A5111238267- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Whitehead's Philosophy and Applications
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
NIHR Clinical Research Network
2024-2025
University of Illinois Chicago
1999
Background The North West Coast area of England (Lancashire, Merseyside, Cheshire and South Cumbria) has high palliative care need (third highest prevalence in England) historically low recorded National Institute for Health Care Research research activity (second lowest recruitment rate England). To stimulate activity, a new partnership was formed to support encourage research, funded by the from January 2022 until June 2023. Objectives develop sustainable infrastructure across Coast. work...
Abstract Background Palliative care provision should be driven by high quality research evidence. However, there are barriers to conducting research. Most attention focuses on potential patient barriers; staff and organisational issues that affect involvement underexplored. The aim of this is understand professional facilitators palliative Methods A mixed methods study, using an open cross-sectional online survey, followed working groups nominal group techniques. Participants were...
Abstract Background Health care staff should be given the opportunity to participate in research, but recruiting clinicians via their employing organisation is not always straightforward or quick UK. Unlike many countries outside UK, very low-risk survey, interview focus group studies can subject some of same governance approval procedures as interventional studies. An exemplar study carried out by NIHR funded Palliative Care Research Partnership North West Coast used highlight challenges...