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Rachel  Chambers

Mrs Rachel Chambers BSc, MSc

Cicely Saunders International PhD Training Fellow

  • NIHR Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow

Biography

Mrs Chambers graduated from the University of Westminster in 2016 with a degree in Psychology. She then completed an MSc in Clinical Mental Health Sciences at University College London, graduating with a distinction in 2017. She joined King’s in 2018 as a Research Assistant within the School of Population Health and Environmental Sciences where she worked on the South London Stroke Register (SLSR) and on the process evaluation of the RETurn to work After stroKE (RETAKE) trial. In 2020 she joined the Cicely Saunders Institute as a Research & Projects Coordination Assistant.

She currently works on the CovPall study which aims to improve palliative care for people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic by sharing learning. Ms Chambers is also involved in CovPall-Connect which uses national health and care data to increase the findings from CovPall.

Research interests:

  • Patient outcome measures
  • Evidence based policy-making

 

Research profile

    Research

    lady wearing mask covid19 csi project 780x450
    Evaluation of the COVID-19 Pandemic Response in Palliative & End of Life Care: Connecting to Boost Impact & Data Assets

    The CovPall-Connect project provides an opportunity for national data linkage on the palliative care response to COVID-19.

    Project status: Ongoing

    elderly man in wheelchair looking out window csi project 780x450 (9)
    Better End of Life Project

    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

    covid-19 patient in bed male ventilator csi project 780x450
    CovPall: Rapid Evaluation of the COVID-19 Pandemic Response in Palliative & End of Life Care

    The CovPall Project aims to understand more about how palliative care services and hospices are responding to COVID-19.

    Project status: Ongoing

    News

    UK COVID policies may have disproportionally impacted ethnic minorities at the end of life

    New research has found UK wide COVID-19 policies may have disproportionately impacted people from ethnic minority groups at the end of life.

    A no visitor sign at a hospital

    How specialist palliative care services have coped in response to COVID-19

    Services have been highly adaptive and embraced low-cost innovations during the pandemic.

    Stethoscope laid on laptop keyboard next to a paper form on a clipboard and a pen

    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 life care and bereavement support.

    Adult woman wearing a face covering next to an elderly woman. Photo by Georg Arthur Pflueger on Unsplash.

    Palliative care needs better integration with health care systems for this and future pandemics/epidemics

    Findings from a multinational study into the experience of palliative care services highlights need for better integration and recognition in health services...

    Graphic showing healthcare workers multitasking from freepik.com

    Funding boost for research into palliative care during COVID-19

    Additional funding has been awarded for a study into the palliative care pandemic response.

    Public health poster about coronavirus

      Research

      lady wearing mask covid19 csi project 780x450
      Evaluation of the COVID-19 Pandemic Response in Palliative & End of Life Care: Connecting to Boost Impact & Data Assets

      The CovPall-Connect project provides an opportunity for national data linkage on the palliative care response to COVID-19.

      Project status: Ongoing

      elderly man in wheelchair looking out window csi project 780x450 (9)
      Better End of Life Project

      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

      covid-19 patient in bed male ventilator csi project 780x450
      CovPall: Rapid Evaluation of the COVID-19 Pandemic Response in Palliative & End of Life Care

      The CovPall Project aims to understand more about how palliative care services and hospices are responding to COVID-19.

      Project status: Ongoing

      News

      UK COVID policies may have disproportionally impacted ethnic minorities at the end of life

      New research has found UK wide COVID-19 policies may have disproportionately impacted people from ethnic minority groups at the end of life.

      A no visitor sign at a hospital

      How specialist palliative care services have coped in response to COVID-19

      Services have been highly adaptive and embraced low-cost innovations during the pandemic.

      Stethoscope laid on laptop keyboard next to a paper form on a clipboard and a pen

      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 life care and bereavement support.

      Adult woman wearing a face covering next to an elderly woman. Photo by Georg Arthur Pflueger on Unsplash.

      Palliative care needs better integration with health care systems for this and future pandemics/epidemics

      Findings from a multinational study into the experience of palliative care services highlights need for better integration and recognition in health services...

      Graphic showing healthcare workers multitasking from freepik.com

      Funding boost for research into palliative care during COVID-19

      Additional funding has been awarded for a study into the palliative care pandemic response.

      Public health poster about coronavirus