Dr Sabrina Bajwah
Clinical Reader in Palliative Care, King’s College London
Biography
Dr Sabrina Bajwah is a Clinical Reader in Palliative Care at King’s College London and an Honorary Consultant in Palliative Medicine at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. She was co-Chief Investigator of the NIHR ‘Equitable Bereavement Care for All’ study with Dr Catriona Mayland. She holds an NIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship and leads EQUICARE, which is developing and testing a community key-worker intervention for older South Asian people with multiple long-term conditions. Her clinical and academic work focuses on addressing racism and reducing inequalities in palliative and end of life care, working with underserved communities to ensure that research and services reflect their needs. She is a Trustee of Hospice UK and Independent Chair of NHS England’s Palliative and End of Life Care Modern Service Framework Steering Group.
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Professor Clare Gardiner
Professor of Palliative Care, School of Allied Health Professionals, Nursing & Midwifery, University of Sheffield
Biography
Clare Gardiner, PhD, is Professor of Palliative Care in the School of Allied Health Professionals, Nursing & Midwifery at The University of Sheffield. She leads the Palliative and End of Life Care Research Group and is Director of the Mesothelioma UK Research Centre. Her areas of interest broadly comprise research on equitable approaches to palliative care, family caregiving at the end of life including financial support, benefits and economic aspects of palliative care. Clare has over 15 years experience in palliative care research and has published over 100 papers in peer review journals. In 2015 she was awarded a Vice Chancellor’s Fellowship to explore economic aspects of palliative care; in 2020 she was awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship to study policies supporting working end of life carers. Clare is Chair of the European Association for Palliative Care Reference Group for Family Caregivers.
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Dr Catriona Mayland
Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Sheffield
Biography
Dr Catriona Mayland is a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Sheffield and an Honorary Palliative Medicine Consultant at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Dr Mayland was the co-Chief Investigator on the NIHR ‘Equitable Bereavement Care for All’ study with Dr Sabrina Bajwah. She is currently undertaking an NIHR Advanced Fellowship focused on an inclusive evaluation of care at the very end of life. She strongly believes that those working in palliative care should be advocates for addressing injustice and inequities in care and this is incorporated to all aspects of her clinical and academic work.
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View her academic profile here
View the ‘Equitable bereavement care for all’ video here
LinkedIn: Catriona R Mayland LinkedIn
Profile Bluesky: @catrionamayland.bsky.social
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Session
Friday 12 March
14:15-15:15
Quays Theatre
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Symposium - Advancing Equity in Palliative Care: Learning from Culturally Responsive Practice and Responses to Financial Hardship
This session aims to:
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Explore the context of increasing palliative care inequities within a globalised world, with a focus on cultural diversity and financial hardship.
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Introduce the Respect–Trust–Equity (RTE) model, developed to support inclusive recruitment in palliative care research.
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Explore how the principles underpinning the RTE model can be applied broadly to palliative care practice and research.
Anticipated outcomes: Participants will develop an understanding of the RTE model and its practical application across palliative care research and practice. They will identify opportunities to strengthen culturally responsive, trauma-informed and financially sensitive approaches within their own settings and leave with practical strategies for building trust and advancing equity.
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