Fellow’s Profile
Helena Dunbar
Fellow’s Profile
Helena Dunbar
Paediatric palliative care (PPC) models of delivery and training
Fellowship
Themes
Focus
Enhancing paediatric palliative care through new models of provision and education
Countries
Fellowship year
2020
Supported by
Locality
East Midlands
Biography
I am the Director of Service Development and Improvement at Together for Short Lives.
I am a children's nurse with 21 years of clinical experience and nine years working in higher education. My PhD was a grounded theory of place bonding, representing the cognitive journey for parents of children with life-limiting conditions when considering or receiving hospice services for their child.
In 2020, I was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to travel across Canada to visit children's hospitals, hospices and universities exploring how education and practice in children's palliative care are linked, and continue my work in understanding attachment theory in children's palliative care settings. Unfortunately the pandemic delayed this work.
In March 2021 I took up my current position at Together for Short Lives. I will be concentrating on developing programmes for families and professionals that improve the quality and access to children's palliative care across the UK, including ways to improve knowledge and awareness of children's palliative care across the sector.
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Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
