Emma McLorie
University of Leeds
Emma McLorie
I am a qualitative researcher based at the School of Healthcare, University of Leeds after joining as a Research Fellow in 2024. I have an academic background in Sociology and Health Sciences, my PhD research focused on hospital discharge practices and housing support schemes. It used institutional ethnography and PAR.
Previously, I worked at the University of York as a Research Associate leading on a project focused on understanding more about Models of Care for Children with Medical Complexity in the UK. I also worked on the ENHANCE study, a study focused on end-of-life care for Infants, Children and Young People. During this time, I led on the qualitative data collection and analysis.
As part of my current role at University of Leeds, I work as part of the Nurturing Innovation in Care Home Excellence in Leeds (NICHE-Leeds) partnership, a partnership between care organisations and University of Leeds (with Leeds Beckett University). The NICHE-Leeds partnership aims to enhance quality of life, care, and work for those living and working in care homes. I work primarily on The MEND study, a 24-month study focusing on attracting, recruiting and retaining more male care workers in social care.
I have an interest in social care and healthcare research with a focus on workforce, end-of-life care and palliative care.
FURTHER INFORMATION
| Countries | United Kingdom; United Kingdom (England); |
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| Topics | Ageing in place; Care Homes; Care inequalities; Care outcomes; Culturally appropriate LTC; Dementia care and support; End-of-life care and LTC; Ethics and care; Gender and care; Parent carers; Quality of care; Research gaps and priorities in LTC; |
| Methods | Co-production methods; Critical Discourse Analysis; Discourse analysis; Ethnography; Focus groups; Guidelines development; Literature reviews and synthesis; Observational studies; Participatory research methods; Qualitative studies; Research diaries; Research ethics; Thematic analysis; |
| Role | Research; |
| Interest Groups | Ageing and Place; Climate Change and LTC; Innovation in Long-Term Care; Integrated Long-Term Care; Long-Term Care Policy; Qualitative Research; Social Care Reform in England; Workforce Capacity and Capability; |
| ORC.ID | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2043-7069 |
| Research interests | Qualitative research, qualitative methods, social care research, healthcare research. |
| Key publications | 2025. Parents’ experiences of paediatric end-of-life care in the UK: a multisite qualitative study. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. 681-692+ 15.5 2025. Parents’ experiences of the financial and employment impacts of their child receiving end-of-life care: a national qualitative study. BMC Palliative Care. 157+ 24.1 2025. Healthcare professionals’ perspectives of providing end-of-life care for infants, children and young people in acute settings: A multi-site qualitative study. Palliative Medicine. 483-498+ 39.4 2024. Consultant-led UK paediatric palliative care services: professional configuration, services, funding.. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. e554-e557+ 14.e1 2023. Healthcare Professionals’ Attitudes towards and Knowledge and Understanding of Paediatric Palliative Medicine (PPM) and Its Meaning within the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU): A Summative Content Analysis in a Tertiary Children’s Hospital in Scotland—“An In Vitro Study”. Healthcare. 2438+ 11.17 2023. Understanding parents’ experiences of care for children with medical complexity in England: a qualitative study. BMJ Paediatrics Open. e002057+ 7.1 2023. Provision of care for children with medical complexity in tertiary hospitals in England: qualitative interviews with health professionals. BMJ Paediatrics Open. e001932+ 7.1 |
