#169 Stronger Together: Breaking Silos in Health, Law and Social Welfare with Dr Colette Hawkins

Dr Colette Hawkins is an Academic Consultant in Palliative Medicine at University Hospital Tees,  and an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University. Motivated to understand more deeply what it means to live with a serious illness,and how to deliver the care people really want, Colette began a series of research studies. Our conversation explores the catalyst to this, identifies what the research found and Colette shares the next steps of her innovative work. This episode has been kindly supported by the Living Well Dying Well Trust. The creation, development and content of the episode remains the responsibility of Clare Fuller. For information about Advance Care Planning, see the  Advance Care Planning Explained resource on my website Find out more about how I can work with you If you are a team looking to provide better end of life care, or set up a one off or complete education programme in end of life care head to www.speakformelpa.co.uk where I provide details on how I can help you. You will also find information about my Lasting Power of Attorney consultancy and the talks I offer for organisations. If you enjoy the episode or learn something new, please consider buying me a coffee to go towards making more valuable podcasts: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/6nQVJqVgLY