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Because Research Matters (2)

Future Proof Your Hospice: Pioneering Research for
Long-Term Impact

 

We were thrilled to welcome nearly 100 delegates from across the hospice community to our inaugural research conference on 18 October 2024, in Sheffield. Together, we explored cutting-edge research insights that have the potential to transform hospice care.

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Establishing Research in Your Hospice

In today's hospice landscape, staying ahead is crucial. An estimated 63-82% of people will require palliative care, yet only 25% of hospices were actively engaged in research.

Over the past few years, we have significantly advanced our research agenda and activities. To share our experiences and insights with other hospices and academic professionals, we created the "Establishing Research in Your Hospice" conference.

We can’t change the outcome of the diagnosis for our patients, but there is more we can do to improve their care and wellbeing on their journey. 




Why get into research?

 
  • Measure Your Impact: Research allows you to quantify the positive difference you make, attracting donors, grants, and strengthening your case for continued support.
  • Attract Top Talent: A research-driven environment fosters a culture of innovation and excellence, making your hospice a magnet for the best staff.
  • Sustainable Success: By participating in research, your hospice stays at the forefront of evidence-based care, ensuring long-term sustainability and exceptional patient care.
 

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"Thanks to everyone involved for putting on such a great event! The whole day was informative and truly supportive. It was great to connect with so many engaged individuals and share insights. The sessions throughout were well-organised, and the speakers provided valuable perspectives that I’ll carry with me. Looking forward to the next one!"
- Dr Karen L Shepherd, Chartered Psychologist & Researcher



National conference success for St Luke’s

Almost 100 delegates from 38 hospices across the country, four universities and three NHS Trusts were present for the our first national conference on the development of palliative care research.

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ECHO Program


Beyond the conference, we offer ongoing support through a bonus ECHO program which could be used as your roadmap to delivery, meaning you will have all the information to successfully implement a research program in your hospice. These sessions can include other members of the team and not specifically the delegate attending the conference.



Keynote Speakers


We would like to thank our keynote speakers for their invaluable contributions to our conference. To learn more about our speakers and their research, please click on their respective profiles.



Click the links below to read the full biographies of our Keynote Speakers.

 

Felicity

Dr Felicity Dewhurst, Consultant in Palliative Medicine and Senior Clinical Lecturer

Dr Felicity Dewhurst is a Consultant in Palliative Medicine at St Oswald’s Hospice and an NIHR Advanced Fellow and Senior Clinical Lecturer in the Population Health Sciences Institute at Newcastle University. 

Following her Dunhill doctoral fellowship, she lobbied for the creation of the first NIHR Academic Clinical Lectureship in Palliative Medicine in Newcastle, and subsequently successfully applied for the first NIHR Advanced Fellowship in Palliative Medicine nationally (January 2024-6.25 years).  

Felicity has developed a mixed methods programme of research, her interests include promoting equity in palliative care particularly in relation to frailty, multiple long-term conditions, non-malignant disease and ethnic minority groups. She has achieved funding successes as lead applicant (>£1.75 million including five NIHR awards) and co-applicant (>£5.8 million) and has a strong international publication and presentation record including writing and presenting to policy audiences. Felicity has built regional and national research collaborations and her research has resulted in prize winning service innovation (hospice UK) with further service expansion planned (funded by Macmillan). Felicity has a Master’s in Health Professions Education and is on the education committee of the Association of Palliative Medicine (APM) and the organising committee for the Palliative Care Congress (PCC). She is passionate about trying to improve care through research, education and service modification. 

 

Katie Frew

Dr Katie FrewConsultant in Palliative Medicine

Katie is a consultant in palliative medicine in Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust and has a keen interest in research, starting with her own, qualitative, PhD in 2013.  She has a strong interest in developing people to have the skills to build research capacity in palliative and end of life care in the NE and Cumbria.  Katie is co-sub-specialty lead for the Local Clinical Research Network for Supportive and Palliative Care and co-lead for the RIPEN collaboration. 

 

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Dr Amy GadoudHonorary Community Consultant in Palliative Medicine

Amy Gadoud is a Senior Lecturer in Palliative Medicine at Lancaster Medical School where she is NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic Training Lead. She works with colleagues in the International Observatory on End of Life Care, at Lancaster University. Her main research interest is ensuring equality in access to palliative care using a range of research methods from analysing large datasets to qualitative studies.

In 2024 she was appointed the first national palliative care lead for the NIHR Research Delivery Network.

She works clinically as an Honorary Community Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Trinity Hospice and Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 

Miriam

Prof. Miriam JohnsonProfessor of Palliative Medicine

Miriam Johnson is Professor of Palliative Medicine at Hull York Medical School, Associate Director of the Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre at the University of Hull, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. Her interests include mechanisms and management of breathlessness and inequalities in palliative care service provision e.g., for people with non-malignant disease such as heart failure and respiratory disease. For 20 years she was also a consultant palliative physician and set up one of the UK’s first integrated palliative care-heart failure services. 

 

Sam

Dr Sam Kyeremateng, St Luke's Medical Director & Clinical Lead for Programme Development

Dr Sam Kyeremateng is St Luke’s Medical Director & Clinical Lead for Programme Development. Originally from Dundee, Sam completed his initial medical training in Aberdeen in 1998. He moved to Sheffield in 1999, and began working in palliative medicine in 2002.

Sam has been a Consultant at St Luke’s since 2008 and became Medical Director in 2013. His role was further expanded in 2018, to reflect his role leading the development of new and innovative clinical services at St Luke’s. Sam has been fundamental in the development of St Luke’s as a centre for specialist palliative care research.

Sam is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and a Clinical Leader for end of life care in the Yorkshire and Humber Clinical Network in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw. In 2018, he was appointed as the Training Programme Director for Palliative Medicine for Yorkshire and Humber, responsible for overseeing the training programme for palliative care trainees throughout the Yorkshire and Humber region. 

 

Amanda Lee

Amanda Lee, Head of Strategy & Research Development

Amanda Lee was appointed Head of Strategy and Research Development at St Oswald's Hospice in January 2024, but her involvement with the hospice began in January 2020 when she initially volunteered and later took on the role of Research Centre Manager.

Prior to her tenure at St Oswald’s Hospice, Amanda served as the Chief Operating Officer at the Clinical Research Network Yorkshire and Humber (CRN). During her time with the CRN, she restructured the senior management team and built strong relationships with the network’s key partner organisations across the region, which included 21 NHS trusts, 21 CCGs, and numerous GP practices and non-NHS entities.

Before her time at CRN, Amanda founded the Newcastle Joint Research Office (NJRO), which supports all the research endeavours within the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Faculty of Medical Sciences at Newcastle University.

In April 2022, Amanda provided consultancy services to the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Independent Hospices before returning to St Oswald’s Hospice to assume her current position.

Amanda specialises in forging partnerships with external organisations, with a significant track record in developing commercial collaborations. Throughout her career, she has established research partnerships at the organisational level with major pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer, GSK, Quintiles, and IQVIA.

Amanda is proactive in safeguarding the safety of research initiatives from a patient standpoint, as well as actively upholding the integrity of data collection and procedural processes. Her efforts focus on fostering strategic research partnerships to ensure that patients and their families at the Hospice benefit from research-driven care.

Fliss

Prof. Fliss Murtagh, Professor of Palliative Care

Fliss is an NIHR Senior Investigator. She works as Professor of Palliative Care at Hull York Medical School, and Visiting Professor of Palliative Care at the Cicely Saunders Institute, King’s College London, UK. She is experienced in providing palliative care to a wide range of people with far advanced disease and their families, and has published extensively (Scopus-indexed publications 215, Scopus H-Index 46), on palliative and end-of-life care needs, especially for older people and those with advanced kidney disease. She is also experienced in research methods: cohort studies and cross-sectional surveys, psychometrics, implementation and use of outcomes, especially the Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale (see www.pos-pal.org). 

Fliss’ publications are available at http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1289-3726  

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Clare Pye, St Luke's Research & Innovation Manager

Clare Pye is the Research & Innovation Manager at St Luke’s Hospice and one of the inaugural NIHR Senior Nurse Research Leaders. 

Clare has worked in a variety of research roles including governance, research design & delivery, management and leadership and spent the last 18yrs working in Women’s Health at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHSFT. Clare has been working alongside teams of clinical, academic and research colleagues developing grant applications and trial protocols to obtain the evidence to enable women to make informed decisions about their care.

Clare is keen to share these experiences to support research growth and development in Palliative care in the hospice setting. 

Paul Taylor

Dr Paul Taylor, St Luke's Consultant and Head of Research

Dr Paul Taylor is Head of Research at St Luke’s Hospice and a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Sheffield.  Paul has designed and developed research at St Luke’s, building a strategy, governance process, dedicated committee and research team, and is hoping to share these experiences with other interested professionals and services around the country.  He completed his PhD in 2012, resulting in a number of publications.  He has been a co-applicant on successful bids including the £1.3 million Yorkshire Cancer Research RESOLVE project, the NIHR SUPPORTED project, and the Yorkshire and Humber Palliative Care Research Network.

 




Registration

The event has concluded. A huge thank you to our speakers, attendees, and organisers for making this event such a success. We hope you left feeling inspired and equipped to make a difference in your hospice. To get in touch with our research team, please email [email protected]





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