Projects per year
Personal profile
Areas of Expertise
Person-Centred Care, Support Needs, Unpaid/Family Carers, Supportive Care, Palliative Care, Breathlessness in Advanced Disease
Biography
Morag has worked in health services research for over 30 years, predominantly in palliative and supportive care. She has worked for health authorities in London, and within the universities of London, Manchester, Cambridge and East Anglia (UEA). An early graduate nurse by background (King’s College London), she holds a Masters in Medical Sociology and PhD (University of London) on the definition and measurement of quality of life in older people. Research interests include person-centred care, supportive/palliative care, unpaid/family carers, breathlessness in advanced disease, older people, and methodology – particularly the development and testing of interventions and mixed methods.
At UEA she leads a research programme on improving care and support for patients and carers living with advanced disease, including the SNAP programme, Learning about Breathlessness programme, and a programme on unpaid/family carers:
- SNAP (the Support Needs Approach for Patients): an award-winning intervention to enable person-centred care for people with chronic or progressive conditions, funded by Marie Curie: https://thesnap.org.uk
- Learning about Breathlessness (LaB) has developed a web-based educational intervention for unpaid carers of patients with breathlessness in advanced malignant and non-malignant disease: https://supporting-breathlessness.org.uk/ LaB2 was funded by an NIHR Research for Patient Benefit grant
- Unpaid/family carers:
- The novel award-winning Carer Support Nurse role e=was developed and piloted to support unpaid/family carers with complex health and wellbing needs: https://arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/research-implementation/research-themes/palliative-and-end-life-care/carer-support-nurse-pilot/
- A programme of research related to the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool Intervention (CSNAT-I) has extended the reach of this internationally-adopted intervention to carers of patients with chronic or progressive conditions (CSNAT v3), explored its relevance for young carers and is investigating its relevance for carers from ethnic minority groups: https://csnat.org/
These projects build on work conducted at University of Cambridge as a Senior Research Associate and NIHR Career Development Fellow, including the Living with Breathlessness Study and the LaB1 Study (first study in the Learning about Breathlessness programme). The Living with Breathlessness Study was a collaboration between Cambridge, King’s College London and RAND Europe on patient and carer need and care preferences in advanced COPD. She was also lead researcher on the RCT of the internationally-recognised Cambridge Breathlessness Intervention Service, developed following the MRC framework for complex interventions in collaboration with Dr Sara Booth (Addenbrooke’s Palliative Care Team) and colleagues.
Morag is theme lead for NIHR ARC East of England’s Palliative and End of Life Care theme (https://arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/research-implementation/research-themes/term-palliative-and-end-life-care) and co-lead for the NIHR ARC Palliative and End of Life Care National Forum (https://arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/leading-nihr-forum-improving-palliative-and-end-life-care-across-england)
She has collaborated and published with colleagues internationally in the field of breathlessness in advanced disease and palliative care methodology (Canada and Australia) and carer support (Sweden).
In addition Morag has a teaching role at UEA, including post-graduate supervision.
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Education/Academic qualification
Bachelor of Science, Nursing Studies, King's College London
Doctor of Philosophy, Queen Mary University of London
Master in Science, Sociology with Special Reference to Medicine, Royal Holloway, University of London
Media Expertise
- Nursing and care
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Understanding the Complexity of Living with, and Managing, Secretions in Motor Neurone Disease
Motor Neurone Disease Association
1/02/25 → 31/01/28
Project: Research
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NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Extension
Burton, C., Mioshi, E., Cameron, R., Crozier, K., Farquhar, M., Hornberger, M., Mioshi, E., Sanderson, K., Wagner, A., Burrows, S., Franks, L., Gardener, C., Gillings, R., Grotz, J., Miners, L., Beresford, P., Cameron, R., Peryer, G. & Risebro, H.
National Institute for Health and Care Research
1/10/24 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
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Effects of cardiac rehabilitation on the severity of angina, health-related quality of life, and exercise capacity among adults living with microvascular angina: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Oliveira, J., Hoole, S. P., Hartley, P., Farquhar, M., Deaton, C., Forsyth, F. & Welsh, A., 14 Mar 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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How can healthcare professionals work with families to address misaligned expectations of recovery in brain injury rehabilitation? A scoping review
Blake, J., Peryer, G., Dance, R., Parke, S., Aryankhesal, A. & Farquhar, M., May 2025, In: Brain Injury. 39, 7, p. 551-564 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Palliative care commission: Recognising and supporting unpaid carers
Farquhar, M., 12 May 2025, In: BMJ. 389, r915.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
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The Support Needs Approach for Patients (SNAP): Content validity and response processes from the perspective of patients and nurses in Swedish specialised palliative home care
Lundh Hagelin, C., Holm, M., Axelsson, L., Rosén, M., Norell, T., Suárez Godoy, Z., Farquhar, M., Ewing, G., Gardener, C., Årestedt, K. & Alvariza, A., 18 Mar 2025, In: BMC Palliative Care. 24, 73.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Understanding and addressing factors affecting carers’ mental health during end-of-life caregiving: Synopsis of meta synthesis of literature and stakeholder collaboration
Grande, G. E., Rowland, C., Shield, T., Bayliss, K., Flynn, J., Harris, D., Wearden, A., Farquhar, M., Panagioti, M., Hodkinson, A., Booth, M., Cotterill, D., Goodburn, L., Knipe, C. & Bee, P., Feb 2025, In: Health and Social Care Delivery Research. 13, 8, p. 1-27 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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1st Prize Poster Exhibition award at International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care International Palliative Care Network Conference, 2017
Luckett, Tim (Recipient), Phillips, Jane (Recipient), Johnson, Miriam J. (Recipient), Farquhar, Morag (Recipient), Swan, Flavia (Recipient), Assen, Teresa (Recipient), Bhattarai, Priyanka (Recipient) & Booth, Sara (Recipient), 15 Nov 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Awarded invited keynote oral for best scientific original abstract at Primary Care Respiratory Society annual conference 2019
Farquhar, Morag (Recipient), Ewing, Gail (Recipient) & Barnes, Sylvia (Recipient), 19 Sept 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best poster abstract in category - 11th European Association for Palliative Care World Research Congress 2020
Farquhar, Morag (Recipient), Barnes, Sylvia (Recipient) & Ewing, Gail (Recipient), 7 Oct 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best poster abstract in category at 11th European Association for Palliative Care World Research Congress for Gardener AC, Ewing G, Deaton C, Farquhar M. Enabling patients with progressive conditions to identify and express their support needs – a thematic systematic review of interventions
Gardener, Carole (Recipient), Ewing, Gail (Recipient), Deaton, Christi (Recipient) & Farquhar, Morag (Recipient), 7 Oct 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Finalist in Royal College of Nursing (RCN) awards 2023 for Carer Support Nurse pilot (Innovations category)
Farquhar, Morag (Recipient), 11 Nov 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press/Media
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Informal carers need more support now than ever (May 2020)
4/05/20 → 6/05/20
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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Elderly feel more in control of lives when they move to a care home earlier
6/09/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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Elderly should consider residential care before a 'health crisis'
6/09/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: UEA Press Release
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New Tool Identifies Support Needs of COPD Patients, Helping to Make Care More Personal and Holistic
22/03/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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Pioneering research to deliver person-centred care
7/03/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: UEA Press Release