Visiting Researcher
Claire Henry Associates Limited – clairehenryassociates.com
Background
Registered Nurse, with over 30 years of working in Palliative and End of Life Care leading national implementation and quality improvement programmes. Claire is committed to improving end of life care to make a difference to people and their families.
Research Interests
End of life care strategy development and implementation , patient and carer experience, bereavement, grief and loss.
Selected Publications
King G & Henry C. (2019) Developing communities that are prepared to help: toolkit. London: Hospice UK
Hayes A, Henry C, Holloway M et al (2015) Pathways through care at the end of life: a guide to person-centred care. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Henry C. Choice in End of Life Care Programme Board. (2015) What’s important to me: a review of choice in end of life care. London: Department of Health Fulltext
Henry C et al (2007) Building on firm foundations: improving end of life care in care homes: examples of innovative practice. Leicester: NHS End of Life Care Programme
Henry C & Seymour J (2007) Advance care planning: a guide for health and social care staff. Leicester: End of Life Care Programme, rev. 2008
Henry C & Young E (2006) Introductory guide to end of life care in the care homes. London: NHS End of Life Care Programme
Chapter contributions
Henry C and Hughes T (2021) What did we see? In Borgstrom E and Mallon S Narrative of COVID Loss, dying death and grief during Covid -19 The Open University
Henry C & Thomas K. (2017) Advance care planning in the UK: update on policy and practice. In Thomas K, Lobo B & Detering K. (eds.) Advance care planning in end of life care. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2nd ed.
Henry C. (2016) Death and the circle of life: Claire Henry, Chief Executive of the National Council for Palliative Care and the Dying Matters Coalition, England, Wales and Northern Ireland, UK. In Bradley R. A matter of life and death: 60 voices share their wisdom. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Henry C & Hopcutt B. (2013) Future developments in care: national strategy and commissioning. In Oliver D. (ed.) End of life care in neurological disease. London: Springer
Henry C & Joseph S. (2011) Advance care planning for the end of life. In Thomas K & Lobo B. (eds.) Advance care planning in end of life care. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Henry C. (2001) Death, dying and bereavement. In Watson N A & Wilkinson C. Nursing in primary care: a handbook for students. Basingstoke: Palgrave
Additional Information
Visting fellow Open University Visiting Researcher, University of Cambridge Palliative and End of Life Care research group, coach, mentor, independent consultant in health and care, Director of Dying Matters in Rutland and The Loss Project and a Trustee LOROS