Kate Flemming

Professor Kate Flemming is the Head of Department of Health Sciences at the University of York, specializing in palliative care nursing and qualitative evidence synthesis. She leads integration of research into teaching curricula and serves as co-convener of the Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group. Her clinical expertise spans motor neurone disease, advanced cancer pain management, and smoking cessation in pregnancy.

Research Interests

• Systematic synthesis of qualitative health research
• End-of-life care models
• Health inequities in homeless populations
• Pain management in oncology
• Implementation science methods

2025-2024 Research Trends show focus on:

• Homelessness palliative care frameworks
• Music therapy in pediatric end-of-life care
• TIFFIN co-production methodology
• Post-surgical cardiac rehabilitation
• Implementation challenges in oncology services
• Smokeless tobacco dynamics in South Asia

External Activities

• Co-convener, Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group
• Trustee, St Leonard’s Hospice, York

Contact

• Room 223, University of York
• kate.flemming@york.ac.uk