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NCT Number: NCT07427550

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

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).

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Key information

Conditions

Assisted Dying Palliative Care

Age range

18 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 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

Exclusion criteria

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

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Experiential themes

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

    Thematic representations of participant's experiential accounts.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Dr Matthew Morning, PDCounsPsy

CONTACT

[email protected]

01482461060

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Other Gov

Registry information

Official study title

The Potential Impact of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on the Professional Identity of Palliative Care Staff

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Feb 23, 2026
Registry last updated
Feb 23, 2026

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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