Dr Paul Taylor

MB ChB, PhD

School of Medicine and Population Health

St Luke’s Senior Clinical Lecturer in Palliative Medicine

P.M.Taylor@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0840
Regent Court (ScHARR)

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Dr Paul Taylor
School of Medicine and Population Health
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
Profile

I am a Palliative Medicine physician working at St Luke’s Hospice in Sheffield, having 6 years of consultant experience.  During specialist training, I completed a PhD in Health Sciences at Hull and York Medical School, which was awarded in 2012.

I moved to Sheffield in 2017 as a Senior Clinical Lecturer, to develop my own research interests and lead St Luke’s research strategy.  I divide my work between St Luke’s Hospice and the ±¬ÁÏTV, with additional support to Sheffield Teaching Hospitals when needed.

Research interests

My research interests include prognostication and clinical decision-making, particularly with respect to end of life care.  In addition to developing my own ambitions, I have worked with St Luke’s on their existing research portfolio, including EnComPaSS and project ECHO. 

I have collaborated with researchers nationally to support St Luke’s involvement with the £1.3m Yorkshire Cancer Research funded RESOLVE study, and the NIHR portfolio StOIC study, exploring management of opioid-induced constipation in cancer patients.

In collaboration with colleagues at ScHARR, I am undertaking research into Avoiding Emergency Admissions in Palliative Patients, funded by the Sheffield Health Care Challenges Collaboration.

Publications

Journal articles

  • Bayley Z, Forward C, Elliott-Button H, Krygier J, White C, Pearson M, Walker L, Moss C, Hussain J, Taylor P , Wray J et al (2025) . Research Involvement and Engagement.
  • Boland EG, Khamis A, Tay KT, Chater K, Taylor P, Landon A, Ross J & Murtagh FEM (2025) . Supportive Care in Cancer, 33(10).
  • Manson J, Taylor P, Mawson S, Bayly J, Keen C, Gath J, Green T, Anderson F, Smith R & O’Cathain A (2025) . Palliative Medicine, 39(7), 734-749.
  • Burdon J, Fingas S, Parry R, Pitsillides C & Taylor P (2025) . BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 15(2), 262-265.
  • Joddrell P, Manson J, Kyeremateng S, Pilkington G, Ariss S, Lowrie K, McTague L & Taylor PM (2024) . Health Informatics Journal, 30(4).
  • Abbey E, Ali M, Cooper M, Taylor P & Mayland CR (2024) . Palliative Medicine, 38(9), 923-934.
  • Forward C, Bayley Z, Walker L, Krygier J, White C, Mwaba K, Elliott-button H, Taylor P & Johnson MJ (2024) . BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 14(e3), e2330-e2340.
  • Bayley Z, Bothma J, Bravington A, Forward C, Hussain J, Manthorpe J, Pearson M, Roberts H, Taylor P, Walker L , White C et al (2024) . PLOS ONE, 19(2), e0298925-e0298925.
  • Taylor P, Stone T, Simpson R, Kyeremateng S & Mason S (2024) . BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 14(e1), e476-e479.
  • Ariss SMB, Taylor P, Fitzsimmons D, Kyeremateng S & Mawson S (2024) . BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 14(e1).
  • Bayley Z, Bothma J, Bravington A, Forward C, Hussain J, Manthorpe J, Pearson M, Roberts H, Taylor P, Walker L , White C et al (2023) . PLOS ONE, 18(12).
  • Lee GC, Kyeremateng S, Taylor P, Jones C, Hammond P & McTague L (2023) . BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 13(2), 247-254.
  • Hodge A, Manson J, McTague L, Kyeremateng S & Taylor P (2022) . British Paramedic Journal, 7(3), 51-58.
  • Mayland C, Sunderland KA, Cooper M, Taylor P, Powell PA, Zeigler L, Cox V, Gilman C, Turner N, Flemming K & Fraser LK (2022) . Palliative Medicine, 36(8), 1186-1206.
  • Walzl N, Sammy IA, Taylor PM, Smith JE & Lowe DJ (2022) . Emergency Medicine Journal, 39(2), 147-156.
  • Limbu T & Taylor PM (2021) . British Journal of Nursing, 30(18), 1084-1089.
  • Manson J, Gardiner C, Taylor P, Ghasemi L, Westerdale-Shaw E, Sutton L & Cawley H (2021) . BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care.
  • Manson J, Ghasemi L, Westerdale E, Taylor P, Kyeremateng S & McTague L (2020) . Nursing Older People, 35(2).
  • Taylor P, Johnson MJ & Dowding DW (2020) . BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, 10(3), e26.
  • Cooper E, Hutchinson A, Sheikh Z, Taylor P, Townend W & Johnson MJ (2018) . Palliative Medicine, 32(9), 1443-1454.
  • Taylor P, Crouch S, Howell DA, Dowding DW & Johnson MJ (2018) . Journal of Pain and Symptom Management , 55(5), 1335-1340.
  • Taylor P, Dowding D & Johnson M (2017) . BMC Palliative Care, 16(1), ---.
  • Cocks H, Ah-See K, Capel M & Taylor P (2016) . The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 130(S2), S198-S207.
  • Taylor P, Crouch S, Howell DA, Dowding DW & Johnson MJ (2015) . Palliative Medicine, 29(2), 120-127.
  • Taylor P, Hussain JA & Gadoud A (2013) . British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 74(6), 331-334.
  • Hussain JA, Gadoud A & Taylor P (2013) . British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 74(4), 218-222.
  • Gadoud A, Taylor P & Hussain JA (2013) . British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 74(5), 271-274.
  • Taylor PM & Johnson M (2011) . British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 72(8), 446-450.
  • Bayley Z, Forward C, White C, Elliott-Button H, Krygier J, Walker L, Pearson M, Hussain J, Taylor P, Wray J , Roberts H et al () . Palliative Medicine.
  • Abbey E, Katy S, Cooper M, Taylor P & Mayland C () Patient perceptions of advance care planning within primary care: a systematic review of facilitators and barriers. BMC Palliative Care.

Conference proceedings

  • Powell P, Cooper M, Taylor P, Taylor P, Zeigler L, Cox V, Gilman C, Turner N, Flemming K, Fraser L & Mayland C (2022) Measuring quality of dying, death and end-of-life care for children and young people: a scoping review of available tools. QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH, Vol. 31 (pp S27-S27)
  • Hodge A, McTague L, Manson J & Taylor P (2019) . Poster Presentations (pp A32.1-A32)
  • McTague L, Hodge A, Williams C, Taylor P & Kyeremateng S (2019) . Oral presentations (pp A3.3-A4)
  • Taylor P, Mawson S & Ariss S (2019) . Poster presentations (pp A40.2-A40)

Preprints

  • Elliott-Button HL, Mwaba K, Bayley Z, Bothma J, Forward C, Hussain J, Krygier J, Pearson M, Taylor P, White C , Wray J et al (2025) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • White C, Forward C, Bayley Z, Elliott-Button H, Krygier J, Bravington A, Begum S, Bothma J, Hussain J, Johnson M , Moss C et al (2025) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Teaching interests
  • Teaching medical students as a consultant in Palliative Medicine; both clinically and lecture-based
  • Educational support and supervision to doctors in training; both foundation grade and specialist registrars
  • Providing multi-professional learning to clinical and non-clinical staff at St Luke’s
  • Supervision of Masters students as part of the ScHARR Masters in Clinical Research programme
Professional activities and memberships
  • Member and contributor to the Sheffield Palliative Care Research Network
  • Member of the Association for Palliative Medicine (APM)
  • Member of the Royal College of Physicians
  • On the General Medical Council Specialist Register