Palliative Care and The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

NCT07427550 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 354875
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 6
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The current study aims to investigate the potential impact of the proposed Assisted Dying (Terminally Ill Adults (2024) Bill on Palliative care workers. Palliative care professionals across the Humber Health Partnership will be interviewed using semi-structured interview questions, with the intention of exploring the way they make sense of the potential implementation of the bill, particularly in relation to their professional identity. The research will be carried out in line with guidance for Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (Smith, Flowers \& Larkin, 2021), a research methodology which aims to explore how people make sense of their experience, often in response to a particular event. It is hoped that the study will contribute to the ongoing discussions regarding how the bill should be implemented and offer potential insights into ways that hospitals may best support staff during the passing of the bill into law. The study will be sponsored by Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust (HUTH).

Conditions

Assisted Dying; Palliative Care

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Experiential themes

  Thematic representations of participant's experiential accounts.

  Taken at the point of interview, two weeks after recruitment.

Study Arms (1)

Palliative Care Professionals

Palliative Care Professionals working in a hospital trust in the north of England

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 80 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Palliative Care staff working with Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust

You may qualify if:

• Palliative care staff, including Palliative nurses, Doctors and Consultants.
• Registered with the appropriate professional registration body
• Must have been in qualified position and working in palliative care for at least 6 months
• Must have worked with palliative patients in the last three months
• Fluency in English

You may not qualify if:

• No direct contact with patients
• Must be in a directly caring role within the team (does not include administrative or housekeeping staff).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: lead

Study Officials

• Dr Matthew Morning, PDCounsPsych

  Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Dr Matthew Morning, PDCounsPsy

CONTACT

01482461060; matthew.morning1@nhs.net

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 2, 2026
• First Posted: February 23, 2026
• Study Start: March 1, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): April 1, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): May 1, 2027
• Last Updated: February 23, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share