We carry out high quality, rigorous research that makes a practical difference by:

• Helping to improve the lives (and memories) of patients and carers
• Informing the education and skills development of health professionals
• Aiding the decisions of service managers, commissioners and policy makers

We work closely with service users, clinicians and other research groups to enable us to undertake relevant, varied and innovative research.

The themes that we address are: Communication and decision making, Education and capacity building, Management of breathlessness, Organisation of services and care provision, and Patients’ and carers’ quality of life, needs and preferences.

We draw on a variety of disciplines including medicine, sociology, psychology, anthropology, nursing and health services research. We use a wide range of methods, such as qualitative interviews and focus groups, quantitative surveys, systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials.

You can find out more about work of individual team members here and on particular themes here.