The Yorkshire & Humber Palliative Care Research Network: Addressing Inequalities Across All Ages

Professor Fliss Murtagh F.Murtagh@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Palliative Care

Professor Judith Cohen J.Cohen@hull.ac.uk
Director, Hull Health Trials Unit

Professor Miriam Johnson Miriam.Johnson@hull.ac.uk
Professor

Professor Liz Walker E.Walker@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Health and Social Work Research, Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Culture)

TRANSFORM: Reducing Inequalities in Cancer Outcomes in Yorkshire: Realising our potential for innovation in Diagnosis, Patient Management, Survivorship and Palliative Care Research Sep 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2026
The death rate is higher in Yorkshire than the rest of England resulting in about 200 extra deaths each year of which more than half are in Hull. There are other significant cancer outcome inequalities between different groups; for example poorer pe... Read More about TRANSFORM: Reducing Inequalities in Cancer Outcomes in Yorkshire: Realising our potential for innovation in Diagnosis, Patient Management, Survivorship and Palliative Care Research.

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

RDSI: A randomised controlled trial to determine the clinical and cost effectiveness of a self-management intervention for the respiratory distress symptom cluster (breathlessness-cough-fatigue) in lung cancer Jan 1, 2017 - May 31, 2019

FRAIL-HEART: Assessment of Frailty in Elderly People with Ischemic Heart Disease being considered for Revascularisation: An Observational study Apr 1, 2017 - Mar 31, 2020
To summarise the study, we will recruit patients aged 80 years or more who attend the cardiology and cardio-thoracic departments of Castle Hill Hospital, Hull and who have been given a diagnosis of coronary artery disease. The patients will be identi... Read More about FRAIL-HEART: Assessment of Frailty in Elderly People with Ischemic Heart Disease being considered for Revascularisation: An Observational study.

BREATHE: Breathlessness RElief AT HomE Apr 1, 2019 - Oct 31, 2021
A feasibility study to address this RQ:
Does a paramedic-administered short non-pharmacological complex breathlessness intervention improve breathlessness and reduce conveyance to ED for people with breathlessness crisis compared with usual practice... Read More about BREATHE: Breathlessness RElief AT HomE.