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 University of Sheffield, 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

  • 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.
  • 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