In the Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, we go beyond research, recognising that progress in palliative care requires empowering healthcare workers, social workers, clinicians, and the public.
We provide a range of resources and training opportunities tailored to equip you with the tools needed to make a lasting positive impact in the field of palliative care.
We welcome you to explore our resources and training below which will help you to enhance the delivery of palliative care services.
A guide to living well with breathlessness
This guide describes some practical things you can try to help manage your breathlessness day to day, including: breathing exercises and the ‘handheld fan’ technique; positions to ease breathlessness; managing thoughts about breathlessness; managing your energy levels; exercise; and getting support to help manage your breathlessness.
Guide to living well with breathlessness
Become a visiting researcher
We welcome visits from other researchers, for a stay of a few weeks to several months. We welcome enquiries from researchers interested in contributing to our innovative research in palliative care.
Find out more about visiting us
Bringing Breathlessness into View exhibition
In collaboration with artists and local people living with breathlessness, we have created the Bringing Breathlessness into View exhibition, which aims to raise awareness of what it is like to live with breathlessness, and enable people to access support to manage breathlessness well.
Bringing Breathlessness into View exhibition
Creating Connections in Palliative Care Conference
We are delighted to jointly host an annual Creating Connections Palliative Care Conference with the Centre for Improving Palliative, Aged and Chronic Care through Clinical Research and Translation (IMPACCT) at the University Of Technology Sydney. Please take a look at last year’s event, and details of our next event.
Creating Connections in Palliative Care Conference
Implementation Science for Advanced and Chronic Care (online module)
Bringing together knowledge from our research and practice, this module will equip you with the skills to critically research, select, and adapt the implementation strategies needed to deliver evidence-based care to people with complex advanced and chronic care needs.
Implementation Science for Advanced and Chronic Care (online module)
Managing chronic breathlessness
This free online course on the NHS Learning Hub aims to help health professionals understand how chronic breathlessness can still be improved even when the underlying condition cannot. This course was developed by a team which included Dr Flavia Swan and Dr Ann Hutchinson from the Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre.
Managing chronic breathlessness (NHS Learning Hub)
Postgraduate study and research opportunities
We welcome students seeking postgraduate study with us in our supportive and collaborative teaching and research environment.
Our commitment to improving the quality of life and reducing inequalities in palliative care is at the core of our postgraduate offerings.
We offer several study opportunities: the PGCert, PGDip and MSc in Palliative Care: Implementing Best Practice, our Implementation Science for Advanced and Chronic Care (module), Integrated Academic Trainee opportunities, and research degrees (PhD, MD, MSc).
Find out more about postgraduate study with us
Research opportunities for Medicine students
We believe in nurturing the future of healthcare through hands-on research experiences. We welcome undergraduate Medicine students from Hull York Medical School, as well as intercalation opportunities for external Medicine students, to participate in a range of enriching opportunities to explore the field of palliative care, build essential skills, and contribute to groundbreaking research.
Opportunities for Medicine students
RESOLVE: Online resources in Outcome Measures in palliative care
Funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research, we have created free online resources for those in health and social care and clinicians that introduce Outcome Measures and how they help you to support your patients.
RESOLVE training on Outcome Measures
Yorkshire and Humber Palliative Care Research Network
The Network aims to help address inequalities in palliative and end of life care across Yorkshire and Humber, for people of all ages. We welcome new members to the network, including members of the public, health or social care practitioners or managers, commissioners, and researchers.
Find out more about the Yorkshire and Humber Palliative Care Research Network