Over the years I’ve been privileged to have the opportunity to write and publish many new articles, poems and papers, below is a reasonably complete list.
BMJ blog articles: https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/?p=1638 – March 21; The Astronomical Approach to Advance Care Planning,
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2021/07/01/schrodingers-chimney-the-nature-of-control/ -July 21; Schrodinger’s chimney- The Nature of Control.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2021/08/12/creative-distress/ Aug. 12th 2021: Creative distress.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2021/12/15/how-to-tell-if-your-patient-is-dying/ December 2021.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2022/02/16/why-being-clever-isnt-always-very-clever/ February 2022.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2022/05/02/diagnosing-dying/ May 2022.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2022/06/27/no-longer-in-vogue/ June 2022
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2022/08/01/welcome-to-the-department-of-rebrands/ August 2022.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2022/09/22/welcome-back-to-the-department-of-rebrands/ September 2022.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2022/09/19/why-cant-we-engage-more-people-in-future-care-planning/ September 2022.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2022/10/01/poem-my-bubble/ October 2022.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2022/11/16/is-equality-over-equity-becoming-a-problem-for-the-nhs/ November 2022
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2022/12/02/1787/ -creation of a new palliative care ward, a one year retrospective.December 2022
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2022/12/12/the-palliative-times-special-festive-edition/ December 2022.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2023/01/01/poem-a-new-year-resolution/ January 2023
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2023/02/01/its-not-about-the-antibiotics/ February 2023
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2023/02/15/how-to-perform-a-palliative-exorcism/ February 2023
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2023/05/04/the-palliative-times/ May 2023 BMJ SPC blog article.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2023/05/11/people-arent-avocados/ May 2023- BMJ SPC blog article.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2023/06/11/im-afraid-i-have-to-go-now/ June 2023- BMJ SPC poem.
https://70b706f2.flowpaper.com/CommJune2023/#page=32 caring for bears as well as unicorns essay in Royal College of Physicians Magazine. June 2023.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2023/09/02/the-tree-that-stands-by-my-window/ Sept 2023- BMJ SPC poem.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2023/10/02/say-you-have-to-go/ Oct 2023- BMJ SPC blog poem.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2023/11/12/the-value-of-care/ November 2023- BMJ SPC blog poem.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2023/12/13/to-palliate-or-not-to-palliate/ December 2023 a blog article taking a humorous view of the future of super specialisation in a ‘ghost of Christmas future’ style.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2023/12/10/being-made-palliative/ December 2023 a BMJ SPC blog poem.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2024/01/12/make-a-wish/ January 2024 a BMJ SPC blog poem.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2024/03/05/the-palliative-times-special-investigation-in-to-predatory-conferences/ March 2024 a BMJ SPC blog presenting a humorous portmanteau of a predatory conference and the topical Glasgow ‘Willy Wonka experience.’
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2024/03/28/preparing-for-the-apocalypse/ a BMJ SPC blog about psychological responses to sudden bad news. March 2024.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2024/05/12/dont-stare-at-the-light/ a poem in the BMJ SPC blog. May 2024.
https://eapcnet.wordpress.com/2024/06/04/dying-dying-gone-or-narratives-tall-tales-and-breaking-bad-news/ a narrative article looking at the way people cope with illness and use personal narratives to make sense of their past. European Association of Palliative Care blog. May 2024.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2024/06/14/the-ink-is-dry/ a poem in the BMJ SPC blog June 2024.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2024/07/27/flowers-in-the-dark/ a poem in the BMJ SPC July 2024.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2024/07/19/the-meaning-of-regret/ a poem in the BMJ SPC blog July 2024.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2024/08/14/why-every-hospital-deserves-a-ward-for-palliative-care/ a short article about our 3 years of running a palliative care ward in an acute DGH -August 2024.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2024/09/15/the-cinderella-phenomenon/ an article about last minute identification of dying in hospitals September 2024.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2024/11/01/the-nature-of-joy/ BMJ SPC blog. November 2024, poem-about Joy.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2024/11/15/the-palliative-times-special-education-issue/ BMJ SPC blog- November 2024, satirical article about the progression of palliative care as a specialty over the years.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2024/12/02/my-tower-your-heart/ BMJ SPC blog- December 2024, Poem (personal).
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2025/01/01/the-rock-and-the-crime/ BMJ SPC Jan 2025 Poem.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2025/01/12/the-well/ BMJ SPC blog Jan 2025- Poem.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2025/02/03/be-complex-be-palliative/ BMJ SPC blog Feb 2025. Satirical article on the state of palliative medicine training.
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2025/02/16/unconscious-competence/ BMJ SPC blog Feb 2025
https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2025/03/13/exploring-the-unknown/ BMJ SPC blog March 2025.
https://eapcnet.wordpress.com/2025/08/12/my-hands/ EAPC blog- poem. August, 2025.
Solo author: https://spcare.bmj.com/content/15/6/722 editorial in print- BMJ SPC 2025, volume 15, issue 6. Article about the ethics of the assisted dying bill.
-September 2024 BMJ SPC print – repeated radiological investigations in the last 6 months of life in over 80 years olds. Also picked up by the daily mail, telegraph and others.
Lead author- BMJ and supportive care- ‘Virtual visits in Palliative Care; About Time or Against the Grain?’ –Published September 2020 https://spcare.bmj.com/content/10/3/331
Management of Pain in the Terminally ill- in the journal of Anaesthaesia and Intensive Care Medicine in November 2016: http://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S1472029916301345 Co-authored with Dr S King and Dr J Valentine.
