Dr Susan Neilson PhD, MSc, BSc(Hons), DPSN DN, RSCN, RGN, PGCLTHE

• Post-Graduate Certificate Learning and Teaching in Higher Education 2017.
• Non-medical independent and supplementary prescribing, 2010.
• PhD Paediatric palliative care, 2009.
• MSc Cancer Care, 1998.
• BSc (Hons) Health Studies, 1995.
• DPSN DN Professional Studies: District Nursing, 1993.
• RSCN, 1988.
• RGN, 1983.

Sue Neilson has an extensive clinical nursing background in paediatric oncology and holds an honorary contract with the palliative care team at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

Sue has undertaken research examining palliative, end of life and bereavement care for children and young people in both hospital and community settings. Her work to date has focused on the experiences of the child/young person, family and health professional. 

Undergraduate

• BNurs (Child)
• MNurs
• MNurs Dual Registration
• MSc Graduate Entry Nursing 

Post-graduate

Principles of palliative care for children and young people

Sue also contributes to other modules in the areas of palliative, end of life, bereavement care and research methods.

Sue is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:

• Palliative and end of life care
• Bereavement support
• Nursing
• Research using qualitative methodology

If you are interested in studying in any of these subject areas please contact Sue on the contact details above or for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email mds-gradschool@contacts.bham.ac.uk

Research themes

• Health care professionals experience of palliative care.
• Children and young people’s palliative and end of life care.
• Bereavement support.
• Qualitative methodology.

Research Activity

Children and young people’s palliative, end of life and bereavement care.

The main emphasis of Sue’s work has been in paediatric palliative and end of life care. Areas have included health professional’s experiences of providing palliative care to children and young people in the family home and exploring the role of the GP in paediatric palliative and end of care and bereavement support.

• End of Life Research Programme, School of Nursing, University of Birmingham.
• Birmingham Woman’s and Children’s Hospital Research Foundation Scientific Committee
• Birmingham Woman’s and Children’s Hospital Palliative and Bereavement Research Interest Group (Chair).
• West Midland Paediatric Palliative Care Network Research sub-group (Co-vice chair).
• Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals Research Group (NMAHPS).