February 2024
Lyn Jenkins attended a Death Cafe organised by End-Of-Life Doula UK in Chesham to promote Advance Care Planning.
February 2024
Amalgamation of IMOBP with Chiltern Compass to promote awareness of Advance Care Planning in the Chiltern area.
Lyn Jenkins elected to the planning board as ACP lead.
January 2024
Presentation about Advance Care Planning to Bradbury House, Beaconsfield
January 2024
First edition printed of booklet entitled ‘In My Own Bed Please? – A guide to planning your end-of-life care’
November 2022
Visit to Goldline at Airedale NHS trust with members of Chiltern Compass.
September 2022
Launch of the ACP support initiative with a presentation to Abbeyfield, Great Missenden
April 2022
Launch of the ACP support pilot with a presentation to Chiltern U3A
April 2022
Visit to the Paul Sartori Foundation with colleagues from Chiltern Compass
14th January 2021
Letter in The Guardian
‘Palliative care at home for Covid patients needs support’
18th September 2020
Presentation by Lyn Jenkins: an introduction to In My Own Bed Please
Chiltern branch of The University of the Third Age
13th August 2020
Reply to letter to the Prime Minister
Received from Minister of State for Social Care Helen Whately (letter from Dept H&SC)
26th May 2020 onwards
Blogs on Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine website
(for all posts see our Articles page)
Participation in Rapid Reviews for CEBM (see Evidence Reviews page)
9th April 2020
Letter to Health Secretary Matt Hancock
Open letter with 15 signatories. Copied to the leaders of all political parties and Jeremy Hunt, chair of The Parliamentary Committee for Health and Social Care
Campaign named In My Own Bed Please courtesy of Tony Brignull
31st March 2020
BBC Radio 4 ‘Inside Health’
Interview (last 10 minutes)
Letter in The Times
Open letter to the Prime Minister with 17 signatories:
Full letter
Letter published in The Times
21st March 2020
BBC Radio 4 ‘Any Answers’
Lyn Jenkins responds to an answer about palliative care at home given by Baroness Finlay the previous evening.
20th March 2020
Letter in The Guardian
‘Boldly facing a deadly virus’ – Lyn Jenkins writes about lack of facilities to stay at home when severely ill.
20th March 2020
Letter in The Guardian
‘Boldly facing a deadly virus’ – Lyn Jenkins writes about lack of facilities to stay at home when severely ill.
Lyn joined by David Waterman and Peggy Frith with concerns about elderly friends and relatives.
21st March 2020
BBC Radio 4 ‘Any Answers’
Lyn responds to an answer about palliative care at home given by Baroness Finlay the previous evening.
31st March 2020
BBC Radio 4 ‘Inside Health’
Interview (last 10 minutes)
Sir Iain Chalmers joins the group
Letter in The Times
Open letter to PM with 19 signatories
Ruth Waterman joins the group
9th April 2020
Letter to Health Secretary Matt Hancock
Open letter with 19 signatories. Copied to the leaders of all political parties and Jeremy Hunt, chair of The Parliamentary Committee for Health and Social Care
Campaign named In My Own Bed Please courtesy of Tony Brignull
26th May 2020 onwards
Blogs on Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine website (for all posts see our Blogs page)
Participation in Rapid Reviews for CEBM (see rapid reviews page)
13th August 2020
Reply to PM letter
Received from Minister of State for Social Care Helen Whately (letter from Dept H&SC)