Research interests
Understanding the experiences of people affected by cancer, life limiting illness and who are at the end of life; Nurse-led interventions for issues and problems confronted by patients with cancer and their families (in particular cancer-related fatigue); the contribution of nurses to achieving effective, patient-centred cancer, palliative and end of life care; mixed method evaluations of cancer and palliative care services; the emotional well-being of cancer, palliative and end of life care workforce; multi-disciplinary teamwork in cancer care.
Integrated/Combined research projects list
Applied Research Collaboration: Wessex. Funded by National Institute of Health Research UNDERWAY Find out more
Developing an outreach model from acute cancer nursing teams to support primary and community care services to address the need of cancer patients in Wessex and Thames Valley. Funded by Health Education England (Williams, F., Winter, J., Brodie, H., Richardson, A., Foster, C.) UNDERWAY
Supported self-management in people living with cancer that cannot be cured: understanding and characterising its value and role. Funded by Macmillan Cancer Support (Calman, L., Foster, C., Richardson, A., Berman, R., Restorick-Banks, S., Wagland, R., Demain, S .) UNDERWAY
Accessing medicines at end-of-life: a multi-stakeholder, mixed method evaluation of service provision. Funded by National Institute for Health Research Health Services & Delivery Research Programme (Latter, S., Bennett, M., Richardson, A., Blenkinsopp, A., Campling, N., Ewings, S, Meads, D., Santer, M.) UNDERWAY
Cancer: Life Affirming Survivorship support in Primary care (CLASP) Programme. National Institute for Health Research Programme Grants for Applied Research (Little, P., Yardley, P., Geraghty, A., Stuart, B., Foster, C., Leydon, G., Yao, L., Rathod, S., Richardson, A., Wilkinson, C., Boehning, D., Eccles, D., Watson, E, Lewith, G., White, P., Neal, R.) UNDERWAY
Methylphenidate versus placebo for fatigue in advanced cancer (MePFAC). Funded by National Institute of Health Research Health Technology Assessment Programme (Stone, P., Minton, O., Richardson, A., Hunter, R., Freemantle, M., King, M.) UNDERWAY
HORIZONS programme: Survivorship experiences’ and health outcomes in people with cancer. Funded by Macmillan Cancer Support (Foster, C., Calman, L., Haviland, J., Corner, J, May, C., Rogers, A., Richardson, A., Smith, P.) UNDERWAY Read about it here
A multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT) of a self-help cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) intervention to reduce the impact of hot flush and night sweat (HFNS) symptoms in men with prostate cancer undergoing androgen deprivation therapy (ADT): MANaging symptoms during prostate CANcer treatment (MANCAN2). Funded by National Institute for Health Research Research for Patient Benefit Programme (Crabb S., Fenlon, D., Nuttall, J., Martin, J., Hunter, M., Richardson, A., Ewings, S., Miles, M., Rafferty, J.) UNDERWAY
: EXPERTS II - How are patient and caregiver participation in health and social care shaped by experienced burden of treatment and social inequalities? A qualitative synthesis. Funded by National Institute for Health Research Health Services & Delivery Research Programme (May, C., Richardson, A., Chew-Graham, C., Gallacher, K., Mair, F., Nolte, E.) UNDERWAY
Nurse Assisted eHealth service from hospital to home: ameliorating burden of treatment among patients with non-communicable diseases. Funded by Norwegian Research Council (Husobo, A., Storm, M.., Svein, S., Mo, R., Richardson, A., Elwyn, G., May, C., Stromberg, A., Wagenaar, K., Hagen, L.) UNDERWAY
Development and testing of the national cancer quality of life metric. Funded by NHS England (Richardson, A., Keen, A.) COMPLETE
Access to nurse specialists and key workers. Funded by NHS England (Williams, F., Winter, J., Brodie, H., Richardson, A., Foster, C.) COMPLETE
Survey of healthcare professionals: enablers and barriers to pursuing a clinical research career. Funded by Health Education England & National Institute of Health Research (Richardson, A.) COMPLETE
HEE NIHR Cross funder NMAHP final full report April 2019
Cross Funder Survey Summary Document April 2019
Wessex CLAHRC. Theme 6 Minimally disruptive healthcare: complex pathways, patient experience and organisational behaviour National Institute for Health Research (May, C., Richardson A) Read more here COMPLETE
Community-based volunteer-led support for family caregivers caring for a relative or friend with palliative and/or end-life care needs at home (Co-Care). Funded by National Institute for Health Research Programme Development Grant (Corner, J Bailey, C., Richardson, A., Bowling, A., May, C., Hankins, M., Hulme, C., Richardson, H., Parker, A., Cronin, P., Duke, S., Geraghty, A Moore, M., McColl, E.) COMPLETE
Supporting carers providing end of life care during the transition from hospital to their family member’s preferred place of care. A participatory learning and action research study. Funded by National Institute for Health Research School for Social Care Research (Duke, S., Richardson, A., May, C., Lunt, N., Firth, P., Lund, S.) COMPLETE
Development, implementation and evaluation of the True NTH Supported Self-Management and Follow-Up Care Programme. Funded by Movember in partnership with Prostate Cancer UK (Richardson, A.) COMPLETE Find out more
Feasibility of establishing a cohort of lung cancer patients treated with curative intent radiotherapy to understand the recovery of health and wellbeing following treatment. Funded by Roy Castle Lung Foundation (Foster, C., Calman, L., Richardson, A., Smith, P., Baird, J., Edwards, J., Faivre-Finn, C.) COMPLETE
Feasibility of establishing a cohort of lung cancer patients treated with curative intent to gather patient reported outcomes. Funded by Roy Castle Lung Foundation (Foster, C., Calman, L., Smith, P., Beaver, K., Baird, J., Edwards, J., Richardson, A.) COMPLETE Read details here
Self-management of pain relief, nausea and constipation for patients approaching the end of life. Funded by National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment Programme (Bennett, M., Closs, J., Bekker, H., Meads, D., Blenkinsopp, A.,Flemming, K., Latter, S., Richardson, A., Coppock, S., Carder,P.,Farrin, A., Morley, S., Gallagher, J.,) COMPLETE Read final report here
PROACTIVE: Prostate cancer support intervention for managing active surveillance: multi-centre feasibility trial. Funded by Prostate Cancer UK (Lewith, G., Watts, S., Richardson, A., Leydon, G., Brindle, L., Arden-Close, E., Hughes, S., Moore, C., Carballo, L., Plant, H., Birch, B., Stuart, B., Yao, L, Bacon, R.) COMPLETE
An investigation about transferring patients in critical care home to die: experiences, attitudes, population characteristics and practice Marie Curie Cancer Care (Richardson, A., Coombs, M., Addington-Hall, J., Angus, C., Davis, C., Long-Sutehall,T., Threlfall, A., ) COMPLETE
A phase I-II feasibility trial of Cancer Carer Medicines Management (CCMM): an educational intervention for carer management of pain medication in cancer patients at end of life. Funded by Dimbleby Marie Curie Cancer Care (Latter, S., Hopkinson, J., Richardson, A., Duke, S., Anstey, S., Bennett, M., Smith. P., May, C.) COMPLETE
An investigation into the use of the EORTC Core instrument and the possible need of a module for the assessment of Health Related Quality of Life in Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) with cancer Funded by EORTC. (Darlington, A-S., Galalae, R., Johnson, C., Czimbalmos,A., Chie,W., Efficace, F., Bonnetain, F., Flechtner, H., Hall, G., Hooker, L., Richardson, A..) COMPLETE
The experience of patients with Cancer of Unknown Primary: Analysis from England’s national Cancer Patient Experience Survey programme. Cancer Australia and CUP Foundation (Schofield, P., Ratchford, D., Mileshkin,L., Bowtell, D., Gough, K., Richardson, A., Wagland, R., Wasan, H., Symons, J., Tatt, M.) COMPLETE
Understanding and perceptions of mindfulness-based interventions and development of an adapted mindfulness intervention for breast cancer patients. Funded by Breast Cancer Campaign. (Eyles, C., Copson, E., Foster, C., Richardson, A., Hoffman, C., Lewith, G., Fenlon, D., Leydon, G., Geraghty, A., Watts, S., Davies, G., Turner, L.) COMPLETE
Research group
Cancer and Life Limiting Conditions
Research theme
Health Needs
