Dr George Peat

Assistant Professor

School: Communities and Education

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. 1 Apr 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
Paediatric palliative care prescribing: midazolam multicentre pilot study, Fraser, L., Anderson, A., Wong, I., Peat, G., Harrop, E. 25 May 2025, In: BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
Parents’ experiences of paediatric end-of-life care in the UK: a multisite qualitative study, Peat, G., McLorie, E., Barrett, L., Weatherly, H., Hinde, S., Walker, G., Noyes, J., Oddie, S., Vasudevan, C., Feltbower, R., Phillips, B., Hewitt, C., Hain, R., Subramanian, G., Haynes, A., Fraser, L., Murtagh, F., Hackett, J. 26 Aug 2025, In: BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
Parents’ experiences of the financial and employment impacts of their child receiving end-of-life care: a national qualitative study, Barrett, L., Peat, G., McLorie, E., Weatherly, H., Hinde, S., Walker, G., Noyes, J., Oddie, S., Vasudevan, C., Feltbower, R., Phillips, B., Hewitt, C., Hain, R., Subramanian, G., Haynes, A., Murtagh, F., Hackett, J., Fraser, L. 4 Jun 2025, In: BMC Palliative Care
Social Care and Young Adults with Neuromuscular Conditions Diagnosed in Childhood: A Co-Produced Scoping Review, Peat, G., Glover, S., Radu, C., Jones, S., Binney, G., Parkin, J., Liddiard, K., Fraser, L., Abbott, D. 15 Jul 2025, In: Journal of Long-Term Care
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