Dr Paul Taylor

MB ChB, PhD

Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health

St Luke’s Senior Clinical Lecturer in Palliative Medicine

P.M.Taylor@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0840

Regent Court (ScHARR)

Full contact details

Dr Paul Taylor
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA

Profile

I am a Palliative Medicine physician working at St Luke’s Hospice in Sheffield, having 6 years of consultant experience. During specialist training, I completed a PhD in Health Sciences at Hull and York Medical School, which was awarded in 2012.

I moved to Sheffield in 2017 as a Senior Clinical Lecturer, to develop my own research interests and lead St Luke’s research strategy. I divide my work between St Luke’s Hospice and the University of Sheffield, with additional support to Sheffield Teaching Hospitals when needed.

Research interests

My research interests include prognostication and clinical decision-making, particularly with respect to end of life care. In addition to developing my own ambitions, I have worked with St Luke’s on their existing research portfolio, including EnComPaSS and project ECHO.

I have collaborated with researchers nationally to support St Luke’s involvement with the £1.3m Yorkshire Cancer Research funded RESOLVE study, and the NIHR portfolio StOIC study, exploring management of opioid-induced constipation in cancer patients.

In collaboration with colleagues at ScHARR, I am undertaking research into Avoiding Emergency Admissions in Palliative Patients, funded by the Sheffield Health Care Challenges Collaboration.

Publications

Journal articles

Forward C, Bayley Z, Walker L, Krygier J, White C, Mwaba K, Elliott-button H, Taylor P & Johnson MJ (2024) Homecare workers needs and experiences in end of life care: rapid review. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. View this article in WRRO
Lee GC, Kyeremateng S, Taylor P, Jones C, Hammond P & McTague L (2023) Palliative care teaching in the new internal medicine curriculum: Project ECHO–an innovative approach to postgraduate education. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 13(2), 247-254.
Hodge A, Manson J, McTague L, Kyeremateng S & Taylor P (2022) Creating virtual communities of practice for ambulance paramedics: a qualitative evaluation of the use of Project ECHO in end-of-life care. British Paramedic Journal, 7(3), 51-58.
Limbu T & Taylor PM (2021) Experiences of surgical nurses in providing end-of-life care in an acute care setting: a qualitative study.. Br J Nurs, 30(18), 1084-1089.
Walzl N, Sammy IA, Taylor PM, Smith JE & Lowe DJ (2021) Systematic review of factors influencing decisions to limit treatment in the emergency department. Emergency Medicine Journal.
Manson J, Gardiner C, Taylor P, Ghasemi L, Westerdale-Shaw E, Sutton L & Cawley H (2021) ‘Palliative care education in nursing homes: a qualitative evaluation of telementoring. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care.
Manson J, Ghasemi L, Westerdale E, Taylor P, Kyeremateng S & McTague L (2020) Evaluating a palliative care education programme for domiciliary care workers. Nursing Older People, 35(2).
Taylor P, Johnson MJ & Dowding DW (2018) Clinical decision-making at the end of life: A mixed-methods study. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care. View this article in WRRO
Cooper E, Hutchinson A, Sheikh Z, Taylor P, Townend W & Johnson MJ (2018) Palliative care in the emergency department: A systematic literature qualitative review and thematic synthesis. Palliative Medicine. View this article in WRRO
Taylor P, Crouch S, Howell DA, Dowding DW & Johnson MJ (2018) Change in Physiological Variables in the Last Two Weeks of Life: An Observational Study of Hospitalized Adults With Heart Failure. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 55(5), 1335-1340. View this article in WRRO
Taylor P, Dowding D & Johnson M (2017) Clinical decision making in the recognition of dying: a qualitative interview study. BMC Palliative Care, 16(1). View this article in WRRO
Cocks H, Ah-See K, Capel M & Taylor P (2016) Palliative and supportive care in head and neck cancer: United Kingdom National Multidisciplinary Guidelines. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 130(S2), S198-S207. View this article in WRRO
Taylor P, Crouch S, Howell DA, Dowding DW & Johnson MJ (2015) Change in physiological variables in the last 2 weeks of life: An observational study of hospital in-patients with cancer. Palliative Medicine, 29(2), 120-127.
Taylor P, Hussain JA & Gadoud A (2013) How to appraise a systematic review. British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 74(6), 331-334.
Gadoud A, Taylor P & Hussain JA (2013) How to appraise a qualitative study. British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 74(5), 271-274.
Hussain JA, Gadoud A & Taylor P (2013) How to appraise a randomized controlled trial. British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 74(4), 218-222.
Taylor PM & Johnson M (2011) Recognizing dying in terminal illness. British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 72(8), 446-450.
Abbey E, Ali M, Cooper M, Taylor P & Mayland CR () Recognising dying in motor neurone disease: a scoping review. Palliative Medicine. View this article in WRRO
Burdon J, Fingas S, Parry R, Pitsillides C & Taylor P () Sedation from analgesics: patient preference survey. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care.
Bayley Z, Bothma J, Bravington A, Forward C, Hussain J, Manthorpe J, Pearson M, Roberts H, Taylor P, Walker L , White C et al () Supported: Supporting, enabling, and sustaining homecare workers to deliver end-of-life care: A qualitative study protocol. PLOS ONE, 18(12), e0291525-e0291525.
Taylor P, Stone T, Simpson R, Kyeremateng S & Mason S () Emergency department presentations in palliative care patients: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care.
Ariss SMB, Taylor P, Fitzsimmons D, Kyeremateng S & Mawson S () Mobile technology and delegated work in specialist community services: the EnComPaSS Integration project. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care.

Conference proceedings papers

Hodge A, McTague L, Manson J & Taylor P (2019) P-62 Project ECHO™: developing a multi-professional virtual community of practice for paramedics in end of life care. Poster Presentations
McTague L, Hodge A, Williams C, Taylor P & Kyeremateng S (2019) 9 Enhancing community health outcomes (project ECHO): developing a community of practice for paramedics in end of life care (EOLC). Oral presentations
Taylor P, Mawson S & Ariss S (2019) 86 Moving towards an enhanced community palliative support service (EnComPaSS): impact of using mobile technology to support delivery of community palliative care. Poster presentations

Teaching interests

Teaching medical students as a consultant in Palliative Medicine; both clinically and lecture-based
Educational support and supervision to doctors in training; both foundation grade and specialist registrars
Providing multi-professional learning to clinical and non-clinical staff at St Luke’s
Supervision of Masters students as part of the ScHARR Masters in Clinical Research programme

Professional activities and memberships

Member and contributor to the Sheffield Palliative Care Research Network
Member of the Association for Palliative Medicine (APM)
Member of the Royal College of Physicians
On the General Medical Council Specialist Register