Professor Liz Forbat

Professor

Faculty of Social Sciences Colin Bell Building, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Professor Liz Forbat

Contact details

About me

I am a research psychologist and family therapist. My research and clinical practice focus on how families and relationships are impacted when someone gets ill, for example with cancer or other life-limiting and life-threatening conditions. I also have a stream of work on conflict in healthcare.

Alongside my research and teaching, I am Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

I am a senior fellow of the HEA, registered psychotherapist with UKCP, and a graduate member of the British Psychological Society.

My research projects centralise patient/carer involvement, to ensure that the work I do is always grounded in their priorities. I supervise doctoral students on topics such as family and professional relationships in palliative care, prostate cancer service development. 

I am on bluesky: @LizForbat.bsky.social

Supervision of PhDs/Clinical or Professional Doctorates would include the following areas: palliative care, ageing, families and health, family therapy, carers, health services research, cancer, dementia, health care conflict, user involvement/PPI.

I work in the dementia and ageing Division of the Faculty of Social Sciences, where we house the MSc Gerontology and Global Ageing and MSc Dementia Studies. So if you're interested in global ageing, dementia, care, ageing, international services and evidence then come and study with us!

I am interested in a range of ideas and topics which coalesce around developing understandings and interventions about the impact of health and ageing on relationships and the impact of relationships on health. My research spans a range of conditions including cancer and dementia.

Supervision of PhDs/Clinical or Professional Doctorates would include the following areas: palliative care, ageing, families and health, family therapy, carers, health services research, cancer, dementia, health care conflict, user involvement/PPI.

Consultancy

Mental Health And Wellbeing In Advanced Illness: Identifying And Prioritising Key Research Questions
Marie Curie Cancer Care

https://www.mainexchange.org.uk/
Team member of a Marie Curie funded research prioritisation exercise focused on mental health/wellbeing for people approaching end of life.

Other Project

Developing a measure of conflict between health professionals and families
Australian Catholic University

Supporting provision of palliative care in the home environment: a proof of concept study.
Calvary Health Care ACT and Australian Catholic University

Developing and testing a conflict management framework
Medical Mediation Foundation

Integrating Specialist Palliative Care into Residential Care for Older People: A Stepped Wedge Trial (INSPIRED Trial)
Calvary Health Care ACT, Australian National University and Australian Catholic University

Stepped wedge randomised control trial testing 'palliative care needs rounds' in nursing homes in Australia.

End of life planning for people with dementia “Dying to talk in dementia”
Palliative Care Australia

A study evaluating tools to enable people living with mild and moderate dementia to start talking about their end of life goals of care and wishes.

Developing an educational and support resource for neonatal staff in managing the deaths of infants: An experience based co-design study.
Canberra Hospital

Professional membership

Systemic family psychotherapist

Research projects (19)

Medication safety needs rounds: reducing medication-induced harm in aged care homes
PI: Professor Liz Forbat
Funded by: Medical Research Future Fund
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Financial insecurity at end of life for people on work related visas
PI: Professor Liz Forbat
Funded by: Marie Curie Cancer Care
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Improving end of life care: supporting the workforce and reducing hospitalisations through an implementation study in care homes
PI: Professor Liz Forbat
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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A meta-ethnography of how children and young people with chronic non-cancer pain and their families experience and understand their condition, pain services and treatments
PI: Professor Emma France
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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Living Right Up To The End
PI: Professor Liz Forbat
Funded by: Strathcarron Hospice
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Covid 19 Rapid Response: Co-design of a carer support app: connecting carers to help prevent infection and improve resilience
PI: Professor Liz Forbat
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Evaluation of Teenage Cancer Trust education intervention funded by the Detect Cancer Early Campaign
PI:
Funded by: Teenage Cancer Trust
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Carers Interviewing Other Carers
PI: Professor Liz Forbat
Funded by: Palliative Care MCN (NHS Lanarkshire)
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Cancer as a catalyst for change? Extent and predictors of changes in diet, physical activity and tobacco use after colorectal cancer diagnosis
PI:
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Psychosexual Support Following Prostate Cancer Surgery: Feasibility and Outcomes of a Couple-Based Intervention
PI: Professor Liz Forbat
Funded by: Prostate Action
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Resolve’ : The Evelina Medical Mediation and Conflict Management Project
PI: Professor Liz Forbat
Funded by: Medical Mediation Foundation
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The symptom profile and experience of children with rare life-limiting conditions: perspectives of their families and key health professionals
PI: Professor Liz Forbat
Funded by: C H A S - Childrens Hospice Association Scotland and Palliative Care MCN (NHS Lanarkshire)
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Cancer Survivorship in Scotland: living with and beyond cancer in Scotland
PI:
Funded by: Macmillan Cancer Support
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Advanced Symptom Management System (ASyMS-Ch) for use in children receiving palliative cancer care
PI: Professor Liz Forbat
Funded by: Yorkhill Hospital
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Review and Analysis of Department of Health £30m Funding Programme for Children' s Palliative Care
PI: Professor Liz Forbat
Funded by: Together for Short Lives
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Advanced Prostate Cancer: exploring the reasons for late presentation and diagnosis
PI: Professor Liz Forbat
Funded by: The Prostate Cancer Charity
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Family Experience as prognostic indicators: an evaluation of the Haven's support services
PI: Professor Liz Forbat
Funded by: Palliative Care MCN (NHS Lanarkshire)
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Patients with non-malignant disease and their family members identifying the need for palliative and end of life care: a review of the evidence
PI:
Funded by: Palliative Care MCN (NHS Lanarkshire)
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Evaluating Family Support Needs of People Using Hospice Services- Research Study
PI: Professor Liz Forbat
Funded by: Strathcarron Hospice
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Outputs (156)

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Article

"More support, less distress?": Examining the role of social norms in alleviating practitioners' psychological distress in the context of assisted dying services

Wibisono S, Mavandadi P, Wilkinson S, Amiot C, Forbat L, Thomas EF, Allen F, Decety J, Noonan K, Minto K, Breen LJ, Kho M, Crane M, Lizzio-Wilson M, Molenberghs P & Louis W (2024) "More support, less distress?": Examining the role of social norms in alleviating practitioners' psychological distress in the context of assisted dying services. Death Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2024.2337189

Article

Supporting care home residents in the last year of life through ‘Needs Rounds’: Development of a pre-implementation programme theory through a rapid collaborative online approach

Macgregor A, McCormack B, Spilsbury K, Hockley J, Rutherford A, Ogden M, Soulsby I, McKenzie M, Hanratty B & Forbat L (2023) Supporting care home residents in the last year of life through ‘Needs Rounds’: Development of a pre-implementation programme theory through a rapid collaborative online approach. Frontiers in Health Services, 2, Art. No.: 1019602. https://doi.org/10.3389/frhs.2022.1019602

Presentation / Talk

How children and young people with chronic pain and their families experience and perceive pain services and treatments and living with pain: a meta-ethnography

France E, Caes L, Uny I, Forbat L, Silveira Bianchim M, Noyes J, Jordan A, Turley R & Thomson K (2023) How children and young people with chronic pain and their families experience and perceive pain services and treatments and living with pain: a meta-ethnography. Lothian Health and Care Professions Research Conference 2023, Edinburgh, Scotland, 07.11.2023.

Review

A meta-ethnography of how children and young people with chronic non-cancer pain and their families experience and understand their condition, pain services, and treatments

France E, Uny I, Turley R, Thomson K, Noyes J, Jordan A, Forbat L, Caes L & Silveira Bianchim M (2023) A meta-ethnography of how children and young people with chronic non-cancer pain and their families experience and understand their condition, pain services, and treatments. Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care Group (Editor) Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023 (10), Art. No.: CD014873. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd014873.pub2

Conference Paper (unpublished)

Co-producing with children and young people for a meta-ethnography on experiences of chronic pain, treatments and services.

Silveira Bianchim M, Jordan A, Uny I, Noyes J, Forbat L, Line C, Ruth T & France E (2023) Co-producing with children and young people for a meta-ethnography on experiences of chronic pain, treatments and services.. Abstracts of the 27th Cochrane Colloquium. Cochrane Colloquium, London, UK, 04.09.2023-06.09.2023. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd202301

Article

Using Latent Profile Analysis to Understand Health Practitioners’ Attitudes Toward Voluntary Assisted Dying

Lizzio-Wilson M, Thomas EF, Louis WR, Crane MF, Kho M, Molenberghs P, Wibisono S, Minto K, Amiot CE, Decety J, Breen LJ, Noonan K, Forbat L & Allen F (2023) Using Latent Profile Analysis to Understand Health Practitioners’ Attitudes Toward Voluntary Assisted Dying. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, p. 003022282211494. https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228221149453

Article

A meta-ethnography of how children and young people with chronic non-cancer pain and their families experience and understand their condition, pain services, and treatments

France E, Noyes J, Forbat L, Uny DI, Jordan A, Caes L & Turley R (2022) A meta-ethnography of how children and young people with chronic non-cancer pain and their families experience and understand their condition, pain services, and treatments. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2022 (7), Art. No.: CD014873. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd014873

Article

Attitudes Toward and Experience With Assisted-Death Services and Psychological Implications for Health Practitioners: A Narrative Systematic Review

Wibisono S, Minto K, Lizzio-Wilson M, Thomas EF, Crane M, Molenberghs P, Kho M, Amiot CE, Decety J, Breen LJ, Noonan K, Forbat L & Louis W (2022) Attitudes Toward and Experience With Assisted-Death Services and Psychological Implications for Health Practitioners: A Narrative Systematic Review. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying. https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228221138997

Conference Abstract

522 A meta-ethnography of how children and young people with chronic pain and their families experience and perceive pain services and treatments and living with pain

France E, Turley R, Uny I, Forbat L, Caes L, Jordan A, Noyes J & Bianchim MS (2022) 522 A meta-ethnography of how children and young people with chronic pain and their families experience and perceive pain services and treatments and living with pain. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Liverpool. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 107 (Supplement 2), pp. A514-A515. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2022-rcpch.828

Poster

A synthesis investigating how young people with chronic pain from sickle cell disease and their families experience and understand their condition, pain services and treatments

France E, Turley R, Uny I, Forbat L, Caes L, Jordan A, Noyes J & Silveira Bianchim M (2022) A synthesis investigating how young people with chronic pain from sickle cell disease and their families experience and understand their condition, pain services and treatments. Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference 2022, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 07.04.2022-09.04.2022.

Poster

A synthesis investigating how young people with chronic pain from sickle cell disease and their families experience and understand their condition, pain services and treatments

France E, Turley R, Uny I, Forbat L, Caes L, Jordan A, Noyes J & Silveria Bianchim M (2022) A synthesis investigating how young people with chronic pain from sickle cell disease and their families experience and understand their condition, pain services and treatments. 13th International Symposium on Pediatric Pain, Auckland New Zealand & online, 24.03.2022-27.03.2022.

Article

Palliative and end-of-life care in care homes: protocol for codesigning and implementing an appropriate scalable model of Needs Rounds in the UK

Macgregor A, Rutherford A, McCormack B, Hockley J, Ogden M, Soulsby I, McKenzie M, Spilsbury K, Hanratty B & Forbat L (2021) Palliative and end-of-life care in care homes: protocol for codesigning and implementing an appropriate scalable model of Needs Rounds in the UK. BMJ Open, 11 (2), Art. No.: e049486. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049486

Article

Palliative care Needs Rounds in rural residential aged care: A mixed-methods study exploring experiences and perceptions of staff and general practitioners

Rainsford S, Johnston N, Liu W, Glasgow N & Forbat L (2020) Palliative care Needs Rounds in rural residential aged care: A mixed-methods study exploring experiences and perceptions of staff and general practitioners. Progress in Palliative Care, 28 (5), pp. 308-317. https://doi.org/10.1080/09699260.2019.1698177

Book Chapter

An Electronic Questionnaire for Liver Assessment in Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (LeQCDG): A Patient-Centered Study

Marques-da-Silva D, Francisco R, dos Reis Ferreira V, Forbat L, Lagoa R, Videira PA, Witters P, Jaeken J & Cassiman D (2019) An Electronic Questionnaire for Liver Assessment in Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (LeQCDG): A Patient-Centered Study. In: Morava E, Baumgartner M, Patterson M, Rahman S, Zschocke J & Peters V (eds.) JIMD Reports. 1st ed. JIMD Reports, 44. Berlin: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 55-64. https://doi.org/10.1007/8904_2018_121

Article

Distance education methods are useful for delivering education to palliative caregivers: A single-arm trial of an education package (PalliativE Caregivers Education Package)

Forbat L, Robinson R, Bilton-Simek R, Francois K, Lewis M & Haraldsdottir E (2018) Distance education methods are useful for delivering education to palliative caregivers: A single-arm trial of an education package (PalliativE Caregivers Education Package). Palliative Medicine, 32 (2), pp. 581-588. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216317712849

Article

Training paediatric healthcare staff in recognising, understanding and managing conflict with patients and families: findings from a survey on immediate and 6-month impact

Forbat E, Simons J, Sayer C, Davies M & Barclay S (2017) Training paediatric healthcare staff in recognising, understanding and managing conflict with patients and families: findings from a survey on immediate and 6-month impact. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 102 (3), pp. 250-254. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2016-310737

Other

Protocol: INSPIRED Trial

Forbat E, Johnston N, Chapman M, Liu WM, Lovell C, Parker D, Lam L & Agar M (2016) Protocol: INSPIRED Trial. Australia.

Conference Abstract

Constructing knowledge in Family Research: The Impact of Methodological Choices

Carolan C, Smith A & Forbat L (2016) Constructing knowledge in Family Research: The Impact of Methodological Choices. IIQM 15th Annual Qualitative Methods Conference 2016, Glasgow, 03/05/2016 - 05/05/2016. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 15 (1), p. 9. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1609406916672113; https://doi.org/10.1177/1609406916672113

Commentary

Response to Editorial Comment “There's a Long Way to Go, But Now We Have a Map”

Robertson J, McNamee P, McNamee P, Molloy G, Hubbard G, McNeill A, Bollina PR, Kelly D & Forbat L (2016) Response to Editorial Comment “There's a Long Way to Go, But Now We Have a Map”. Commentary on: Jane Robertson, Phillip McNamee, Gerry Molloy, Gill Hubbard, Alan McNeill, Prasad Bollina, Daniel Kelly, Liz Forbat, Couple-Based Psychosexual Support Following Prostate Cancer Surgery: Results of a Feasibility Pilot Randomized Control Trial, The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Volume 13, Issue 8, August 2016, Pages 1233-1242 Mohit Khera, Editorial Comment on "Couple-Based Psychosexual Support Following Prostate Cancer Surgery: Results of a Feasibility Pilot Randomized Control Trial", The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Volume 13, Issue 8, August 2016, Pages 1243-1244. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 13 (8), p. 1245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2016.06.001

Article

Couple-based psychosexual support following prostate cancer surgery: Results of a feasibility pilot randomized control trial

McNamee P, McNeill A, Bollina P, Robertson J, McNamee P, Molloy G, Hubbard G, McNeill SA, Bollina PR, Kelly D & Forbat L (2016) Couple-based psychosexual support following prostate cancer surgery: Results of a feasibility pilot randomized control trial. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 13 (8), pp. 1233-1242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2016.05.013

Article

School-based brief psycho-educational intervention to raise adolescent cancer awareness and address barriers to medical help-seeking about cancer: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Hubbard G, Stoddart I, Forbat L, Neal RD, O'Carroll R, Haw S & Kyle R (2016) School-based brief psycho-educational intervention to raise adolescent cancer awareness and address barriers to medical help-seeking about cancer: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Psycho-Oncology, 25 (7), pp. 760-771. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.4001

Article

Exploring the feasibility and acceptability of couple-based psychosexual support following prostate cancer surgery: Study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial

Robertson J, Molloy G, Bollina PR, Kelly D, McNeill SA & Forbat L (2014) Exploring the feasibility and acceptability of couple-based psychosexual support following prostate cancer surgery: Study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial. Trials, 15, Art. No.: 183. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-183

Article

Do health behaviours change after colonoscopy? A prospective cohort study on diet, alcohol, physical activity and smoking among patients and their partners

Hubbard G, Brown A, Campbell A, Campbell NC, Diament R, Fielding S, Forbat L, Masson L, O'Carroll R, Stein K & Morrison DS (2014) Do health behaviours change after colonoscopy? A prospective cohort study on diet, alcohol, physical activity and smoking among patients and their partners. BMJ Open, 4 (1), Art. No.: e003706. http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/4/1/e003706.full.pdf+html; https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003706

Article

Adolescent Cancer Education (ACE) to increase adolescent and parent cancer awareness and communication: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

Kyle RG, Macmillan I, Rauchhaus P, O'Carroll R, Neal RD, Forbat L, Haw S & Hubbard G (2013) Adolescent Cancer Education (ACE) to increase adolescent and parent cancer awareness and communication: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials, 14, Art. No.: 286. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-286

Article

Relational mechanisms and psychological outcomes in couples affected by breast cancer: a systematic narrative analysis of the literature

Hubbard G, Menzies S, Flynn P, Adams S, Haseen F, Thomas I, Scanlon K, Reed L & Forbat L (2013) Relational mechanisms and psychological outcomes in couples affected by breast cancer: a systematic narrative analysis of the literature. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, 3 (3), pp. 309-317. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000274

Conference Paper (published)

Developing an online information intervention for parents sharing information about acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with their child

Bryan G, Kumpunen S, Forbat L, Goulden N, Horstman M, MacIntyre G, Ranasinghe N, Say T & Gibson F (2012) Developing an online information intervention for parents sharing information about acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with their child. In: volume 59. 44th Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) 2012, London, United Kingdom, 05.10.2012-08.10.2012. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 975-975. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.24295

Conference Abstract

Symptoms in Children with Rare Life-Limiting Conditions: Findings from a Prospective Mixed-Method Study

Malcolm C, Adams S, Anderson G, Hain R, Gibson F, Morley A, Forbat L & Carragher P (2012) Symptoms in Children with Rare Life-Limiting Conditions: Findings from a Prospective Mixed-Method Study. 19th International Congress on Palliative Care, Montreal, Canada, 09/10/2012 - 12/10/2012. Journal of Palliative Care, 28 (3), pp. 190-190. http://criugm.qc.ca/journalofpalliativecare/archives/

Book Review

Cancer in Children and Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: Current Research Aspects

Forbat L (2012) Cancer in Children and Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: Current Research Aspects. Review of:
Daniel Satgé and Joav Merrick (eds), New York, Nova biomedical Books, 2011, pp. 315. ISBN: 978-1-61761-856-7
Daniel Satgé, Joav Merrick (eds), New York, Nova biomedical Books, 2011, pp. 315. ISBN: 978-1-61761-856-7. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 40 (3), pp. 245-245. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-3156.2012.00755.x

Research Report

The symptom profile and experience of children with rare life-limiting conditions: Perspectives of their families and key health professionals

Malcolm C, Adams S, Anderson G, Gibson F, Hain R, Morley A & Forbat L (2011) The symptom profile and experience of children with rare life-limiting conditions: Perspectives of their families and key health professionals. C H A S - Childrens Hospice Association Scotland. Cancer Care Research Centre, University of Stirling. http://www.bdfa-uk.org.uk/other-batten-disease-research/symptom-profile-and-experience-children-rare-life-limiting-conditions

Conference Paper (published)

Navigating specialist information during treatment: The roles of parents and professionals

Gibson F, Aldiss S, Bryan G, Forbat L, Horstman M, Kumpunen S, Say T & Goulden N (2011) Navigating specialist information during treatment: The roles of parents and professionals. In: volume 57. 43rd Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) 2011, Auckland, New Zealand, 28.10.2011-30.10.2011. Wiley, pp. 715-715. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pbc.23299/abstract; https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.23299

Article

The ripple effect in community nursing

Forbat L (2011) The ripple effect in community nursing. British Journal of Community Nursing, 16 (5), p. 213. http://www.internurse.com/cgi-bin/go.pl/library/abstract.html?uid=83613

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Teaching

I am a senior fellow of the HEA. My teaching focuses on research methods, on master's courses on global ageing and gerontology. I also supervise undergraduate and doctoral students.

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