Outcomes and Experiences in Palliative Care

Summary

Outcomes and experiences of health and care services are important domains in assessing the quality of care. These can be assessed both from the patient or service user perspective, and/or the perspective of family members or friends who provide unpaid care (carers) or health. Palliative or end-of-life care provides essential support to people when a cure is not possible. Palliative care is facing a number of issues, including the steeply rising numbers of people needing palliative care, unmet needs of patients and carers, staff shortages, etc. NHS England (2021) has developed a framework for palliative and end-of-life care that sets out six ambitions, including maximising the comfort and well-being of those receiving care.

This project offers the opportunity to conduct research on the outcomes and experiences of patients and/or carers when the patient is receiving palliative or end-of-life care. The exact project can be shaped to suit the students' research interests and will be developed in collaboration with the supervisors.

Main Method: Systematic Review

Available to: FHS, and ASIP students