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Prof Katherine Sleeman

@katherinesleeman.bsky.social
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Laing Galazka Chair in palliative care at King’s College London. Consultant in palliative medicine.

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Mark Hazelwood @palliativescot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Time is running out to get the early bird rate at our conference. I think it's a really interesting line up which will speak to all sorts of relevant challenges, whether or not you are working in pallaitive care. Relevant right across the UK and beyond (and Edinburgh is easily accessible).
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
On Friday, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will have its Second Reading in the House of Commons. Most MPs won’t have thought much about assisted dying since the last vote in June 2025.   🧵New evidence, published since June 2025, that MPs should know about
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I know we all have assisted dying poll fatigue. But this one is worth your time. The entire case for assisted dying is built around polling that says ~70% of the public support legalisation in principle. The poll below asked about the specifics of *this* bill at *this* time.
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Must read blog from Prof Charlotte Wilson Jones, consultant psychiatrist with decades of experience in suicide, capacity assessment, and hospice care. It explains why so many clinicians are gravely concerned about the assisted dying bill. blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2026/...
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
New paper from my group. The first large-scale, nationally representative assessment of public death literacy (understanding end-of-life options, how to access help, confidence supporting people who are dying or grieving) across the UK. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Associations between sociodemographic factors, experience of death and dying, and death literacy: A nationally representative cross-sectional study - Melanie F. J. Diggle, Therese Johansson, Joanna M....
Background Death literacy is the knowledge and skills that enable people to navigate and act on end-of-life issues, and underpins public health approaches to pa...
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
During 2025 and 2026, we carried out a national survey of UK health and care professionals working in palliative and end-of-life care to understand barriers and enablers to use of evidence in clinical care, and priorities for the Impact Centre. Findings👇 www.kcl.ac.uk//nmpc/assets...
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The assisted dying bill Equality Impact Assessment has been updated, and now includes essential consideration of disproportionate harms for minoritised groups. www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2026: equality impact assessment - HTML version
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
📣📣📣Help shape the future of palliative and end-of-life care We’re recruiting to TWO positions in the Impact Centre for Palliative and End-of-Life Care at King's College London 🌟Research Associate 🌟Research Administrator 📅 Closing date 20 July 🔗 Details and links in 🧵
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
New CLADD (Complex Life and Death Decisions group) briefing on Lauren Edwards MP decision to reintroduce the Terminally Ill Adults Bill www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/terminally-i...
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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill CLADD briefing June 2026
To download this briefing as a PDF, please click here. Introduction This briefing is prepared in June 2026 by Professor Gareth Owen, Professor Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) and Prof…
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Very happy that the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Palliative and End of Life Care has been extended to end 2028! It’s a huge privilege to lead the Unit with Prof Fliss Murtagh, and working w brilliant colleagues at KCL, Universities of Hull, Lancaster, Leeds, Cambridge. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/nihr-po...
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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Palliative and End of Life Care receives further £2m funding | King's College London
The NIHR Policy Research Unit (PRU) in Palliative and End of Life Care is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and hosted by King’s College London in collaboration with...
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Alex has updated his resource page on the Terminally Ill Adults Bill. Bookmark this page if you are interested in the Bill.
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
This is painful. “It was rightly described as the safest and most robust assisted dying law anywhere in the world” Umm, only by the people trying to push it through. 🧵 Brief thread of how others described the Bill:
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
📣📣📣 FREE webinar on supporting patients to access benefits towards the end of life 📅 Thursday 18th June 1.00-2.00pm 🖥️ Online via Teams ✅Guidance on the ‘Special Rules’ ✅Practical tools for communication ✅Latest research 💬Panel discussion Sign up 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
UKs first outdoor intensive care ward opens at King’s College Hospital www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK's first rooftop intensive care ward opens at King's College Hospital
The outdoor ward, at King's College Hospital in London, will monitor how much it boosts the recovery of seriously ill patients.
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
New article on lessons learned from failure of the assisted dying Bill. @capacitylaw.bsky.social, Gareth Owen and I argue that good law won’t be achieved by persisting with the Terminally Ill Adults Bill model, or by reintroducing it as a Private Members Bill. www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
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Big changes will need to be made to the assisted dying legislation for success next time
Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill failed to make it through the Lords. To be more successful next time, a different approach will be needed, wri...
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
New article by @jamillahussain1.bsky.social, Rini Jones and me on implications of assisted dying legislation for ethnic minority groups spcare.bmj.com/content/earl...
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
📣📣📣 FREE webinar on supporting patients to access benefits towards the end of life 📅 Thursday 18th June 1.00-2.00pm 🖥️ Online via Teams ✅Guidance on the ‘Special Rules’ ✅Practical tools for communication ✅Latest research 💬Panel discussion Sign up 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
It’s Dying Matters Awareness Week. Here are five recent papers that you should be aware of… #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek 🧵
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Dr Kathryn Mannix @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
In another first for FHJ,here's their first video article, a conversation/reflection about the Australian experience of legalising Assisted Dying. Thoughtful, courteous, curious, balanced. Thanks to @katherinesleeman.bsky.social Dr Tom Osborne & Lucy Easthope sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 8/
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Brilliant series of articles, so pleased to have contributed 👇
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The Health and Social Care Committee is ‘highly concerned’ about the state of palliative and end of life care. committees.parliament.uk/committee/81...
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Children’s end of life services among areas that desperately need addressing in reforms to palliative care, says Health Committee - Committees - UK Parliament
A new report by the Health and Social Care Committee challenges the Government to ensure its forthcoming plans for England’s palliative and end of life care sector lead to lasting improvement, i...
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The Health and Social Care Committee is ‘highly concerned’ about the state of palliative and end of life care. committees.parliament.uk/committee/81...
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Children’s end of life services among areas that desperately need addressing in reforms to palliative care, says Health Committee - Committees - UK Parliament
A new report by the Health and Social Care Committee challenges the Government to ensure its forthcoming plans for England’s palliative and end of life care sector lead to lasting improvement, i...
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
New paper, out today in @palliativemedj.bsky.social Specialist palliative care improves patient experience, reduces bed days and saves money: An economic modelling study of home- and hospital-based care journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
500 people have signed up to our webinar tomorrow! Still space for more :)
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Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Regardless of the outcome on #AssistedDying we need good quality #palliativecare in the UK. It affects many more people than the AD bill ever will. @mariecurieuk.bsky.social new research is sobering and a call to action 👇
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Thank you @shaunlintern.bsky.social for covering our new Marie Curie research. 🚨1 in 3 people in England and Wales die with unmet palliative care needs. 🚨That’s 170,000 people each year. 🚨Meaning that every three minutes someone dies with suffering that could and should be alleviated, but is not.
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
📣📣📣 FREE webinar on out-of-hours palliative and end of life care 📅 Thursday 5th March 1.00-2.30pm 🖥️ Online via Teams 📊Short talks on the latest research and evidence plus a cross-sector panel discussion Sign up 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/facul... Info👇
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Dr Ben Bowers @drbenbowers.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
FREE webinar on out-of-hours end-of-life care 📅 Thursday 5th March 1.00-2.30pm 🖥️ Online via Teams 📊Short talks on the latest research & evidence plus a panel discussion - with me, Kate Heaps, Therese Johansson, Joanna Davies and Alice Firth Sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
📣📣 New paper! Continuity of GP care is associated with lower total NHS costs for people with dementia in their last year of life. Adds to the evidence that continuity of care is: 👉better for patients 👉better for the system bjgp.org/content/bjgp...
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
📣📣📣 FREE webinar on out-of-hours palliative and end of life care 📅 Thursday 5th March 1.00-2.30pm 🖥️ Online via Teams 📊Short talks on the latest research and evidence plus a cross-sector panel discussion Sign up 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/facul... Info👇
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
New paper on ethnic inequality in place of death, led by Dr Joanna Davies journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
New paper on the assoc btw socioeconomic position and pain at the end of life 👉 lower financial status is associated with being more affected by pain in the last week of life 👉 the social gradient is steeper in hospitals, and not present in care homes www.jpain.org/action/showP...
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
🔔🔔🔔New paper on quality of end of life care Data from >1,000 bereaved carers in England and Wales We identify 6 core components of quality of care (which are frequently not achieved) We provide a model for conceptualising quality in EOL care to guide policy journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Congratulations to Rachel Chambers on publication of her first PhD paper - a (massive 100-paper) systematic review of the symptoms and concerns of young adults with life limiting conditions. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
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What are the symptoms and concerns of young adults living with life-limiting conditions and how well are they captured by patient reported outcome measures? A mixed-methods systematic review and frame...
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
NEW PAPER on knowledge awareness and trust in palliative care In a UK wide survey, people from minoritised ethnic groups had: 👉Less awareness of palliative care 👉Less accurate knowledge about palliative care 👉Lower trust towards professionals to deliver high-quality EOL care
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
The Health and Social Care Committee’s evaluation of palliative care in England was published yesterday. It’s hugely important, not least in the context of the assisted dying bill. It’s had almost no media coverage. committees.parliament.uk/publications...
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
The report of the House of Lords Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee has been published. Less of a ‘report’ than I was expecting - more a compilation of evidence - but useful nonetheless. committees.parliament.uk/committee/81...
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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee - Reports, special reports and government responses - Committees - UK Parliament
Report, special report and government response publications for Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee.
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Alex Ruck Keene @capacitylaw.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) update As many will know, the House of  Lords convened a Select Committee to consider the Bill, which heard from witnesses in late October / early November.  It has now finished its evidence sessions.  The transcripts of the oral evidence given by witnesses can…
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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) update
As many will know, the House of  Lords convened a Select Committee to consider the Bill, which heard from witnesses in late October / early November.  It has now finished its evidence sessions.  The transcripts of the oral evidence given by witnesses can be found here; their written evidence can be found here.  My oral evidence to the Committee can be found…
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
“The difference between this [hospice] and the hospital is the dignity” Thank you Sarah Dawood for writing this important article on dying with dignity - and to the patients and families at St Raphael’s for sharing their experiences. www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/he...
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Dying with dignity
Investment in palliative care is crucial to both easing the burden on hospitals and ensuring terminally ill people can have a good death
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
The Association for Palliative Medicine has produced a Myth Buster on assisted dying and the Terminally Ill Adults bill. The debate must be based on evidence, not soundbites and spin. It’s an essential tool for Peers, journalists and other commentators. apmonline.org/wp-content/u...
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Stimulating and productive meeting today of our NIHR Policy Research Unit in palliative and end of life care. So lucky to work with such brilliant colleagues. For more info on our work: www.kcl.ac.uk/research/nih...
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Latest paper from the @mariecurieeolc.bsky.social Better End of Life programme. Meta-level evidence supporting provision of in-home palliative care, specialist palliative care and integration of primary pall care w specialist support. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @palliativemedj.bsky.social
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Models, components and outcomes of palliative and end-of-life care provided to adults living at home: A systematic umbrella review of reviews - Sophie Pask, Chukwuebuka Okwuosa, Ahmed Mohamed, Rebecca...
Background: There is growing demand for home-based palliative care because of patient preference, and increased number of deaths. Optimal models for community-b...
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
🚨Calling UK health and care practitioners! Please help us shape the work of the new Impact Centre for palliative and end-of-life care. Survey takes 15 mins to complete. We especially want to hear from people from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland 🙏 Survey 👇
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Join us on 21st October for this year’s Cicely Saunders Institute Michal Galazka Study Day! 👉Topic - Delivering Integrated Palliative Care 👉Great speakers - including @drbenbowers.bsky.social Dr Matthew Allsop and Dr Sarah Mitchell 👉In person and online 👉Free! Registration: shorturl.at/JzMwG
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Join us on 21st October for this year’s Cicely Saunders Institute Michal Galazka Study Day! 👉Topic - Delivering Integrated Palliative Care 👉Great speakers - including @drbenbowers.bsky.social Dr Matthew Allsop and Dr Sarah Mitchell 👉In person and online 👉Free! Registration: shorturl.at/JzMwG
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
🔔 We are looking for people aged 18-25 living with complex health conditions to help us with a research study. 📋 The study is about how we measure the symptoms and concerns that matter to you. We’ll pay you £25ph. 📧 Contact Rachel (details below) if you are interested.
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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Our report for the UK Covid Inquiry on palliative and end of life care during the pandemic has been published. We include 15 recommendations to strengthen palliative and end of life care so it is fit for the future, including future pandemics. covid19.public-inquiry.uk/documents/in...
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Dr Ben Bowers @drbenbowers.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Please could you help with the Impact Centre for Palliative and End-of-Life Care Stakeholder Survey, colleagues. Led by @katherinesleeman.bsky.social Your insights will directly inform the Centre’s plans: 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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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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Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
🔔 HIRING! We are looking for a Grade 6 Research Associate to join our great team, delivering policy-focused research to improve palliative and end of life care. 📅 Closes 7th August 📧 Contact me for info t.co/SR2iA63y0o
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