Assistant Professor in Clinical Communication @unibirm_CMH | Linguist & PhD Health Sciences | Interested in Palliative Care & Disability |
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📣 We’ve risen again in the QS World University Rankings 2027 and are now 68th in the world, our highest position in a decade.
This marks our fourth consecutive year of progress, with a rise of 23 places over that period and a place in the UK top 10.
The @unibirmingham's Dr @ke_weetman has contributed to newly published @AoMRC 2026 “Please Write to Me” guidance, which provides information and advice to encourage and support clinicians in writing directly to patients.
➡️ Read the guidance document: https://t.co/25NYzhWgux
More support is needed to help healthcare staff manage the grief and conflicted feelings of attending funerals of their paediatric patients, @unibirmingham researchers have suggested.
Led by @ke_weetman.
📎 Read the paper here: https://t.co/TQelzIbvxf
A recent paper by Dr @ke_weetman explores disability inclusion and representation in healthcare education and calls for action and improvement to better equip future professionals. Relevance for all in Higher Education committed to #EDI and accessibility. https://t.co/Cabg9oC0No
The government's 10 Year Health Plan for England highlights the need to shift care from hospital to community. For patients receiving specialist palliative care in hospital, who often have complex care needs, discharge to community services and primary care is a poorly understood transition. Yet it is a key part of the end of life experience for many.
Dr Katharine Weetman, Marie Curie Associate Professor Dr John MacArtney and team have recently published findings on the challenges posing current discharge processes, identifying patient experiences and highlighting suggestions for healthcare professionals, summarised below.
At #CCRSS25, @ke_weetman will introduce key ethical issues in collecting and analysing healthcare data, followed by breakout groups where students can pitch project ideas and explore the topics in more depth.
Out now - our open access editorial on ethical issues in palliative care research:
Time, distress and the social good of palliative medicine research participation https://t.co/KXbM5kZTMK
@johnmacartney@NIHRresearch@UoB_REACH@unibirm_CMH
I’ll be presenting my work on communicating uncertainty at the Marie Curie Research into Practice Conference on 13.2.25 2pm joined by @SimonNoahEtkind@RosannaFennessy
& Dr Chloe Shaw
The conference is online &free with presenters from end of life care research
#MCResearch2025
Let's talk about living well with serious illness
We've teamed up with local hospices & hospitals for a free information event on palliative and end of life care services
🗓️ Sat Jan 25
🕛 12-2pm
🍕Pizza & drink included
📍Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry
https://t.co/jkadWv6SfB