Adapting Pulmonary Rehabilitation for People Living with COPD & Frailty Principal investigators: Matthew Maddocks. People with COPD and frailty can benefit from, yet face trouble completing pulmonary rehabilitation. BreathePlus will develop and test a new adapted approach. Project status: Ongoing
Better End of Life Project Principal investigators: Katherine E Sleeman. Understanding experiences of dying, death, and bereavement in the UK, and compelling local and national policy-makers to act to improve people’s experiences. Project status: Ongoing
Big & Routine Data-Based Palliative & End of Life Care Research The big data research projects include a range of research studies using large-scale routinely collected datasets to explore various end-of-life outcomes. Project status: Ongoing
C-POS: Children’s Palliative care Outcome Scale Principal investigators: Richard Harding. C-POS will be a person-centred outcome measure to be used by children, young people and families affected by life-limiting and life-threatening conditions. Project status: Ongoing
CovPall: Rapid Evaluation of the COVID-19 Pandemic Response in Palliative & End of Life Care Principal investigators: Irene J Higginson. The CovPall Project aims to understand more about how palliative care services and hospices are responding to COVID-19. Project status: Ongoing
Dyadic Psychosocial Interventions for People with Advanced Cancer & their Informal Caregivers Principal investigators: Katherine Bristowe, Richard Harding. The DIAdIC project aims to develop and evaluate two educational psychosocial interventions to support people living with cancer and their family caregivers. Project status: Ongoing
Empowering Better End of Life Dementia Care Principal investigators: Catherine Evans. Empowering Better End of Life Dementia Care (EMBED-Care) is a joint programme between King’s College London and University College London. Project status: Ongoing
Evaluation of the COVID-19 Pandemic Response in Palliative & End of Life Care: Connecting to Boost Impact & Data Assets Principal investigators: Irene J Higginson. The CovPall-Connect project provides an opportunity for national data linkage on the palliative care response to COVID-19. Project status: Ongoing
Global Health and Palliative Care Principal investigators: Richard Harding, Klaus von Pressentin. NIHR Global Health Research Group on Global Health and Palliative Care (GHAP): expanding access Project status: Ongoing
Improving Access to High Quality Education to Develop Global Leaders in Palliative Care Principal investigators: Clare Ellis-Smith, Richard Harding. The Edupall project aims to develop the MSc in Palliative Care, maximise access and build a future network of international leaders. Project status: Ongoing
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5 November 2021 Research poster makes top three in integrated care category at EAPC Congress 2021 Work part of the ASSET project at the Cicely Saunders Institute has been recognised by the 17th…
8 October 2021 New guide to help healthcare professionals support terminally ill parents to speak to their families Researchers at King's developed the guide with children and young people and Marie Curie.
30 August 2021 Cicely Saunders Institute's Triennial Report published The report takes an in-depth look at Palliative Care and Rehabilitation between 2017-2020.
8 April 2021 Research shows end of life care was not seen as an essential, frontline service in the pandemic Findings from a new report prompt calls for proper recognition and sustainable funding of end of…