The Dying Matters Podcast

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S3 Ep2: Challenging the status quo: racism in palliative care

2021-10-1132:59

Tracey Bleakley, CEO of Hospice UK, discusses the issue of racism in palliative care with Dr Jamilla Hussain, and how the hospice and wider end of life care sector must work together to address this.

Dr Rachel Clarke - Inside the NHS in a time of pandemic

2021-01-3122:06

Hospice UK’s Web Editor Leila Hawkins talks to Dr Rachel Clarke about her new book Breathtaking – Inside the NHS in a time of pandemic, about her experiences of working on the frontline during the first wave of the Covid-19 outbreak. The palliative care doctor describes the unwavering dedication of NHS staff, the pain of being in the second wave of the virus, and her hopes for the future now there is a vaccine. “We had no treatments, no vaccines, it was a completely new virus. We didn't know if our PPE was going to protect us. We didn't know if we were going to bring Coronavirus into our houses and infect the people we love. We were frightened, but we wanted to help patients in need. We wanted to be where the need was greatest. “At the end of the day, I don't know what life is for if it isn't to try and help each other out when the need is there.”

S3 Ep1: Dr Rachel Clarke - Dear Life

2020-01-2934:40

"The most powerful thing I come away from the hospice with every single day is the realisation that every moment matters." Dr Rachel Clarke's new book, Dear Life, is a powerful memoir about how end of life care can be best approached.As a palliative care doctor at Katharine House Hospice, she works on the front line of end of life care every day. In this conversation with ehospice editor Leila Hawkins, Rachel talks openly about her experiences, and why hospice, palliative and end of life care is so important.

S2 Ep5: 'If death was a marathon you had to run, you'd do a few practise laps'. Kevin Toolis

2019-07-0943:30

Kevin Toolis has spent much of his career dealing with death, formerly as a journalist reporting and making films from conflict zones, but recently he started interrogating death and dying in a very personal way. He used his experiences with death to write ‘My Father’s Wake’, and reflect on how embracing the Irish way of dealing with death might help us to face our own mortality without fear. Kevin's book: 'My Father's Wake' Dying Matters onlineTwitter: @dyingmattersFacebook: www.facebook.com/DyingMatters/Instagram: @DyingMattersDying Matters is a part of Hospice UK, the national charity for hospice and palliative care. Charity registered in England and Wales No. 1014851, and in Scotland No. SC041112.

S2 Ep4: 'I'm certain that people die how they live'. Greg Wise

2019-06-2452:241

Greg Wise is well known as an actor and producer, but recently he took up another occupation: trying to get people to talk more about death and dying. In this podcast, Greg shares his experience of becoming a full-time carer for his sister, Claire, after she was diagnosed with cancer, and what he learned from sitting by her bedside as she died. Greg's book: 'Not That Kind of Love' Dying Matters onlineTwitter: @dyingmattersFacebook: www.facebook.com/DyingMatters/Instagram: @DyingMattersDying Matters is a part of Hospice UK, the national charity for hospice and palliative care. Charity registered in England and Wales No. 1014851, and in Scotland No. SC041112.

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