Laura Tucker

Laura Tucker is a mental health and social care researcher at the School for Business and Society, University of York. She holds a Strategic Programme Manager (Practitioner Research) role, focusing on community-led approaches to mental health interventions.

• Mental health social work
• Collaborative research with Gypsy and Traveller communities
• Feasibility trials for caregiver support programs
• Operationalizing social frailty in healthcare settings

Her current projects include:
• 'Hidden need': Suicide prevention in Gypsy and Traveller communities (NIHR Three Schools)
• Crossing boundaries: Co-designing mental health services with GRT communities
• CARERS Trial: Skills support for caregivers of individuals with complex emotional needs
• Operationalizing social frailty in UK health/social care settings