Overview
Health services, social care, policy and qualitative methods researcher.
Additional Contact Information
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/
Qualifications
- PhD
Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2015 - MA: MA Creative practices
2007 - BA: Batchelor of the Arts
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2005
Research Interests
Interested in a wide range of health and social care services, policy and health systems research
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
I am willing to supervise a PhD
Publications
2024
- 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 - 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 - 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
Activities
2024
- British Sociology Association (External organisation)
Co-Convenor Deconstructing Donation Special Interest Group
2024 →
Links:
Activity: Membership of network (Chair)
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 (Editorial board member) - 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 (Editorial board member) - Wiley (Publisher)
Regular reviewer for Health journals including BMJ Series, BMC Series, JAN, IJNS, Frontiers and more
2019 →
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)