Ms Philippa Hughes RGN, BA, MA, Cert. Ed.

Research Associate

Academic Unit of Supportive Care
University of Sheffield
Sykes House
Little Common Lane
Sheffield S11 9NE
UK

Tel: +44 (0) 114 262 0174
Fax: +44(0) 114 236 9632
Email:p.m.hughes@sheffield.ac.uk

Career History

Philippa is a Research Associate in the Academic Unit of Supportive Care, University of Sheffield, based at Sykes House.

Philippa has a BA (Hons) in Classics from Durham University and an MA in Local History, Literature and Cultural Tradition from Sheffield University. She trained as an RGN in Sheffield, and has around twenty years nursing experience in a range of specialities, including HIV/AIDS care and oncology. She also has several years experience teaching on a range of health-based courses in Further and Higher Education.
Alongside her research work, Philippa also works at the Cavendish Centre for Cancer Care, a local Sheffield charity which offers support and a range of complementary therapies to those affected by cancer.

Research

Research work within the department has focused on service evaluation work, including work on an evaluation of the Macmillan GP Clinical Facilitator project in Powys, Wales, an evaluation of the North Trent Cancer Network Education Programme for Community/District Nurses and an evaluation of the Sheffield Variable Intensity Palliative Care Scheme. She is currently working on a national survey of supportive and palliative care for adults with cancer within GP practices in the UK.

Representative Publications

2006; Philippa M. Hughes, Chris Parker, Sheila Payne, M Christine Ingleton, Bill Noble ; Evaluating an education programme in general palliative care for community nurses; International Journal of Palliative Nursing 12 (3): 123-131

2004; David Clark, Christine Ingleton, Philippa Hughes, Tom Yap and Bill Noble; Evaluation of a scheme to enhance palliative cancer care in rural Wales: Supportive Care in Cancer 12(10) 683 - 691

2004; Philippa M. Hughes, M Christine Ingleton, Bill Noble and David Clark; Providing Cancer and Palliative Care in Rural Areas: a Review of Patient and Carer Needs; Journal of Palliative Care: 20 (1) 44-49

2004, Ingleton C, Morgan J, Hughes P, Noble B, Evans A and Clark D (2004) Carer satisfaction with end-of-life care in Powys, Wales: a cross sectional survey. Health and Social Care in the Community 12 (1): 43-53

2003 Corner J. Halliday D. Haviland J. Douglas HR. Bath P. Clark D. Normand C. Beech N. Hughes P. Marples R. Seymour J. Skilbeck J. Webb T. Exploring nursing outcomes for patients with advanced cancer following intervention by Macmillan specialist palliative care nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 41(6):561-74

2003, Noble B, Hughes P, Ingleton C, Berg J and Clark D (2003) Impact of the Powys Macmillan GP Facilitator Project: views of health care professionals. International Journal of Palliative Nursing 9 (12): 528-533

2003, Christine Ingleton, Philippa Hughes, Bill Noble, Hermina M Gray, David Clark. An evaluation of a Macmillan GP clinical facilitator project: the post-holders´ perspective; Primary Health Care Research and Development 4 177-186

2003, Douglas HR. Halliday D. Normand C. Corner J. Bath P. Beech N. Clark D. Hughes P. Marples R. Seymour J. Skilbeck J. Webb T. Economic evaluation of specialist cancer and palliative nursing: a literature review. International Journal of Palliative Nursing. 9(10):424-8, 2003 Oct.

2003, Douglas HR. Halliday D. Normand C. Corner J. Bath P. Beech N. Clark D. Hughes P. Marples R. Seymour J. Skilbeck J. Webb T. Economic evaluation of specialist cancer and palliative nursing: Macmillan evaluation study findings. International Journal of Palliative Nursing. 9(10):429-38, 2003 Oct.

2002, Skilbeck J. Corner J. Bath P. Beech N. Clark D. Hughes P. Douglas HR. Halliday D. Haviland J. Marples R. Normand C. Seymour J. Webb T. Clinical nurse specialists in palliative care. Part 1. A description of the MacMillan Nurse caseload. Palliative Medicine. 16(4):285-96.