Yorkshire and Humber Palliative Care Research Network

Addressing inequalities across all ages

What is the 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, through:

Increasing research capacity in services and areas where palliative and end of life research has not usually taken place
Improving engagement in palliative and end of life research for public, patients, practitioners and those who manage or commission services
Delivering more diverse recruitment into palliative care research studies
Overall, delivering better evidence about palliative and end of life care, in order to improve care for everyone

Who can join the Network?

You are welcome to join the Network if you are interested in improving palliative and end of life care through research, and are:

A member of the public in the Yorkshire and Humber region
A health or social care practitioner working in the Yorkshire and Humber region
A professional who manages or commissions health or social care services relevant for palliative and end of life care, in the Yorkshire and Humber region
A researcher working on palliative and end of life care research (or closely related areas) in the Yorkshire and Humber region

What will happen if I join the Network?

You will be asked to sign up, including providing an email address
You will receive a regular newsletter of news, events, and opportunities to learn more and to engage with the Network
Health or social care practitioners working in the Yorkshire and Humber region will be able to apply for funds for one or two sessions of their time to work with the Network over a short period of time (weeks or months) – this opportunity will be available in November 2022, for working with us during 2023
You will have the chance to shape and contribute to new bids for research funding about improving palliative and end of life care

How do I join the Network?

Joining is quick and easy - simply fill out a short online form via the button below.

Join the Network

How do I leave the Network?

If you would like to opt out of the Network at any time, please unsubscribe from your email or contact us.

Contact us

Email: YHPallCareResNetwork@hyms.ac.uk

Latest Network news

Save the date: Palliative Outcome Scales (POS and IPOS) training days - 15 and 16 May 2023

Please save 15 and 16 May 2023 in your diaries for the annual Palliative Care Outcome Scale (POS and IPOS) Training Days.

This event will be an excellent opportunity to learn about the POS family of measures, discover new developments in palliative care outcomes measurement, and collaborate with like-minded clinicians and researchers from around the world.

If you would like to share your experience using the POS family of measures, please consider submitting an abstract – further details will be released shortly.

This event will be held in hybrid format, and you may register to attend either in-person or online.

The training is being delivered as a collaboration between Hull York Medical School, Cicely Saunders International, POS, and King’s College London.

Registration link and abstract submission form to follow. We will email members of the Network when these are available.

In-person venue: Cicely Saunders Institute , King’s College London, Bessemer Road, London SE5 9RS

The Yorkshire and Humber Palliative Care Network is run in partnership with:

Funded by:

The Network is funded by the National Institute of Health and Care Research (HTA Project: NIHR135115 - The Yorkshire Humber Palliative Care Research Network: Addressing Inequalities Across All Ages)