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      • Academic Clinical Lecturer Award
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        • POS impacts on quality
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      • Jun
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        • Global quality indicators in palliative care
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      • Oct
        • Expert meeting on PROMS in palliative care for children and young people
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        • National Palliative Care Data Collection
      • dec
        • REF2014 Results - UoA3c: Subjects Allied to Medicine - Nursing & Midwifery and Palliative Care
    • 2015
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        • Success at regional NHS leadership awards
      • oct
        • A very enriching experience
        • Dying at home leads to more peace
        • Supportive Care for the Renal Patient
      • September
        • Dr Meena Nayar wins IAT Poster Competition for the second year
        • Excellent Student Experience Results for Palliative Care MSc
      • jul
        • Measuring the difference for patients and families
        • MSc and PhD Palliative Care Graduation 2015
        • New study reveals one of the fastest hospitalised dying trends known
        • Scholarships for African-based Healthcare Professionals
        • The cicely saunders institute annual lecture success
        • World first clinical trial could improve lives of people living with long-term neurological conditions
      • june
        • Cicely Saunders Institute success at EAPC 2015, Copenhagen
        • First students graduate from European Palliative Care Academy
        • TOPcare trial finds nurse-led palliative care for HIV-positive patients greatly improves quality of life
      • jan
        • Dr Fliss Murtagh presents evidence at parliamentary session on end of life care
        • PhD student wins the Graduate School Prize for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis
        • The crisis facing terminally ill people and their families
      • feb
        • Cicely Saunders Institute showcase at EAPC World Congress
        • POS workshop 2015 success
      • mar
        • Dame Barbara Monroe presents seminar to a packed audience
      • apr
        • Political parties commit to improving end of life care
        • Professor Higginson interviewed for BBC Radio 4
      • may
        • More people are dying in hospices
        • Service-user involvement in palliative care: What's needed?
    • 2016
      • aug
        • Dr Thomas Osborne Awarded a Doctorate in Palliative Care
        • Joint Psychological Medicine and Palliative Care PhD Symposium 2016
      • dec
        • PhD Fellow Awarded for Academic Excellence
      • feb
        • Fellowship awarded by the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Neurology
        • Institute hosts European Palliative Care Academy
      • jan
        • Factors associated with participation in QUALYCARE published in PLOS ONE
      • jul
        • Baroness Ilora Finlay delivers Cicely Saunders International Annual Lecture
        • Our article - now in most cited in Lancet papers
      • jun
        • Cicely Saunders Institute showcase at EAPC World Research Congress
        • Taking patient and public involvement online
      • mar
        • Institute welcomes national & international palliative care professionals for POS workshops
      • may
        • Clinical Training Fellows at the Cicely Saunders Institute
        • Dr Katherine Sleeman awarded a prestigious NIHR Clinician Scientist Award
        • Dr Rajesh Raj reflects on sabbatical at Cicely Saunders Institute
      • November
        • Caty Pannell
        • Caty Pannell announcement
      • oct
        • Athena SWAN success for the Institute
        • End of Life Care at NHS Expo
      • sep
        • ACCESSCare systematic review selected for Editor's Choice in September 2016 Edition of Palliative Medicine
        • BBC Radio 4 programme 'Great Lives' features Cicely Saunders
    • 2017
      • A Conversation Starter around Death and Dying
      • A Night of Pitches and Prizes at Policy Idol 2017
      • Breathlessness: Current Innovations & Priority Setting Event
      • Cicely Saunders Institute continues to be a globally recognised centre
      • Cicely Saunders Institute research featured at NIHR Palliative Care Conference
      • Cicely Saunders Institute shines at EAPC 2017
      • Dying at home or in hospital dependent on wealth, location and number of diseases
      • Learning from the Experts: My Experience in Palliative Care
      • New evidence given at inquiry into malnutrition in UK Care
      • New study finds uneven provision of palliative care services due to a 'postcode lottery'
      • Palliative care and proximity to services
      • Palliative care increase by 2040
      • Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey results 2017
      • Professor Higginson attends Danish Society for Palliative Medicine
      • Teaching clinicians to talk about the end of life
      • Winner of Cicely Saunders Prize for Academic Excellence
    • 2018
      • 100 papers that changed palliative care
      • A Remarkable Life: The Cicely Saunders Centenary Celebrations
      • Achievements in patient and public involvement recognised by CRN South London
      • Breathlessness treatments do reduce patient distress
      • Celebrating Cicely- 100 Papers that Changed Palliative Care
      • Cicely Saunders Institute statement on Palliative Care and the Long Term Plan for the NHS
      • Dr Katherine Sleeman authors BBC palliative care article
      • Dr Matthew Maddocks and Dr Clare Ellis-Smith visit the Danish Embassy
      • Dr Stephen Ashford PhD FCSP awarded a fellowship by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
      • Graduation 2018 and 100% Student Satisfaction for MSc in Palliative Care
      • Health system must adapt to rising numbers of deaths and pressures on emergency services
      • New National Guidelines published for managing spasticity in adults
      • New research finds that end of life care across England is not being prioritised
      • Outcome Measures in Palliative Care: Using the POS Family of Measures
      • Phase I study launched exploring palliative needs of those with advanced cancer including refugees in Jordan
      • Professor Harding and Dr Guo present at R4HC-MENA in Turkey
      • Professor Richard Harding and Dr Ping Guo attended the launch of a new palliative care initiative in the Sultanate of Oman
      • Professor Richard Harding presents at Assisi Hospice in Singapore
      • Taking patient and public involvement online
      • The 2017 Taipei Declaration for Health-Promoting Palliative Care published
      • Professor's Lynne Turner-Stokes and Richard Harding present inaugural lectures
      • World Cancer Congress, Kuala Lumpur
    • 2019
      • £4.7m research grant set to improve care for people with dementia
      • ACCESSCare conference: Broadening the LGBT+ health agenda
      • Clinical Trial Research Training Fellowship
      • Community settings may replace hospital as most common place to die in Scotland by 2040
      • Findings of identifying and evaluating advanced cancer patient care review receives award
      • Global burden of serious health-related suffering due to almost double by 2060
      • Improving quality of life at the end of life
      • Katherine Sleeman awarded the inaugural European Association for Palliative Care award for women in palliative care
      • New Interactive Atlas of Variation for Palliative and End of Life Care
      • New international breathlessness research programme launches
      • Palliative Care MSc alumni reunite and share achievements
      • Professor Irene Higginson named as highly cited researcher, top 1% in the world
      • Professor Richard Harding appointed as Marie Curie trustee
      • South London research organisation wins bid to become collaborative national lead in palliative and end of life care and mental health
      • Success for the Cicely Saunders Institute at the 'Know your CLAHRC' South London Awards 2018
      • Call for papers for the journal Public Health special issue
      • We need to talk about dying: South London pop-up shop asks how to have a good death
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