Dr Katharine Weetman

Assistant Professor in Clinical Communication @unibirm_CMH | Linguist & PhD Health Sciences | Interested in Palliative Care & Disability |

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[Dr Katharine Weetman @ke_weetman]

Results are in! Alongside publishing our findings, we have developed a simple summary of the hospice discharge communication study results & welcome feedback #DischargeLetters #hospice #communication @UAPCWarwick @MarieCurieEOLC @johnmacartney @warwickmed @A_Finucane @MacGPSarah

[REACH Research UoB @UoB_REACH]

📢 We're hiring! Join our team as a Research Fellow at the @unibirmingham @unibirm_CMH @ke_weetman
@CaraBaileyEOLC
Please share with your networks! #AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs
🔗Apply here https://t.co/nGiGwhCN9K

[UoB School of Medical Sciences @UoBmedicalsci]

📣 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.

[UoB School of Medical Sciences @UoBmedicalsci]

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

[UoB School of Medical Sciences @UoBmedicalsci]

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

[UoB School of Medical Sciences @UoBmedicalsci]

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

[REACH Research UoB @UoB_REACH]

Dr Katie Weetman delivers the keynote at the #WMCares event on Discharge from Palliative Care. #REACH #Research @unibirmingham @ke_weetman

[REACH Research UoB @UoB_REACH]

#REACH #UoB #PalliativeCare #PalliativeCare🏥 Summary of Results: Improving patients, carers, & primary care healthcare professionals' experiences of discharge communication from specialist palliative care to community settings @ke_weetman @unibirmingham #REACH #PalliativeCare

[Marie Curie EOLC @MarieCurieEOLC]

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.

[Dr Katharine Weetman @ke_weetman]

Now published -our research on improving specialist palliative care discharge

https://t.co/BjIeKyO6PC

@johnmacartney @NIHRresearch @unibirmingham @unibirm_CMH @UniBham_Nursing @NHS_CWICB @NHSuk @mariecurieuk @MarieCurieEOLC @warwickmed @BBCCWR @AoMRC @MytonHospices

[REACH Research UoB @UoB_REACH]

Our #REACH team will be presenting at the #EAPC2025 conference – representing @unibirm_CMH and @unibirmingham.

[CCR @CCR_UoB]

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.

[Dr Katharine Weetman @ke_weetman]

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

[Dr Katharine Weetman @ke_weetman]

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

[REACH Research UoB @UoB_REACH]

Brilliant turnout at the 'Living Well with a Serious Illness' public engagement event on palliative care! A huge success! 🎉 @ke_weetman @celiajbernstein @unibirmingham @UniBham_Nursing #REACH and special appreciation to @MytonHospices @MarieCurieEOLC for sharing their insights.

[Uni of Birmingham @unibirmingham]

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

[Dr Katharine Weetman @ke_weetman]

Experts to give free advice on palliative care https://t.co/Xxb1VNZ7jX

@NIHRresearch @StGilesHospice @MarieCurieWM @MarieCurieEOLC @mariecurieuk @MytonHospices @UoB_REACH
@NHS_CWICB

[Dr Katharine Weetman @ke_weetman]

Let’s talk about living well with a serious illness - free event https://t.co/LIjQ4Juda0

@NIHRresearch

[Dr Katharine Weetman @ke_weetman]

@UoB_REACH @NIHRresearch @unibirm_CMH @UniBham_Nursing @unibirmingham @_HSMCentre @NHS_CWICB @warwickmed @uniofwarwick @UAPCWarwick @HealthwatchWarw @BBCCWR @DHSCgovuk @CRN_WMid @MarieCurieEOLC @MarieCurieWM @mariecurieevent @MytonHospices @nhsswft @nhsuhcw @The_Herbert @UoBmedicalsci

[Dr Katharine Weetman @ke_weetman]

@UoB_REACH @NIHRresearch @unibirm_CMH @UniBham_Nursing @unibirmingham @_HSMCentre @NHS_CWICB @warwickmed @uniofwarwick @UAPCWarwick @HealthwatchWarw @BBCCWR @DHSCgovuk @CRN_WMid @MarieCurieEOLC @MarieCurieWM @mariecurieevent @MytonHospices @nhsswft @nhsuhcw @The_Herbert

[Dr Katharine Weetman @ke_weetman]

@UoB_REACH @johnmacartney