Dr Sarah Mitchell
- Position: Clinical Associate Professor of Palliative Care
- Areas of expertise: Primary and community palliative care; Early identification of palliative care needs; Paediatric palliative care; Medical ethics; Health service design and policy; Health inequalities; PPI.
- Email: S.Mitchell2@leeds.ac.uk
- Location: 10.22 Worsley Building
- Website: https://www.fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR162177 | Googlescholar | ORCID
Profile
I am a Deepend GP working in practice in a socioeconomically deprived and diverse area. Motivated by my experiences in practice, I have an academic interest in palliative care and end-of-life care, integration and inequalities. This is important as more people live longer with more complex and unpredictable health conditions.
My research focusses on the patient and family experience, and leads to recommendations that are practice and policy relevant. Alongside clinical practice and research, I am the National Clinical Director for Palliative and End of Life Care for NHS England.
For queries or requests related to my work with NHS England please email: england.palliativeandendoflife@nhs.net. Thank you
Research interests
I was an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Warwick from 2014-2019. My PhD was a realist inquiry, examining healthcare service design for children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions and their families. In 2020, I was awarded a Churchill Fellowship, and the RCGP/SAPC Yvonne Carter Award for Outstanding Early Career Researcher. I worked as a Yorkshire Cancer Research Senior Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield from 2020-2022. I conducted research into the role and response of primary care and community services to increased need for commuinuty end-of-life care during the COVID-19 pandemic, and co-led an NIHR funded Reducing Inequalities in Palliative Care through Primary Care Research Partnership, with King’s College London.
My current research prioritises patient and family experiences, palliative care for under-represented groups including young people and people living in deprived areas. II am the clinical lead for the Leeds Deepend Research Alliance.
I have expertise in systematic review, qualitative research and realist methods. Patient and public involvement is integral to all aspects of my research, including research design and dissemination.
Qualifications
- MB ChB
- Dip Pall Med
- MSc
- PhD
- FRCGP
Professional memberships
- Royal College of General Practitioners
Student education
I am an experienced student project, BSc, MSc and PhD supervisor. .
Research groups and institutes
- Leeds Institute of Health Sciences