Qualitative researcher in children's palliative care. University of York Paediatric Palliative Care Research Group @UoYppcrg
Joined January 2023
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Laura Barrett retweeted
20 Mar 2025
Exciting opportunity for qualitative researcher to join our lovely team @UoYppcrg within @HealthSciYork to work on a national study looking at experiences and needs of young people with a disability in the UK.
Job ad: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese…
Study info: york.ac.uk/healthsciences/re…
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Laura Barrett retweeted
3 Sep 2024
New #HYMSresearch led by @DrFlissMurtagh and funded by @MarieCurie has highlighted inconsistencies in end-of-life support received at home. Find out how the study aims to address the gaps in #palliativecare: hyms.ac.uk/about/news/2024/r…
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Laura Barrett retweeted
3 Sep 2024
Proud to be an author of this hard hitting report
3 Sep 2024
NEWS
“Women in North of England live shorter lives, more likely to be in poverty and work harder for less”
And there, in one headline, is the truth of Tory so-called Levelling Up for you
Lying, robbing bunch of charlatans
Article @BigIssue
bigissue.com/news/social-jus…
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4 Sep 2024
Delighted to share this - a real team effort: Evaluating PPI activities within a paediatric palliative care research centre: Route map to impactful and meaningful engagement: @UoYppcrg @JuHackett, Jo Taylor, @AJPapworth , Gabriella Walker, @lornafraser10 journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…
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Laura Barrett retweeted
5 Jun 2024
Have you or somebody you know been affected by childhood cancer? If the answer is yes, we want to hear from you.
We are setting up a new wellbeing retreat to support children and families affected by cancer.
Get involved here: bit.ly/4aOQNSH
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Laura Barrett retweeted
18 Jun 2024
We are recruiting! Interested in #paediatricpalliativecare? Come and work with us @UoYppcrg as a Research Associate. Full time £36,024-£44,263, Fixed Term for 12 months. For more info contact me: julia.hackett@york.ac.uk. Apply by 27th June 2024
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese…
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Are you a parent of a baby or child who has died in the last five years after receiving care in #NICU and #PICU?
@UoYppcrg would like to hear about your experiences.
Contact details below 👇
ALT Image with text providing information on ENHANCE, which is a research study looking at end of life care for infants, children and young adults. Text reads: Are you the parent of a baby or child who has died in the last 5 years? Researchers at the University of York are collecting evidence that can be used to improve end-of-life-care. We would like you to fill in a questionnaire about your child and the care they received around the time of their death. We are interested in your experiences, both good and bad. Please contact the study team by email at dohs-enhance@york.ac.uk or by phone or text on 07384 239136 if you are interested in taking part or would like more information.
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Is you child receiving #PalliativeCare in the North East/Yorkshire? Do you know what to do if something goes wrong #OutofHours?
@UoYppcrg would like to hear your experiences to better understand round-the-clock care. Contact details below 👇
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Laura Barrett retweeted
31 Aug 2023
Shared decision-making experiences in child long-term ventilation: the importance of clear and honest communication and the role of #ppc teams @Simonkenny14 @gpeat1 @ProfFaithG @brierl_jb @PICSociety err.ersjournals.com/content/…
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18 Jul 2023
Is you child receiving #PalliativeCare in the North East/Yorkshire? Do you know what to do if something goes wrong #OutofHours? @UoYppcrg would like to hear your experiences to better understand round-the-clock care. Contact details below 👇
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Laura Barrett retweeted
20 Jun 2023
Excited to be in Cardiff for the launch of our @HealthSciYork report into prevalence and complexity trends for children and young people in Wales with life limiting conditions, in collaboration with @HHTGhospices, @tyhafan and palliative care experts from NHS Wales
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Laura Barrett retweeted
20 Jun 2023
Great to see this study making national news - time to prioritise high quality care for children with life limiting conditions @swjarvis @Tog4ShortLives @UniOfYork @CSI_KCL @tyhafan #pedpc
20 Jun 2023
Researchers found the number of children with life-limiting conditions rose by almost a quarter over 10 years in Wales
bbc.in/3pbkFGY
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Laura Barrett retweeted
13 Jun 2023
When a child is seriously ill it is difficult for brothers or sisters to cope, as portrayed in tonight's #BestInterests episode. This resource helps parents talk to siblings about their brother or sister’s diagnosis and how this will affect them.
togetherforshortlives.org.uk…
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Laura Barrett retweeted
14 Jun 2023
This powerful piece by bereaved parent Dan McEvoy explains what caring for a seriously ill child is like, and how #ChildrensPalliativeCare enabled his daughter Elisa to be comfortable and live her short life to the fullest inews.co.uk/opinion/daughter…
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Is your child receiving #PalliativeCare in the North East/Yorkshire? Do you know what to do if something goes wrong #OutOfHours? As part of a @mariecurieuk funded study researchers @UoYmhrc would like to hear your experiences to better understand care round the clock
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Laura Barrett retweeted
2 Mar 2023
Thank you @ProfFaithG and @GoshOrchid for the opportunity to speak about the power of PPI in PPC research and thank you Jules from @katiedraws for a wonderful illustration of my talk #pedpc
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