but powerful ways to take part in To Absent Friends online or on social media. Post to our online Remembrance Wall, submit a playlist song, or make or share a social media post using the hashtag #toabsentfriends.
Find out more:
www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/content/onli...
Find out more:
www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/content/onli...
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Couldn’t be anywhere else
October 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Couldn’t be anywhere else
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There are lots of ways to take part in To Absent Friends (1-7 November). You can host an event or activity in your community, club, or organisation, or set up a simple remembrance wall or playlist. Check our guide for ideas, tips, and inspiration.
www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/content/ideas/
www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/content/ideas/
October 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
There are lots of ways to take part in To Absent Friends (1-7 November). You can host an event or activity in your community, club, or organisation, or set up a simple remembrance wall or playlist. Check our guide for ideas, tips, and inspiration.
www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/content/ideas/
www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/content/ideas/
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There's still time to book your ticket for the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care Annual Conference, in Edinburgh on 12 November. Check out the full conference programme and secure your place here: www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk/content/annu...
October 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
There's still time to book your ticket for the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care Annual Conference, in Edinburgh on 12 November. Check out the full conference programme and secure your place here: www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk/content/annu...
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This is Finley. He has a rare genetic mutation that causes patches of different colors in his coat. It is completely harmless, but it does make him completely handsome. 14/10 (IG: jaktlabben.finley)
October 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This is Finley. He has a rare genetic mutation that causes patches of different colors in his coat. It is completely harmless, but it does make him completely handsome. 14/10 (IG: jaktlabben.finley)
Hope for the best, prepare for the rest, as we say in palliative care.....
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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation
Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Hope for the best, prepare for the rest, as we say in palliative care.....
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This guy is in charge of US health care.
October 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This guy is in charge of US health care.