Professor Fliss Murtagh's Projects (32)

NIHR Senior Investigator award R17 Apr 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2028
This is a discretionary award from the UK National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). NIHR Senior Investigators are among the most prominent and prestigious researchers funded by the NIHR and outstanding leaders of people-based research w... Read More about NIHR Senior Investigator award R17.

Understanding barriers and facilitators to implementing physical activity interventions for patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy: A qualitative study Nov 1, 2023 - Jul 31, 2025
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have huge potential for the treatment of metastatic melanoma, renal, head and neck, and lung cancers. While recent research shows that exercise improves chemoradiotherapy outcomes, its role as an adjunctive treatme... Read More about Understanding barriers and facilitators to implementing physical activity interventions for patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy: A qualitative study.

Yorkshire & Humber ARC - 18M extension (Palliative) Oct 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2026
Yorkshire & Humber Palliative Care Research Network

We will develop and sustain a Yorkshire & Humber Palliative Care Research Network, engaging a range of health, social care and ambulance professionals, local councils, and patient/public partners... Read More about Yorkshire & Humber ARC - 18M extension (Palliative).

HEIF: QR Policy Development Fund project Jun 1, 2023 - Jul 31, 2023

North Yorkshire Health Determinants Research Collaboration Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2028
The NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaboration North Yorkshire is a research infrastructure project to build research capacity within North Yorkshire Council. It will embed a strong research culture to generate robust evidence that will inform s... Read More about North Yorkshire Health Determinants Research Collaboration.

DueCARE: Defining and estimating current and future Unmet palliativE CARE needs in the UK Jul 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2025
What do we want to find out? We want to understand how many people have unmet palliative care needs in the UK, both today and into the future.

Why is this important? As our population ages, the number of people living and dying with serious illne... Read More about DueCARE: Defining and estimating current and future Unmet palliativE CARE needs in the UK.

Disseminating evidence on use of outcomes in palliative care practice to improve the wellbeing of people affected by advanced illness. Jul 1, 2023 - Jan 31, 2024
This project aims to disseminate findings on the use of Patient-Centred Outcomes in practice.

Co-developing an Implementation Toolkit for Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit Sep 1, 2024 - Aug 31, 2027
Summary of the problem (Background)

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a specialised ward where patients with life-threatening illness receive care. Time in the ICU can be distressing for patients and their loved ones. It can involve difficult to ma... Read More about Co-developing an Implementation Toolkit for Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit.

DAMPen-D II: Improving the Detection, Assessment, Management, and Prevention of Delirium in Palliative Care Units: a cluster Randomised-Controlled Trial, Economic Analysis and Process Evaluation Oct 1, 2024 - Sep 30, 2028

Improving care in the Intensive Care Unit: what works and how to put this into practice Oct 1, 2022 - Feb 28, 2023
The Intensive Care Unit is a specialised ward where patients with life-threatening illness receive care. Time in the Intensive Care Unit can be very distressing for patients and their loved ones. It can involve difficult to manage symptoms, hard disc... Read More about Improving care in the Intensive Care Unit: what works and how to put this into practice.

NIHR Policy Research Unit (PRU) for Palliative and End of Life Care Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026

PROMISE - The Potential for ROutine Data to Monitor and Reduce InequalitieS in End-of-life Care Apr 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024

Embedding co-creation, research and action: The North Yorkshire County Council-University of Hull HDRC - QR Funds Sep 1, 2022 - Nov 30, 2022

THIS Institute PhD Fellowship application Oct 1, 2023 - Sep 30, 2027
PhD Fellowship: Improving patient and carer outcomes through integration of patient and family values with service provision.

TRANSFORM: The development of a mobile phone app to capture the journey time and patient experience throughout a day in the life of cancer patient attending hospital. Oct 1, 2021 - Oct 31, 2022
People with cancer have to travel to specialist cancer hospitals to access treatments such as radiotherapy. A number of studies have identified an association between patients living further away from a cancer centre and being less likely to be treat... Read More about TRANSFORM: The development of a mobile phone app to capture the journey time and patient experience throughout a day in the life of cancer patient attending hospital..

Health inequalities related to ethnicity and socio-economic position at the end-of-life Mar 1, 2022 - May 31, 2025

SERENITY: Towards cancer patient empowerment for optimal use of antithrombotic therapy at the end of life Oct 1, 2022 - Sep 30, 2027

The Yorkshire & Humber Palliative Care Research Network: Addressing Inequalities Across All Ages Mar 1, 2022 - Feb 29, 2024

TRANSFORM: Development of a Palliative Care Outcomes Registry Oct 1, 2020 - Jun 30, 2024

TRANSFORM: Improving shared decision-making in malignant bowel obstruction: An exploration of context-specific treatment pathways and experiences to inform intervention development for person-centred care Sep 1, 2021 - Jan 31, 2025

Death and dying in the UK today: improving outcomes and experiences through evidence-informed policy engagement Jan 1, 2021 - Oct 31, 2024

CovPall: Rapid evaluation of the COVID-19 pandemic response in palliative and end of life care: national delivery, workforce and symptom management Apr 20, 2020 - Apr 19, 2021
COVID-19 has an estimated case fatality ratio between 1-4%; higher among older people and those with underlying illnesses. Information is urgently needed to evaluate the evolving palliative and end of life care response. This knowledge is vital to op... Read More about CovPall: Rapid evaluation of the COVID-19 pandemic response in palliative and end of life care: national delivery, workforce and symptom management.

Understanding facilitators and barriers to inform ongoing service development of the Integrated Care Service for older frail people at the Jean Bishop Centre Oct 1, 2020 - Mar 31, 2023

NIHR Senior Investigator Award 2019 Apr 1, 2020 - Oct 31, 2026

I3: Building Critical Mass, Increasing Scale and Impact for Palliative Care through International Collaboration Aug 1, 2019 - Mar 31, 2025
The world population is ageing and, with the growth of multi-morbidities, UK deaths are expected to increase by 40% by 2040. New models of care and treatments are urgently needed to improve quality of life for the significantly increased numbers of p... Read More about I3: Building Critical Mass, Increasing Scale and Impact for Palliative Care through International Collaboration.

Children's Palliative care Outcome Scale C-POS Sep 1, 2018 - Feb 28, 2023
Person-centred care is a core health value of modern health care. The overarching aim of C-POS (Children's Palliative care Outcome Scale) is to develop and validate a person-centred outcome measure for children, young people (CYP) and their families... Read More about Children's Palliative care Outcome Scale C-POS.

Industry Fellow at Queensland University of Technology (Travelling Fellowship) Jan 20, 2018 - Feb 3, 2018
Competitive award of travelling felllowship to Queensland University of Technology, Australia, in partnership with Prof Ann Bonner.

RESOLVE: Improving Health Status and Experience of Pain and other Symptoms for People with Advanced Cancer Jun 1, 2018 - Jan 28, 2024
In Yorkshire, over 14,000 people die from advanced cancer each year, a number expected to rise to 17,000 yearly by 2030. In the weeks or months before they die, people with advanced cancer often experience pain, breathlessness or fatigue-exhaustion,... Read More about RESOLVE: Improving Health Status and Experience of Pain and other Symptoms for People with Advanced Cancer.

C-Change: Delivering quality and cost-effective care across the range of complexity for those with advanced conditions in the last year of life Feb 27, 2017 - Sep 30, 2018

PrepareME: The Prepare Multi-Morbid Older People for End-stage Kidney Disease Trial Jan 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2021

RAMBO: Research Assessment Outcome Measures for Malignant Bowel Obstruction Jul 1, 2019 - Nov 30, 2021
Malignant bowel obstruction (MBO) is a common problem faced by patients with advanced cancer of the ovaries and bowel. It occurs when the cancer causes a blockage or blockages in the intestines. The symptoms are very distressing for patients and thei... Read More about RAMBO: Research Assessment Outcome Measures for Malignant Bowel Obstruction.

ImproveCare: The management of clinical uncertainty in end of life care – a feasibility cluster RCT Feb 27, 2017 - Sep 30, 2018