Victoria Hewitt

Palliative care physician, teacher, advocate. Board member & UK Advocacy Focal Point for @IAHPC.

[Victoria Hewitt @doctavic]

Delighted to hear #Dignity in @hans_kluge’s address at #RC74CPH. Ageing well means ageing with dignity, including dignity in everyone’s final chapter @IAHPC @WHO

[Hans Kluge @hans_kluge]

Reflecting on 5 transformative years - my first term as Regional Director of @WHO_Europe.

And looking ahead to future priorities - building on the foundation already laid.

A privilege to deliver my annual “Hans Talk” at the 74th WHO/Europe Regional Committee - before the 53 Member States of Europe and Central Asia whose ~1 billion people we serve.

My vision of #HealthForAll is both aspirational and achievable.

I invite you to watch - let me know your thoughts - and join us on a journey whose destination applies to each and every one of us.

United Action for Better Health - our promise, now and always. 🙏

https://t.co/yq2sWuC1h4

#RC74CPH #RC74 #HealthForAll

@WHOAlbania @WHOArmenia @WHOAzerbaijan @WHO_BIH @WHOKyrgyzstan @WHOUzbekistan @WHO_Turkiye @WHO_Romania @WHOSerbia @WHO_Europe @WHOUkraine @WHOMoldova
@WHOLatvia @WHOatEU

[Victoria Hewitt @doctavic]

Thank you @CMO_England for raising the need for @WHO_Europe to address the demands of multi-morbidity in ageing populations on health systems 👏#RC74CPH @IAHPC

[Helen Bevan @HelenBevan]

Workplace cynicism is one of the major but least-understood aspects of burnout. Cynicism isn’t due to some character flaw or being a “glass-half-empty” person. It originates from the workplace, not the individual. 8 ways to build a positive, rather than cynical, culture:
1) Attend to yourself first
2) Stop the cycle of negative emotional contagion
3) Encourage/practice empathy
4) Cultivate trust
5) Practice transparency
6) Give people more control
7) Remove uncertainty & ambiguity
8) Inject micro-doses of positivity
https://t.co/1MYTR0O9Ur By @KandiWiens

[Oncpall @Oncpall]

#Palliative care for older persons is a #humanright and not a privilege. @UN_HRC Resolution 48/3 implores “all States to take measures to protect the human rights of older persons in the provision of long-term support and palliative care services.” @EqualAgeingNCL @PolicyNCL

[Victoria Hewitt @doctavic]

Join @IAHPC at @UN 13th Open-ended Working Group on Ageing and learn about #palliativecare services for older patients. Showing the way to a rights-based approach in #Albania #Philippines #USA #Zambia April 5 10am EDT/ 3pm BST https://t.co/SQ6cxOCwcU #OWEGA #AgeWithRights

[Victoria Hewitt @doctavic]

Controlled medicines in end-of-life care must be included in the #PandemicAccord https://t.co/voPGLqzydb
#CND66_tweets

[IAHPC @IAHPC]

“Millions of people die in severe pain because of unduly restrictive regulations.” ⁦@DrTedros⁩ endorsed principle of balance & highlights need to > access to controlled medicines for #palliativecare in opening address to #CND66. Read @IAHPC statement https://t.co/mj4HYvFDJy

[Victoria Hewitt @doctavic]

In contrast to #ZeroDraft #INB4 on pandemic prevention, preparedness + response @covidinquiryuk explicitly includes #palliativecare in terms of quality of care, decision-making and communication with patients and their loved ones https://t.co/Ls0UdaJMHN @IAHPC @whpca @FCDODanny

[Victoria Hewitt @doctavic]

3 out of 5 people who died because of covid in the UK had disabilities @covidinquiryuk @IAHPC @PatientsAssoc

[Victoria Hewitt @doctavic]

Read and endorse the joint statement on #palliativecare to #INB4 on the #ZeroDraft of the #PandemicAccord here: https://t.co/TfbBEuzQp4

[Victoria Hewitt @doctavic]

Many palliative care and allied professional organizations endorse the joint statement on palliative care to #INB4 on the #ZeroDraft of #PandemicAccord including @APCA @CARIPALCA @EAPCvzw @Pall_Care_Aus @APMPostTweets @IAPCpage @AAsocupac @palliumindia @GPONursing @ISNCC 🙏

[Victoria Hewitt @doctavic]

Palliative Care is completely absent from #ZeroDraft of the #PandemicAccord first reading today at #INB4 @IAHPC @WHPCA @ICPCN and @PallCHASE have responded and been endorsed by regional and national palliative care and allied organizations #palliativecare https://t.co/j5U2fgX8xY

[UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs @UNODC_CND]

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𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀💊🔬🩺

All 4 modules are now live 👉 https://t.co/Nf2FfG9D5X

#NoPatientLeftBehind

[IAHPC @IAHPC]

“Universal health care has been a major factor in preventing an #opioid crisis of US proportions across Europe…UHC provides access to appropriate care without high costs for the individual”@KeithNHumphreys https://t.co/w866Xsh89o

[Victoria Hewitt @doctavic]

@HoldsworthFiona TY @HoldsworthFiona 🙏 totally humbled

[Victoria Hewitt @doctavic]

Education for sustainable development: mapping the terrain How I apply the #unsdgs to postgrad medical education in palliative care https://t.co/bQhMHhs8Q7
@Oncpall #NCLGlobalChallenges #PalliativeCare #MedEd

[Victoria Hewitt @doctavic]

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[IAHPC @IAHPC]

#Argentina & #advocacy: Special Reports
Making a #palliativecare law: Argentina. https://t.co/TP6c0GsysD

Advocacy tips: 1: How to draft official written responses. 2: Connect to the audience. 3: Breadth of palliativecare. Bonus: Be bold! @DoctaVic https://t.co/fb6vusBEJd

[Victoria Hewitt @doctavic]

@fnafilms Dude, they don’t care

[Victoria Hewitt @doctavic]

@andy_husband1 Congratulations. This is much-needed research

[IAHPC @IAHPC]

We owe it to those who suffer to make more people aware of need to bring relief.We practice the principle of common & shared responsibility,partnerships & further work on good strategies to benefit humankind and finding joint solutions" @gjmdhoop @CND_tweets #NoPatientLeftBehind