Jules Causton

Nov 1, 2024 | spcare.bmj.com | Jules Causton |Julie Hilton |Helen Davidson |Jo Devlia

AbstractBackground In a bid to use nursing resource more effectively and improve equitable access to specialist palliative care advice, three East Sussex hospices are collaborating (National Palliative and End of Life Care Partnership. Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care: A national framework for local action 2021–2022; Hospice UK. Future Vision Programme – Discovery Phase. 2020) to develop Hospice Line, a shared 24/7 telephone support line.

Aug 29, 2023 | bbc.com | Jules Causton |Rhiannon Yhnell

Image source, SuppliedImage caption, Maddy Lawrence died on 25 March 2022By Jules Causton & Rhiannon YhnellAn inquest into the death of a student rugby player has heard it took more than five hours for an ambulance to arrive after she was injured. Maddy Lawrence, 20, lay on the ground while waiting to go to Southmead Hospital in Bristol, after dislocating her hip in a University of the West of England rugby match on 9 March 2022.

Jul 10, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Jules Causton

The trust that runs an island five miles off the North Somerset coast says it's desperate for people to help run and maintain it. Steep Holm, which sits in the Bristol Channel, is a site of special scientific interest and home to Victorian military installations. It's run by the Kenneth Allsop Memorial Trust, which needs more volunteers. The island, which is half a mile long, is only reachable at high tide, meaning day trips there last 12 hours. Mark Harris is a trustee and deputy warden.

Apr 20, 2023 | bbc.com | Jules Causton

Image source, BBC Image caption, The bus crash caused extensive damage to the houseBy Jules Causton & Tess de la MareA driver who caused a collision that saw a double-decker bus hit a house has been jailed. Lawrence Salaou, 23, was at the wheel of the VW Golf that collided with the bus in Bristol, resulting in the driver losing control, on last December. The collision pulled much of the brickwork off the front of the house on Highridge Road, Bishopsworth.

Mar 6, 2023 | bbc.com | Nathan Heath |Jules Causton

Image caption, Pamela Richards suffers with arthritis and shielded for nearly two years during the pandemicBy Nathan Heath & Jules CaustonPatients with rheumatic conditions who shielded during the pandemic feel "left behind", according to new research. The University of the West of England (UWE) in Bristol conducted a study with patients about their experiences of shielding during the pandemic and how it continued to affect them.