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Andrea Bruun

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Research Fellow at Kingston University📍Palliative care and learning disability 🌻 UCL PhD in prognostication in hospice MDTs 🏛 Conversation Analysis 💬 she/her

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MarieCurieEOLC @mariecurieeolc.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
“Getting a PPI blue stamp from a prestigious palliative care organisation like Marie Curie is such an achievement – we are all very proud.” 👇
The image shows Richard Keagan-Bull, a researcher with a learning disability, during the analysis of themes and findings from the workshop. The workshop was funded through the prize money awarded in the Tammy Prescot award.
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Palliative Care Research Society @pcrscommittee.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Join us for our next event... Communication Challenges and Pathways in Palliative Care 🗓️30 October ⏰11:00 - 13:00 (UK time) 💬Dr Andrea Bruun and Dr Kathryn Radley pcrs.org.uk/events/oct-w... FREE for PCRS Members!
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GSF @gsfcentre.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Our next speakers are Dr Andrea Bruun & Amanda Cresswell from Kingston University London who are telling delegates about the Victoria & Stuart Project, which explores the development and use of an end-of-life care planning toolkit for people with learning disabilities #InclusiveCare #EndOfLifeCare
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
I’m doing a session in the next Palliative Care Research Society webinar!💡 Come along to hear me ramble about ‘Exploring communication between hospice staff and patients with a learning disability using Conversation Analysis’ on 30 October from 11.00-13.00 Sign up here👇🏼 pcrs.org.uk/events/oct-w...
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Communication Challenges and Pathways in Palliative Care | Palliative Care Research Society
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
We have arrived in Birmingham. All ready to meet everyone and talk about The Victoria & Stuart Project at the The Gold Standards Framework Annual Conference & Awards Ceremony tomorrow 💫 @victstuproject.bsky.social @gsfcentre.bsky.social
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Irene Tuffrey-Wijne @tuffrey-wijne.com · 22/09/2025
Looking forward to kicking off our new webinar series tomorrow! We’ll show you how to use our toolkit for end of life care planning - and how to get your own free resources! You can still register: shorturl.at/LgOPC
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eapcvzw.bsky.social @eapcvzw.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Abstract submission for the EAPC 2026 Congress in Prague is open! Submit your abstract now. Submission Terms & Conditions: eapcnet.eu/congress/202. Abstract submission platform: eapc2026.exordo.com/ Deadline: 31 October 2025. As previous year, there will be no extension to this deadline.
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Thank you so much, Michael! I was indeed - one of the project managers. It’s been really great. Hope you’re doing well!
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Still plenty of time for ordering your own free printed copy of the toolkit from the Marie Curie UK website: www.mariecurie.org.uk/help/support....
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End of life planning toolkit for people with a learning disability
An end of life planning toolkit for people with a learning disability, that includes easy read guides and picture cards about funerals and illness.
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Earlier this year I was lucky to be invited to talk about The Victoria & Stuart Project at the International Better Conversations Conference 2025💫 Lovely to see so many SLTs interested in the toolkit and asking such good questions. Thanks for a great conference and for having me! #BetterConv2025
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Irene Tuffrey-Wijne @tuffrey-wijne.com · 02/09/2025
“It’s very important that people read this report”. Find it here: www.kcl.ac.uk/research/leder
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Nope :-)
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Order printed copies of the toolkit resources to your door 📬 Order on the Marie Curie UK website here: www.mariecurie.org.uk/help/support...
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End of life planning toolkit for people with a learning disability
An end of life planning toolkit for people with a learning disability, that includes easy read guides and picture cards about funerals and illness.
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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Why I do what I do: met a former palliative care nurse & was describing how devout Muslims can hold up a single finger to represent the Shahadah if they're unable to speak. She'd never heard of this. "I wonder how many times nurses see this, think someone is agitated, and drug them."
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
So proud to have been involved in The Victoria & Stuart Project! @victstuproject.bsky.social
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
@tuffrey-wijne.com on stage receiving the award for @victstuproject.bsky.social 🏆
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Anna Wilde @annawilde.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
The ASDS Public Engagement Award has gone to the Victoria and Stuart Project @asdsdeath.bsky.social @ddd17-2025.bsky.social #DDD17 . Congratulations!
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Check out our new paper! 📰 We learned a lot about how the end-of-life care planning toolkit works in practice - and a lot about how to evaluate things in the future (talking to peole and short and straightforward surveys!). The toolkit is still available on: www.victoriaandstuart.com
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Sign up for our launch webinar now!
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Steve Hardy @stevehardyldn.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Redefining Best Practice: Integrating Learning Disability Expertise into Palliative Care
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Advancing Equity in Palliative Care: A New Model for Supporting People with Learning Disabilities
Two and a half years since becoming the first Clinical Nurse Specialist (Learning Disabilities) at St Christopher’s, Phoebe Mooney remains the only such nurse
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Link here: doi.org/10.1177/1461...
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Breaking the rules: A conversation analytic study of hospice multidisciplinary team meetings - Phineas Edwin Winterbottom, Andrea Bruun, Steven Bloch, 2025
Rule-breaking occurs in healthcare settings and is typically pro-social. However, rule-breaking within a hospice setting has not been previously studied. This s...
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Our wonderful @uclpals.bsky.social MSc student, Phineas Winterbottom, worked on rule-breaking in hospice MDT meetings in his final project. After his SLT studies, he turned his dissertation into a paper, now published in Discourse Studies. Check it out!
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The DAPPLE Project @dappleproject.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
📄 New paper alert! 📄 Our protocol paper for DAPPLE has been published 🎉 You can read it below. It’s open access and sets out what we’re doing and how we’ll do it. bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/7...
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
It has been a pleasure being involved in this review on systemic medications and dementia risk. Check out our new paper! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Systemic medications and dementia risk: a systematic umbrella review - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Systemic medications and dementia risk: a systematic umbrella review
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
📣 Are you a UK-based professional working in palliative or end of life care? 💥 Help shape priorities for the new Impact Centre for Palliative and End-of-Life Care. We’re inviting health & care professionals & commissioners to complete our Stakeholder Survey 👉 qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
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The Impact Centre for Palliative and End-of-Life Care Stakeholder Survey
By completing this survey, you will help shape the priorities for the Impact Centre.
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
So excited about this! We hope the print and deliver service will help staff with getting hold of and using The Victoria & Stuart Project resources with people they support. It's a pleasure leading a project when you're working with such a brilliant (and fun) team!
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Link to the paper here: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/6...
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Palliative care communication between patients with intellectual disabilities and hospice staff: a Conversation Analysis pilot study
Introduction Communication challenges are among the main barriers for people with intellectual disabilities in accessing palliative care. They include inadequate skills among staff and difficulties wi...
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Last year I was so lucky to be awarded one of the Kingston University First Grants Schemes🌠My project is a small-scale Conversation Analysis pilot study where I'm video-recording conversations between patients with a learning disability and hospice staff. Read all about it in our new protocol paper!
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Centre for Open Thanatology @openthanatology.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Looking forward to our event tomorrow - Caught between the dream and realities: considering ‘advance care planning’
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Gemma Allen (she/her) @gemmaallen.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Calling all Scottish #palliative & #healthcare colleagues 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We’ve been approached to deliver No Barriers Here Facilitator Training in Scotland later this year (likely November) & inviting expressions of interest Please email: gemma.allen@marystevenshospice.co.uk to be added to the mailing list
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
This!!! Kept thinking ‘how about hiring a conversation analyst?!?!’. But I also kind of like the evanescence theory
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Did a little DAPPLE blog about the European Association for Palliative Care (@eapcvzw.bsky.social) 2025 conference. Check it out! ✍🏼
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Excited to continue working on The Victoria & Stuart Project! I am leading a new "Print & Deliver" study funded by the Marie Curie Research Impact Scheme. We are busy setting up the study together with Marie Curie, and soon we'll be able to send out copies of the toolkit to you 🕊️ Watch this space!
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Laura Jenkins @laalaajenkins.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
📣 Workshop announcement “Conversation Analysis & Healthcare Interactions” Led by Marco Pino, Saul Albert, Charles Antaki, Katie Jordin @darg-sessions.bsky.social Loughborough University 📆11-12 Sep ‘25 📍 online darg.lboro.ac.uk/event/online... #emca @lborocrcc.bsky.social
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Online workshop in conversation analysis and healthcare interactions – DARG
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Marco Pino @marcopino.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
We are advertising an Online Workshop in Conversation Analysis and Healthcare Interactions (Loughborough University). Details: darg.lboro.ac.uk/news/new-wor...
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New workshop advertised – DARG
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
I still can’t believe I have won the 2025 European Association for Palliative Care Early Researcher Award! 🍀 Thank you to the @eapcvzw.bsky.social for the award, and thank you for all the kind and encouraging words I’ve received over the last days. I really really appreciate it!
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Thank you so much, Briony✨ Really appreciate it!
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Thank you so so much, Sabine! ✨ So lovely being able to continue working with Marie Curie
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
So proud to be part of this project!
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
@sorensorensen.bsky.social, Christina Emborg, and I have been swearing a lot - but for research purposes! 🔍 We explored the Danish swear word expression 'hva fanden' ('what the devil'). New paper just published in Discourse and Conversation Analysis: www.gespraechsforschung-online.de/en/2025.html
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The DAPPLE Project @dappleproject.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
👀 NEW BLOG POST 👀 by @andreabruun.bsky.social We share our first two DAPPLE posters. One is about employing researchers with a learning disability as researchers, and the second introduces the DAPPLE project. BOTH posters won prizes! Go team 🏆 www.dappleproject.com/post/11-the-...
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11. The first DAPPLE posters
Back in December 2024, members of the DAPPLE team went to the Seattle Club Conference. The conference was held in London (not Seattle!) on 12-13 December by King’s College London. The Seattle Club Con...
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
FINALLY got to do the CARM training with @lizstokoe.bsky.social 🎙️ Now I'm filled with ideas for future projects around how to create impact by implementing, "using", and training people in communication based on real-life Conversation Analysis findings. Thank you, Liz!
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Thank you Sabine! And thank you for all your support 💫
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
@tuffrey-wijne.com @rhidianhughes.bsky.social @nicolapayne21.bsky.social @gemmaallen.bsky.social @dimensionsuk.bsky.social @meetmacintyre.bsky.social @vodgmembership.bsky.social @mshospice.bsky.social @mariecurieuk.bsky.social
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
The Victoria & Stuart Project has won the Marie Curie Tammy Prescott PPI 2025 Award🏆We are SO proud to have won this award. Thank you to the panel and the kind words. A big thank you to everyone involved for making this (and the toolkit) happen; we could not have done it without you! #MCResearch2025
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
In our booth, there's also a link to our research information video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyQF...
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The DAPPLE Project information video (NIHR159160)
YouTube video by Prof Irene Tuffrey-Wijne
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
At the @mariecurieuk.bsky.social Research Into Practice Conference these days? 💡 #MCResearch2025 Then check out our @dappleproject.bsky.social poster booth! 🔍 It's called: Developing effective service models for Adult Palliative and end-of-life care for People with a LEarning disability: DAPPLE
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The DAPPLE Project information video (NIHR159160)
YouTube video by Prof Irene Tuffrey-Wijne
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Andrea Bruun @andreabruun.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
@tuffrey-wijne.com @gemmaallen.bsky.social @rhidianhughes.bsky.social @nicolapayne21.bsky.social
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