Prof Katherine Sleeman

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Laing Galazka Chair in Palliative Care @CSI_KCL @KingsCollegeLon, Honorary Consultant Palliative Medicine @KingsCollegeNHS

KCL, Cicely Saunders Institute Joined June 2012

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Prof Katherine Sleeman @kesleeman Jun 26

New CLADD (Complex Life and Death Decisions group) briefing on Lauren Edwards MP decision to reintroduce the Terminally Ill Adults Bill

mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/terminally-ill…

www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill CLADD briefing September 2026 To download this briefing as a PDF, please click here. Introduction This briefing is prepared in September 2026 by Professor Gareth Owen, Professor Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) and…

Alex Ruck Keene @Capacitylaw Jun 26

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - updated Complex Life and Death Decisions briefing: mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/terminally-ill…
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🚨 🚑 Dying people shouldn’t have to spend their precious final weeks in the back of an ambulance or waiting in a busy A&E.

But sadly, our new research with @KingsCollegeLon shows a 20% increase in visits to Emergency Departments made by people at the end of life between 2014 and 2023 in England.
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @kesleeman Oct 12

📣📣📣 Webinar on the economic benefits of palliative care

📅 Thursday, 12 November
⏰ 2:00pm–3:00pm (GMT)
💻 Online via Microsoft Teams

With @petermay_csi, lead author of new research that demonstrates that hospital- and home-based specialist palliative care for adults reduces NHS costs, supports people to die out of hospital and reduces bed days.

🔎 PLUS we will launch bespoke briefings for ICSs on the economic benefits of specialist palliative care. To access the briefing for your ICS, email impact-centre@kcl.ac.uk.

🎟️ Register here: tickettailor.com/events/faculty…

Prof Katherine Sleeman @kesleeman Sep 30

Very sorry to hear Esther Rantzen has died. This clip from That’s Life is one of the most moving and extraordinary bits of telly ever made youtube.com/watch?v=OqqbM1…

www.youtube.com Holocaust hero Sir Nicholas Winton (That's Life - 1988) #nicholas_winton #hero #holocaustHolocaust hero Sir Nicholas Wint...

The Telegraph Verified account @Telegraph Sep 30

Dame Esther Rantzen, the beloved broadcaster and campaigner, has died at the age of 86.

Best known for presenting the BBC Show That’s Life! for 21 years and launching the charity Childline, Dame Esther announced in May 2023 that she was undergoing treatment for stage four lung cancer.

🔗: telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/3…

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Prof Katherine Sleeman @kesleeman Sep 18

🙋‍♀️ I’ve also reflected.

If legalisation of assisted death is what our society wants, then we must consider the civic model - ie take AD out of healthcare.

(I’d also get rid of the arbitrary, discriminatory 6 month rule).

Susan Bewley @susan_bewley Sep 18

Lots of us who want to see Assisted Dying have reflected too. Would @BMA Trade Union (too 'pro' in faux neutrality as Drs are divided) & @acmedsci welcome CAD (civic, rather than medically assisted)? /1
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