About this theme
This theme covers topics relating to improving palliative and end-of-life care, particularly for less common life-limiting conditions. It is one of our current Fellowship programmes and has been developed in partnership with Marie Curie and the Burdett Trust for Nursing. Fellows’ stories
Fellows' updates October 2025 Fellows' update: Alison Taylor
Alison Taylor (CF 2024) presented her Churchill Fellowship research at the UK Oncology Nurses Society (UKONS) AOS MIG Educational Event, The Other Side of Acute Oncology.
By Alison Taylor, 2025
Fellows' updates October 2025 Fellows' update: Amara Nwosu
Amara Nwosu (CF 2020) spoke at the Strathcarron Hospice 13th Annual Conference, Palliative Care: Fit for the Future?, held in Edinburgh from 1–2 October 2025.
By Amara Nwosu, 2025
Fellows' updates September 2025 Fellows' update: Catriona Mayland
Catriona Mayland (CF 2020) presented at the first Preceptorship in Speech and Language Therapy in Oncology Rehabilitation course.
By Catriona Mayland, 2025
Report How are people with communication difficulties supported in advanced care planning?
By Sophie Whitehead, 2024
Report Improving palliative care for teenagers and young adults
By Laura Ainsworth, 2023
Fellows' updates July 2025 Fellows' update: Sarah Yardley
Sarah Yardley presented a poster at the July 2025 Health Services Research UK Conference, sharing early findings from her Churchill Fellowship.
By Sarah Yardley, 2025
Fellows' updates June 2025 Fellows' update: Alison Taylor
Alison Taylor has been nominated as a finalist for the 2025 Nursing Times Nurse of the Year Award.
By Alison Taylor, 2025
Fellows' updates June 2025 Fellows' update: Sarah Yardley
Sarah Yardley gave three talks in June sharing insights from her Churchill Fellowship on improving palliative care for people with severe mental illness.
By Sarah Yardley, 2025
Fellows' updates June 2025 Fellows' update: Clare Gardiner
Claire Gardiner (CF 2020) has co-authored an article titled Internationally Transferable Policy Solutions for Supporting Employed End-of-Life Family Caregivers: Canadian Compassionate Care Benefit, published in Progress in Palliative Care.
By Clare Gardiner, 2025
Fellows' updates June 2025 Fellows' update: Catriona Mayland
Catriona Mayland (CF 2020) gave oral presentations at two major conferences this spring and presented a poster at the European Association for Palliative Care World Congress.
By Catriona Mayland, 2025
