Health services, social science, policy and qualitative methods. 

l.mclaughlin@bangor.ac.uk

Department: School of Health Sciences, Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom, LL57 2EF

Phone: 00447561598600  E-mail: l.mclaughlin@bangor.ac.uk, leahmclaughlin@hotmail.com  Web: www.kidneyresearchunit.wales/ , https://www.britsoc.co.uk/groups/medical-sociology-groups/deconstructing-donation-special-interest-group/

• PhD
  Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2015
• MA: MA Creative practices
  2007
• BA: Batchelor of the Arts
  Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2005

Interested in a wide range of health services research in particular organ donation and transplant, patient and public involvement and complexity science. 

I am willing to supervise a PhD

2024

• PublishedEvaluation of the Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 2019 in England. Final report
  McLaughlin, L., Williams, L., Noyes, J., Al-Haboubi1, M., Boadu, P., Bostock, J., O'Neill, S., Thomas, K. & Mays, N., 2024, NIHR / Bangor University. (NIHR open research)
  Research output: Book/Report › Other report › peer-review
• PublishedImplementing a values-driven policy in a complex system: what happened when the soft opt-out system of organ donation was implemented in England?
  McLaughlin, L., Mar 2024.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• PublishedOpt-out laws designed to make organ donation easier may have actually made it harder, says research
  McLaughlin, L., 8 Oct 2024, The Conversation.
  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
• E-pub ahead of printPotential donor family behaviours, experiences and decisions following implementation of the Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 2019 in England: A qualitative study
  McLaughlin, L., Mays, N., Al-Haboubi, M., Williams, L., Bostock, J., Boadu, P. & Noyes, J., Feb 2025, In: Intensive & critical care nursing. 86, 103816.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedQualitative Content and Discourse Analysis Comparing the Current Consent Systems for Deceased Organ Donation in Spain and England
  Rees, K., Mclaughlin, L., Paredes-Zapata, D., Miller, C., Mays, N. & Noyes, J., 4 Jul 2024, In: Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation. 37, p. 12533
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTrends in organ donation in England, Scotland and Wales in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and ‘opt-out' legislation
  O'Neill, S., Thomas, K., McLaughlin, L., Boadu, P., Williams, L., Al-Haboubi1, M., Bostock, J., Noyes, J. & Mays, N., 31 Jul 2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 7, e0306541.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• E-pub ahead of printWhat Does the Evaluation of the Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 2019 in England Tell Us About the Effectiveness of Deemed Consent Systems for Deceased Organ Donation?
  McLaughlin, L. & Mays, N., 23 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Transplantation.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedWhat are the factors that determine treatment choices in patients with kidney failure: a retrospective cohort study using data linkage of routinely collected data in Wales
  Chess, J., Roberts, G., McLaughlin, L., Williams, G. & Noyes, J., 13 Feb 2024, In: BMJ Open. 14, 2, p. e082386 e082386.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• E-pub ahead of printWhy did England change its law on deceased organ donation in 2019? The dynamic interplay between evidence and values
  Williams, L., Bostock, J., Noyes, J., McLaughlin, L., O'Neill, S., Al-Haboubi1, M., Boadu, P. & Mays, N., 12 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Health Economics, Policy and Law. 17 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published“It was classed as a nonemergency”: Women's experiences of kidney disease and preconception decision‐making, family planning, and parenting in the United Kingdom during COVID ‐19
  McLaughlin, L., Noyes, J., Neukirchinger, B., Williams, D., Phillips, R. & Griffin, S., Jun 2024, In: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health . 56, 2, p. 147-157 11 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2023

• PublishedA machine-learning approach to estimating public intentions to become a living kidney donor in England: Evidence from repeated cross-sectional survey data
  Boadu, P., McLaughlin, L., Al-Haboubi, M., Bostock, J., Noyes, J., O'Neill, S. & Mays, N., 4 Jan 2023, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 10, 1052338.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedCo-productive studies of renal decision making
  McLaughlin, L., Jun 2023.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedFeminising care pathways: Mixed-methods study of reproductive options, decision making, pregnancy, post-natal care and parenting amongst women with kidney disease.
  Noyes, J. & McLaughlin, L., Aug 2023, In: Journal of Advanced Nursing. 79, 8, p. 3127-3146
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedGetting patients involved in research: methods, case studies and practical examples
  McLaughlin, L., 2023.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• PublishedImplementing a values-driven policy in a complex system: What happened when the soft opt-out system of organ donation was implemented in England?
  McLaughlin, L., Noyes, J., Boadu, P., Al-Haboubi, M., O'Neill, S., Williams, L., Bostock, J. & Mays, N., Sept 2023, European Society of Organ Donation and Transplantation.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
• PublishedMapping trust relationships in organ donation and transplantation: a conceptual model.
  Martínez-López, M. V., McLaughlin, L., Pabisiak, K., Primc, N., Randhawa, G., Rodríguez-Arias, D., Suárez, J., Wöhlke, S. & Delgado, J., 1 Nov 2023, In: BMC Medical Ethics. 24, 93.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedProtocol for a realist and social return on investment evaluation of the use of patient-reported outcomes in four value-based healthcare programmes
  Roberts, G., Cahill, A., Lawthom, C., Price, M., Blyth, C., Jones, C., Mc Laughlin, L. & Noyes, J., 27 Apr 2023, In: BMJ Open. 13, 4, e072234.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPublic attitudes, preferences and self-reported behaviour, related to deceased organ donation before and after the introduction of the ‘soft opt out’ consent system in England: Implications for ethnic minority donation
  Boadu, P., McLaughlin, L., Noyes, J., Al-Haboubi, M. & Williams, L., 8 Dec 2023.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• PublishedRealist and Social Return on Investment Evaluation of the use of Patient Reported Outcomes in Four Value Based Healthcare Programmes
  McLaughlin, L., 2023, International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) .
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
• PublishedThe implementation, use and impact of patient reported outcome measures in value-based healthcare programmes: A scoping review
  Silveira Bianchim, M., Crane, E., Jones, A., Noyes, J., Neukirchinger, B., Roberts , G. & McLaughlin, L., 6 Dec 2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 12, e0290976.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedUnderstanding people’s decisions when choosing or declining a kidney transplant: a qualitative evidence synthesis
  Jones, E., Shakespeare, K., McLaughlin, L. & Noyes, J., 10 Aug 2023, In: BMJ Open. 13, 8, p. e071348 e071348.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedUpdate WKRU year to date 2023: Welsh Kidney Research Unit Annual Meeting
  McLaughlin, L., 28 Sept 2023.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedWhat can we learn relevant to raising consent rates by comparing the current organ donation consent system in Spain and England? A qualitative content and discourse analysis
  McLaughlin, L., Jun 2023.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• PublishedWhen opposites do not attract – Implementing the principle of presumed consent into an informed family consent deceased organ donation system: Learning from initial implementation of the Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 2019 in England
  McLaughlin, L., Jun 2023.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• PublishedWhy don't more people choose dialysis at home
  McLaughlin, L., 5 Jun 2023.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedWhy don’t more people choose dialysis at home?
  McLaughlin, L., 2023.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

2022

• PublishedAssessing the efficacy of coproduction to better understand the barriers to achieving sustainability in NHS chronic kidney services and create alternate pathways
  Mc Laughlin, L., Williams, G., Roberts, G., Dallimore, D., Fellowes, D., Popham, J., Charles, J., Chess, J., Williams, S. H., Mathews, J., Howells, T., Stone, J., Isaac, L. & Noyes, J., Apr 2022, In: Health Expectations. 25, 2, p. 579-606 28 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedCurrent costs of dialysis modalities: A comprehensive analysis within the United Kingdom
  Roberts, G., Holmes, J., Williams, G., Chess, J., Hartfiel, N., Charles, J. M., McLauglin, L., Noyes, J. & Edwards, R. T., Nov 2022, In: Peritoneal dialysis international : journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis. 42, 6, p. 578-584 7 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedInterventions for and experiences of shared decision-making underpinning reproductive health, family planning options and pregnancy for women with or at high risk of kidney disease: a systematic review and qualitative framework synthesis
  Mc Laughlin, L., Neukirchinger, B. & Noyes, J., 8 Aug 2022, In: BMJ Open. 12, 8, e062392.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

• PublishedEngaging and supporting women with chronic kidney disease with pre-conception decision-making (including their experiences during COVID 19): A mixed-methods study protocol
  Phillips, R., McLaughlin, L., Williams, D., Williams, H., Noyes, J., Jones, C., Oleary, C., Mallett, C. & Griffin, S., Jun 2021, In: Journal of Advanced Nursing. 77, 6, p. 2887-2897 11 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSeeking consent for organ donation: Process evaluation of implementing a new Specialist Requester nursing role
  McLaughlin, L., Neukirchinger, B., Monks, J., Duncalf, S. & Noyes, J., Feb 2021, In: Journal of Advanced Nursing. 77, 2, p. 845-868
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedUnderstanding the low take-up of home-based dialysis through a shared decision-making lens: a qualitative study
  Noyes, J., Roberts, G., Williams, G., Chess, J. & Mc Laughlin, L., 29 Nov 2021, In: BMJ Open. 11, 11, e053937.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• PublishedIdentifying integrated health services and social care research priorities in kidney disease in Wales: research prioritisation exercise
  McLaughlin, L., Spence, S. & Noyes, J., 1 Oct 2020, In: BMJ Open. 10 , 9, 12 p., e036872.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

• PublishedDesigning a co-productive study to overcome known methodological challenges in organ donation research with bereaved family members
  Noyes, J., McLaughlin, L., Morgan, K., Roberts, A., Stephens, M., Bourne, J., Houlston, M., Houlston, J., Thomas, S., Rhys, R. G., Moss, B., Duncalf, S., Lee, D., Curtis, R., Madden, S. & Walton, P., Aug 2019, In: Health Expectations. 22, 4, p. 824-835 12 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMedia content analysis of the introduction of a ‘soft opt-out’ system of organ donation in Wales 2015-17
  Dallimore, D., Noyes, J. & McLaughlin, L., Jun 2019, In: Health Expectations. 22, 3, p. 485-495 11 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedProcess evaluation of specialist nurse implementation of a soft opt-out organ donation system in Wales
  Noyes, J., Mclaughlin, L., Morgan, K., Roberts, A., Moss, B., Stephens, M. & Walton, P., 24 Jun 2019, In: BMC Health Services Research. 19, 1, 414.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedShort-term impact of introducing a soft opt-out organ donation system in Wales: before and after study
  Noyes, J., McLaughlin, L., Morgan, K., Walton, P., Curtis, R., Madden, S., Roberts, A. & Stephens, M., 3 Apr 2019, In: BMJ Open. 9, 4, p. e025159
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedWhich factors determine treatment choices in patients with advanced kidney failure? a protocol for a co-productive, mixed methods study
  Roberts , G., Chess, J., Howells, T., McLaughlin, L., Williams, G., Charles, J., Dallimore, D., Edwards, R. T. & Noyes, J., 11 Oct 2019, In: BMJ Open. 9, 10, e031515.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• PublishedSocial care and older people with chronic kidney disease: a mixed-method narrative review
  Neukirchinger, B., McLaughlin, L., Roberts, N. & Noyes, J., Oct 2018, Bangor University/Wales Kidney Research Unit.
  Research output: Book/Report › Other report
• PublishedThe Organ Donation Study - Learning from Wales
  McLaughlin, L., Jun 2018.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• PublishedThe Organ Donation Study - learning from the Welsh Context
  McLaughlin, L., Apr 2018.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• PublishedWhat happened when the ‘soft opt-out’ to organ donation was implemented in Wales
  McLaughlin, L., Sept 2018.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

2017

• PublishedArtworks Cymru Participatory arts research and evaluation case study report
  Keay-Bright, W. & McLaughlin, L., Feb 2017, ArtWorks Cymru. 20 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• PublishedFamily Matters - making decisions with and for patients
  McLaughlin, L., Jun 2017.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedFamily attitudes, actions, decisions and experiences following implementation of deemed consent and the Human Transplantation (Wales) Act 2013: mixed-method study protocol
  Noyes, J., Morgan, K., Walton, P., Roberts, A., Mclaughlin, L. & Stephens, M., 12 Oct 2017, In: BMJ Open. 7, 10, p. e017287
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe Organ Donation Study - collaborating with NHSBT
  McLaughlin, L., Apr 2017.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• PublishedThe Organ Donation Study - early findings
  McLaughlin, L., Sept 2017.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• PublishedThe Organ Donation Study - key findings
  McLaughlin, L., 24 Sept 2017.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

2016

• PublishedThe Organ Donation Study - coproducing research
  McLaughlin, L., Mar 2016.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

2015

• PublishedBreaking Bread: Share, Cook, Eat, Learn, a new intergenerational service connecting marginalising communities
  McLaughlin, L., 16 Jul 2015.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedDesigning for intergenerational users
  McLaughlin, L., 6 Sept 2015.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedProFoundCoding: Exploring creative approaches to video practice and analysis in Special Need Schools
  McLaughlin, L., 18 Sept 2015.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2014

• PublishedImproving community engagement through an intergenerational service where participants share, cook, eat and Learn, Arts and Humanities Research Council
  McLaughlin, L. (Other), 2014
  Research output: Non-textual form › Design
• PublishedIn with Flynn: the ways video can reveal the artistic process of the ceramic artist Michael Flynn
  McLaughlin, L., Ferreira, A. R. (Editor) & Nolasco, A. (Editor), 1 Sept 2014, 9789898771063. 2014 ed. FBAUL, p. 179-202
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedProFoundCoding and ProEngagementCoding inclusive strategies and templates for teachers in special need schools to measure and disseminate engagement in their students through video.
  McLaughlin, L. (Other), 1 Aug 2014
  Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
• PublishedSimple ideas & applied approaches to the research process
  McLaughlin, L., 25 Nov 2014.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2013

• PublishedCapturing making in ceramic contemporary practice
  McLaughlin, L., 1 Jun 2013.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2012

• PublishedThe ways moving-images reveal the artistic process: a case study with the ceramic artist Philomena Pretsell
  McLaughlin, L., 9 Sept 2012.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2011

• PublishedBeginning approaches
  McLaughlin, L., 1 Nov 2011.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2010

• PublishedInteraction between ceramicist and material: an investigation using the moving image
  McLaughlin, L., 1 Nov 2010.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedInternational Ceramics and Glass festival, Montpellier France (Review)
  McLaughlin, L., 1 Mar 2010, In: Interpreting Ceramics. 12
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedUsing Video as a Research Tool
  McLaughlin, L., 10 Oct 2010, In: Making the Creative Process Visible.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

• PublishedInterpreting Ceramics
  McLaughlin, L., 1 Jul 2009.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2024

• British Sociology Association (External organisation)

  Co-Convenor Deconstructing Donation Special Interest Group

  2024 →

  Links:

  • https://www.britsoc.co.uk/groups/medical-sociology-groups/deconstructing-donation-special-interest-group/
  Activity: Membership of network (Member)

2023

• The European Platform on Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects of Organ Transplantation

  23 Mar 2023

  Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Member of programme committee)
• Health and Care Research Wales (HCRW) (External organisation)

  HCRW - awarding panel, advancing, emerging and accelerator grant awards

  2023 – 2024

  Activity: Membership of board (Member)
• Health and Care Research Wales (HCRW) (External organisation)

  HCRW priortisation and review, Advancing, Emerging and Accelerator Fellowships

  2023 →

  Activity: Membership of committee (Member)

2022

• Health and Care Research Wales (HCRW) (External organisation)

  HCRW - Priortisation Panel, RfPPB, Health awards

  2022 →

  Activity: Membership of board (Member)
• Health and Care Research Wales (HCRW) (External organisation)

  All Wales Priortisation Review Panel - RfPBB, Health and Social Care calls.

  2022 →

  Activity: Membership of board (Member)
• The European Platform on Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects of Organ Transplantation (External organisation)

  2022

  Activity: Membership of network (Member)

2021

• Cardiff University (External organisation)

  Wales Kidney Research Unit Tissue Bank Ethics Committee

  2021 →

  Activity: Membership of committee (Member)
• Queen's University, Belfast (External organisation)

  Special Interest Group: Sexual health needs in kidney disease

  2021 →

  Activity: Membership of network (Member)

2020

• Wales Clinical Renal Network (External organisation)

  2020 – 2022

  Activity: Membership of committee (Member)
• Wales Research Ethics Committee REC 1 (External organisation)

  2020 →

  Activity: Membership of committee (Chair)
• Wales Research Ethics Committee REC 1 (External organisation)

  HRA Research Ethics Committee - Wales REC 1

  2020 →

  Activity: Membership of committee (Member)

2019

• Elsevier (Publisher)

  Regular reviewer for Health, social and policy science journals including BMJ Series, BMC Series, JAN, IJNS, Frontiers and more.

  2019 →

  Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)
• Kidney research UK (External organisation)

  Kidney Research UK, Transplantation Clinical Study Group,

  2019 →

  Activity: Membership of network (Member)
• Paul Popham Fund (External organisation)

  Advisor to Befriending Services

  2019 →

  Activity: Membership of board (Member)
• Sage (Publisher)

  Regular reviewer for Health, social and policy science journals including BMJ Series, BMC Series, JAN, IJNS, Frontiers and more.

  2019 →

  Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)
• Springer (Publisher)

  Regular reviewer for Health, social and policy science journals including BMJ Series, BMC Series, JAN, IJNS, Frontiers and more.

  2019 →

  Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)
• Taylor and Francis (Publisher)

  Regular reviewer for Health, social and policy science journals including BMJ Series, BMC Series, JAN, IJNS, Frontiers and more.

  2019 →

  Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)
• Wiley (Publisher)

  Regular reviewer for Health journals including BMJ Series, BMC Series, JAN, IJNS, Frontiers and more

  2019 →

  Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)

2018

• British Transplant Society (External organisation)

  British Transplant Society

  2018

  Activity: Membership of network (Member)