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

February 16, 2026 updated by: Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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

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).

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Estimated)

6

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Palliative Care staff working with Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust

Description

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).

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

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

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Experiential themes
Time Frame: Taken at the point of interview, two weeks after recruitment.
Thematic representations of participant's experiential accounts.
Taken at the point of interview, two weeks after recruitment.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Dr Matthew Morning, PDCounsPsych, Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

March 1, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

April 1, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

May 1, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 2, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 16, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

February 23, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 23, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 16, 2026

Last Verified

February 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 354875

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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