Dr George Peat

Lecturer

Department: Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing

George is a Lecturer contributing predominately to the BSc Health and Social Care Programme. George was awarded his PhD in 2021 and has gone on to deliver various research projects across health and social care.

George is passionate about undertaking research that drives improvements in the delivery of health and social care. His research is largely situated in the field palliative care, with a particular interest in supporting young adults with complex conditions to live meaningful and fulfilling lives. He has developing expertise in co-production methods and qualitative methodology (including reviews).

He has previously been awarded an National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Career Development Award from the School for Social Care Research and is currently involved in several research projects.

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Key Publications

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Healthcare professionals' perspectives of providing end-of-life care for infants, children and young people in acute settings: A multi-site qualitative study, McLorie, E., Hackett, J., Barrett, L., Peat, G., Weatherly, H., Hinde, S., Walker, G., Noyes, J., Oddie, S., Vasudevan, C., Feltbower, R., Phillips, B., Hewitt, C., Hain, R., Subramanian, G., Haynes, A., Papworth, A., Fraser, L., Murtagh, F. 24 Feb 2025, In: Palliative Medicine
Learnings from the establishment and delivery of the UK Collaborative Paediatric Palliative Care Research Network, Peat, G., Harrop, E., Anderson, A., Box, D., Murtagh, F., Harding, R., Ziegler, L., Hewitt, C., Wong, I., Elverson, J., Harris, N., Fraser, L. 26 Feb 2025, In: Health Technology Assessment
Consultant-led UK paediatric palliative care services: professional configuration, services, funding, Bedendo, A., Hinde, S., Beresford, B., Papworth, A., Phillips, B., Vasudevan, C., McLorie, E., Walker, G., Peat, G., Weatherly, H., Feltbower, R., Hewitt, C., Haynes, A., Murtagh, F., Noyes, J., Hackett, J., Hain, R., Oddie, S., Subramanian, G., Fraser, L. 30 Apr 2024, In: BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care
A Pathfinders Report: Entering Adulthood with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Glover, S., Hale, J., Roberts, M., Bosanquet, J., Dack, R., Hoskin, J., Peat, G., Abbott, D. 6 Nov 2023
Co-designing an intervention to improve the process of deprescribing for older people living with frailty in the United Kingdom, Silcock, J., Marques, I., Olaniyan, J., Raynor, D., Baxter, H., Gray, N., Zaidi, S., Peat, G., Fylan, B., Breen, L., Benn, J., Alldred, D. 1 Feb 2023, In: Health Expectations : an International Journal of Public Participation in Health Care and Health Policy
Independence-is it just a different approach?, Glover, S., Peat, G. 6 Nov 2023, Independent Living, NI Event 2023
‘It is easier to not allow them to see your disability straight away, to see you as a person’: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of video gaming from the perspectives of men with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Peat, G., Rodriguez, A., Smith, J. 1 Jul 2023, In: Palliative Medicine
Person-centred deprescribing for patients living with frailty: a qualitative interview study and proposal of a collaborative model, Peat, G., Fylan, B., Breen, L., Raynor, D., Olaniyan, J., Alldred, D. 7 May 2023, In: International Journal of Pharmacy Practice
Shared decision-making experiences in child long-term ventilation: a systematic review, Peat, G., Delaney, S., Gibson, F., Fraser, L., Brierley, J. 30 Sep 2023, In: European Respiratory Review
Barriers and facilitators of successful deprescribing as described by older patients living with frailty, their informal carers and clinicians: a qualitative interview study, Peat, G., Fylan, B., Marques, I., Raynor, D., Breen, L., Olaniyan, J., Alldred, D. 28 Mar 2022, In: BMJ Open