Donna Wakefield
@donnawakefield.bsky.social
Palliative Medicine Consultant 🩺
in North East England,
NIHR Doctoral Fellow,
PhD on #Inequalities in lung disease, #Mesothelioma #LungCancer #COPD #ILD🫁
🏳️🌈 #LGBTQ 💪🏻 #WomenInMedicine
Book/coffee/travel/photography enthusiast
☕️📚📷 🌊⛰️
in North East England,
NIHR Doctoral Fellow,
PhD on #Inequalities in lung disease, #Mesothelioma #LungCancer #COPD #ILD🫁
🏳️🌈 #LGBTQ 💪🏻 #WomenInMedicine
Book/coffee/travel/photography enthusiast
☕️📚📷 🌊⛰️
Mini-milestones unlocked today 🔓
🎉Successful 1st Thesis Progression Panel. Great to present the last 2 years of my #PhD #research & have meaningful discussion
🏋🏻♀️When I started my PhD, I decided it was time to improve fitness. Weight-lifting & boxing has helped & I finally reached 70kg 🎯 (from 95kg)
🎉Successful 1st Thesis Progression Panel. Great to present the last 2 years of my #PhD #research & have meaningful discussion
🏋🏻♀️When I started my PhD, I decided it was time to improve fitness. Weight-lifting & boxing has helped & I finally reached 70kg 🎯 (from 95kg)
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Mini-milestones unlocked today 🔓
🎉Successful 1st Thesis Progression Panel. Great to present the last 2 years of my #PhD #research & have meaningful discussion
🏋🏻♀️When I started my PhD, I decided it was time to improve fitness. Weight-lifting & boxing has helped & I finally reached 70kg 🎯 (from 95kg)
🎉Successful 1st Thesis Progression Panel. Great to present the last 2 years of my #PhD #research & have meaningful discussion
🏋🏻♀️When I started my PhD, I decided it was time to improve fitness. Weight-lifting & boxing has helped & I finally reached 70kg 🎯 (from 95kg)
Such a buzz in the room as people arrived from all over the country for todays #PalliativeCare #Research Incubator 🎉 @pri-uk.bsky.social
Wonderful to see people in real life
Thank you for coming to my home city 🤗 #Newcastle
(sorry about the weather ☔️)
I’ve gone away feeling inspired 🥰
Wonderful to see people in real life
Thank you for coming to my home city 🤗 #Newcastle
(sorry about the weather ☔️)
I’ve gone away feeling inspired 🥰
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Such a buzz in the room as people arrived from all over the country for todays #PalliativeCare #Research Incubator 🎉 @pri-uk.bsky.social
Wonderful to see people in real life
Thank you for coming to my home city 🤗 #Newcastle
(sorry about the weather ☔️)
I’ve gone away feeling inspired 🥰
Wonderful to see people in real life
Thank you for coming to my home city 🤗 #Newcastle
(sorry about the weather ☔️)
I’ve gone away feeling inspired 🥰
I am sick of seeing the generic sad hands in articles for #PalliativeCare
So this Sunday night, I am experimenting with some potential drawings for my next journal editorial. My first attempt drawing on the iPad. Its helping my stress/anxiety and is much less messy than my paints or linocutting ✍️
So this Sunday night, I am experimenting with some potential drawings for my next journal editorial. My first attempt drawing on the iPad. Its helping my stress/anxiety and is much less messy than my paints or linocutting ✍️
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I am sick of seeing the generic sad hands in articles for #PalliativeCare
So this Sunday night, I am experimenting with some potential drawings for my next journal editorial. My first attempt drawing on the iPad. Its helping my stress/anxiety and is much less messy than my paints or linocutting ✍️
So this Sunday night, I am experimenting with some potential drawings for my next journal editorial. My first attempt drawing on the iPad. Its helping my stress/anxiety and is much less messy than my paints or linocutting ✍️
I’ve previously carved “reviewer 2” and “desk rejection” 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I’ve previously carved “reviewer 2” and “desk rejection” 🎃
Happy #Halloween - or #EAPC2026 deadline day to all who celebrate 🎉
🎃 Every year I create academic themed pumpkins: this year I’ve carved lungs in pumpkin 1 🫁 (dedicated to my research on #inequalities in #lung disease)
& pumpkin 2 describes what I’ve been working on for the past 2 weeks solid 💪🏻
🎃 Every year I create academic themed pumpkins: this year I’ve carved lungs in pumpkin 1 🫁 (dedicated to my research on #inequalities in #lung disease)
& pumpkin 2 describes what I’ve been working on for the past 2 weeks solid 💪🏻
October 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Happy #Halloween - or #EAPC2026 deadline day to all who celebrate 🎉
🎃 Every year I create academic themed pumpkins: this year I’ve carved lungs in pumpkin 1 🫁 (dedicated to my research on #inequalities in #lung disease)
& pumpkin 2 describes what I’ve been working on for the past 2 weeks solid 💪🏻
🎃 Every year I create academic themed pumpkins: this year I’ve carved lungs in pumpkin 1 🫁 (dedicated to my research on #inequalities in #lung disease)
& pumpkin 2 describes what I’ve been working on for the past 2 weeks solid 💪🏻
Komorebi - the Japanese word for when the sunshine filters through the leaves 🍂 English lacks a single word for this beauty
October 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Komorebi - the Japanese word for when the sunshine filters through the leaves 🍂 English lacks a single word for this beauty
I love the colourful autumn sky 🍂
Current view from the window 🪟📸
as I work on my #Qualitative study protocol 👩🏼💻 - in #Newcastle
Current view from the window 🪟📸
as I work on my #Qualitative study protocol 👩🏼💻 - in #Newcastle
October 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I love the colourful autumn sky 🍂
Current view from the window 🪟📸
as I work on my #Qualitative study protocol 👩🏼💻 - in #Newcastle
Current view from the window 🪟📸
as I work on my #Qualitative study protocol 👩🏼💻 - in #Newcastle
📣New paper - Remote & rural communities face #inequalities in receiving specialist #PalliativeCare. Patients & staff found video-consultation to be a beneficial option (& preferable than a phone call ☎️ )
🌟 #OpenAccess in “PalliativeCare & Social Practice”📔
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🌟 #OpenAccess in “PalliativeCare & Social Practice”📔
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
📣New paper - Remote & rural communities face #inequalities in receiving specialist #PalliativeCare. Patients & staff found video-consultation to be a beneficial option (& preferable than a phone call ☎️ )
🌟 #OpenAccess in “PalliativeCare & Social Practice”📔
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🌟 #OpenAccess in “PalliativeCare & Social Practice”📔
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Happy #EuropeanDayOfLanguages!
Enjoyed practicing languages for my daughter’s homework and on theme wearing my Europe map top! 🗺️
My dream is to visit every country in Europe & pick up more languages on the way 🇮🇪 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇺
#EuropeAddict #MapAddict
Enjoyed practicing languages for my daughter’s homework and on theme wearing my Europe map top! 🗺️
My dream is to visit every country in Europe & pick up more languages on the way 🇮🇪 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇺
#EuropeAddict #MapAddict
September 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Happy #EuropeanDayOfLanguages!
Enjoyed practicing languages for my daughter’s homework and on theme wearing my Europe map top! 🗺️
My dream is to visit every country in Europe & pick up more languages on the way 🇮🇪 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇺
#EuropeAddict #MapAddict
Enjoyed practicing languages for my daughter’s homework and on theme wearing my Europe map top! 🗺️
My dream is to visit every country in Europe & pick up more languages on the way 🇮🇪 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇺
#EuropeAddict #MapAddict
Great day presenting & learning at the North of England #Mesothelioma 🫁 Educational update at the beautiful Beamish Hall Hotel, #Durham
And delighted to be welcomed as the only #PalliativeCare member of the North of England Thoracic society (yet!)
Very impressed with the badge! 🥰
And delighted to be welcomed as the only #PalliativeCare member of the North of England Thoracic society (yet!)
Very impressed with the badge! 🥰
September 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Great day presenting & learning at the North of England #Mesothelioma 🫁 Educational update at the beautiful Beamish Hall Hotel, #Durham
And delighted to be welcomed as the only #PalliativeCare member of the North of England Thoracic society (yet!)
Very impressed with the badge! 🥰
And delighted to be welcomed as the only #PalliativeCare member of the North of England Thoracic society (yet!)
Very impressed with the badge! 🥰
📣New textbook - out TODAY! 📕
“Understanding Mesothelioma: The Experiences & Care Needs of People with #Mesothelioma & their Families” 🫁
Really grateful to have the opportunity to contribute this essential resource 📚 @claregardiner.bsky.social
@mesouk.bsky.social @vsherbo.bsky.social
Link below
“Understanding Mesothelioma: The Experiences & Care Needs of People with #Mesothelioma & their Families” 🫁
Really grateful to have the opportunity to contribute this essential resource 📚 @claregardiner.bsky.social
@mesouk.bsky.social @vsherbo.bsky.social
Link below
September 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
📣New textbook - out TODAY! 📕
“Understanding Mesothelioma: The Experiences & Care Needs of People with #Mesothelioma & their Families” 🫁
Really grateful to have the opportunity to contribute this essential resource 📚 @claregardiner.bsky.social
@mesouk.bsky.social @vsherbo.bsky.social
Link below
“Understanding Mesothelioma: The Experiences & Care Needs of People with #Mesothelioma & their Families” 🫁
Really grateful to have the opportunity to contribute this essential resource 📚 @claregardiner.bsky.social
@mesouk.bsky.social @vsherbo.bsky.social
Link below
Really exciting to see 1️⃣6️⃣8️⃣ like-minded people logging in for the launch 🚀 of the
🆕 #PalliativeCare #Research Incubator
So many potential opportunities to connect with others, as working in a small field, spread geographically can sometimes feel isolating.
@pri-uk.bsky.social
🆕 #PalliativeCare #Research Incubator
So many potential opportunities to connect with others, as working in a small field, spread geographically can sometimes feel isolating.
@pri-uk.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Really exciting to see 1️⃣6️⃣8️⃣ like-minded people logging in for the launch 🚀 of the
🆕 #PalliativeCare #Research Incubator
So many potential opportunities to connect with others, as working in a small field, spread geographically can sometimes feel isolating.
@pri-uk.bsky.social
🆕 #PalliativeCare #Research Incubator
So many potential opportunities to connect with others, as working in a small field, spread geographically can sometimes feel isolating.
@pri-uk.bsky.social
We celebrated my nanna turning 90 years young! 🎂🍰💐🎁
September 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
We celebrated my nanna turning 90 years young! 🎂🍰💐🎁
September 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The #Kingfisher is a shy, elusive bird.
Small & extremely fast, making photographing it challenging.
It has been on my bucket list for FIVE YEARS….
Then today I saw him!
Majestic in blue and orange, perched on a reed.
It was a magical moment for me ♥️
#Nature #Bird #Photography #Newcastle 📷
Small & extremely fast, making photographing it challenging.
It has been on my bucket list for FIVE YEARS….
Then today I saw him!
Majestic in blue and orange, perched on a reed.
It was a magical moment for me ♥️
#Nature #Bird #Photography #Newcastle 📷
August 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The #Kingfisher is a shy, elusive bird.
Small & extremely fast, making photographing it challenging.
It has been on my bucket list for FIVE YEARS….
Then today I saw him!
Majestic in blue and orange, perched on a reed.
It was a magical moment for me ♥️
#Nature #Bird #Photography #Newcastle 📷
Small & extremely fast, making photographing it challenging.
It has been on my bucket list for FIVE YEARS….
Then today I saw him!
Majestic in blue and orange, perched on a reed.
It was a magical moment for me ♥️
#Nature #Bird #Photography #Newcastle 📷
Having a long walk through a field of bright yellow sunflowers is quite the mood booster 🌻🌻🌻🌻 🐝
#Nature #Photography #Durham 📸
#Nature #Photography #Durham 📸
August 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Having a long walk through a field of bright yellow sunflowers is quite the mood booster 🌻🌻🌻🌻 🐝
#Nature #Photography #Durham 📸
#Nature #Photography #Durham 📸
Beautiful #Wildflowers 💐
If I ask my daughter if she’d like to help in our own garden…..its as if I’ve suggested child labour 🪴
Yet she was super excited to rent an old jam jar & pair of scissors to trim a field of wild flowers ✂️🫙🌱😆
#Northumberland
If I ask my daughter if she’d like to help in our own garden…..its as if I’ve suggested child labour 🪴
Yet she was super excited to rent an old jam jar & pair of scissors to trim a field of wild flowers ✂️🫙🌱😆
#Northumberland
August 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Beautiful #Wildflowers 💐
If I ask my daughter if she’d like to help in our own garden…..its as if I’ve suggested child labour 🪴
Yet she was super excited to rent an old jam jar & pair of scissors to trim a field of wild flowers ✂️🫙🌱😆
#Northumberland
If I ask my daughter if she’d like to help in our own garden…..its as if I’ve suggested child labour 🪴
Yet she was super excited to rent an old jam jar & pair of scissors to trim a field of wild flowers ✂️🫙🌱😆
#Northumberland
Everyone gets a good laugh at my drawings
P is for pizza is good
We sometimes play Machi Koro but it takes 5 minutes to set up and thats longer than my child’s patience
At the minute the house is littered with half made lego sets and jigsaws as the attention span couldn’t last any longer
P is for pizza is good
We sometimes play Machi Koro but it takes 5 minutes to set up and thats longer than my child’s patience
At the minute the house is littered with half made lego sets and jigsaws as the attention span couldn’t last any longer
August 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Everyone gets a good laugh at my drawings
P is for pizza is good
We sometimes play Machi Koro but it takes 5 minutes to set up and thats longer than my child’s patience
At the minute the house is littered with half made lego sets and jigsaws as the attention span couldn’t last any longer
P is for pizza is good
We sometimes play Machi Koro but it takes 5 minutes to set up and thats longer than my child’s patience
At the minute the house is littered with half made lego sets and jigsaws as the attention span couldn’t last any longer
Thanks for the list!
We play “Sushi Go” a lot
And also argue over “goat, cat, cheese, pizza” (or whatever the order is 😂)
We love “Six second scribble” and
“Herd Mentality”
We regularly play “Organ Attack”, which can end in tears over who stole each others organs 🤪
We play “Sushi Go” a lot
And also argue over “goat, cat, cheese, pizza” (or whatever the order is 😂)
We love “Six second scribble” and
“Herd Mentality”
We regularly play “Organ Attack”, which can end in tears over who stole each others organs 🤪
August 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Thanks for the list!
We play “Sushi Go” a lot
And also argue over “goat, cat, cheese, pizza” (or whatever the order is 😂)
We love “Six second scribble” and
“Herd Mentality”
We regularly play “Organ Attack”, which can end in tears over who stole each others organs 🤪
We play “Sushi Go” a lot
And also argue over “goat, cat, cheese, pizza” (or whatever the order is 😂)
We love “Six second scribble” and
“Herd Mentality”
We regularly play “Organ Attack”, which can end in tears over who stole each others organs 🤪
Happy #InternationalCatDay - perfect time to start reading “We’ll prescribe you a cat” 🐈 #BookSky #Books 📚
August 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Happy #InternationalCatDay - perfect time to start reading “We’ll prescribe you a cat” 🐈 #BookSky #Books 📚
Proud to have been part of this great collaboration between @alicehousehospice.bsky.social,
Hart Gables LGBT & #Hartlepool college to create a 20 minute film, as part of training to improve LGBTQ+ inclusive #hospice care, esp for #trans people 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🥰
🎥 lnkd.in/grfJwT7x
Tackling #Inequalities
Hart Gables LGBT & #Hartlepool college to create a 20 minute film, as part of training to improve LGBTQ+ inclusive #hospice care, esp for #trans people 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🥰
🎥 lnkd.in/grfJwT7x
Tackling #Inequalities
August 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Proud to have been part of this great collaboration between @alicehousehospice.bsky.social,
Hart Gables LGBT & #Hartlepool college to create a 20 minute film, as part of training to improve LGBTQ+ inclusive #hospice care, esp for #trans people 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🥰
🎥 lnkd.in/grfJwT7x
Tackling #Inequalities
Hart Gables LGBT & #Hartlepool college to create a 20 minute film, as part of training to improve LGBTQ+ inclusive #hospice care, esp for #trans people 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🥰
🎥 lnkd.in/grfJwT7x
Tackling #Inequalities
July 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM