Experiences of staff providing specialist palliative care during COVID-19: a multiple qualitative case study.
Andy BradshawLesley DunleavyIan GarnerNancy PrestonSabrina BajwahRachel CrippsLorna K FraserMatthew MaddocksMevhibe HocaogluFliss E M MurtaghAdejoke O OluyaseKatherine E SleemanIrene J HigginsonCatherine WalshePublished in: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine (2022)
This study provides a unique insight into why and how healthcare staff have experienced moral distress during the pandemic, and how organisations have responded. Despite their experience of dealing with death and dying, the mental health and well-being of palliative care staff was affected by the pandemic. Organisational, structural and policy changes are urgently required to mitigate and manage these impacts.