ABOUT JULIAN:
Dr Julian Abel is joint author of the newly published book The Compassion Project, along with prize winning novelist Lindsay Clarke.
Since 2016 he has been working with Frome Medical Practice in Somerset in developing a new model of primary care combined with compassionate communities. The health outcomes of this model have been dramatic, improving the health of people of Frome at the same time as reducing population emergency admissions. Increasing compassion, love, laughter and friendship is the most effective way of leading a happy, healthy and long life. The outcomes from Frome have generated international interest. The story of Compassionate Frome and the implications of this approach became the subject matter for The Compassion Project.
He became a consultant in palliative care 2001, becoming increasingly involved in finding ways of building compassionate communities around people at end of life. He has run projects at local, regional and national levels. He is an international keynote speaker on public health palliative care. He has published regularly on models of public health palliative care. Dr Abel and Professor Allan Kellehear are the editors for the forthcoming publication The Oxford Textbook of Public Health Palliative Care.
Learn more about Dr Julian Abel on his website and connect with him on Twitter