Dr Graham McClelland

Assistant Professor

Department: Nursing, Midwifery & Health

I am a paramedic by background and worked for North East Ambulance Service for 20 years (Advanced Technician, Paramedic, HART Paramedic, Research Paramedic, Paramedic Research Fellow) before joining Northumbria University. I have been involved in clinical research since 2011 and would describe myself as a pragmatic mixed methods researcher.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

My research interests include prehospital and emergency care of stroke as well as prehospital care of other time critical conditions. More broadly I am interested in anything involving paramedics or ambulance services.

Key Publications

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Co-design of a Mobile Stroke Unit pathway highlights uncertainties and trade-offs for viable system-wide implementation in the English and Welsh NHS, Scott, J., Moseley, L., McMeekin, P., Allen, M., Ford, G., James, M., Laws, A., McCarthy, S., McClelland, G., Park, L., Pearn, K., Phillips, D., Price, C., Shaw, L., White, P., Wilson, D. 19 May 2025, In: BMC Emergency Medicine
Practitioner, patient and public views on the acceptability of Mobile Stroke Units in England and Wales: a mixed methods study, Moseley, L., McMeekin, P., Price, C., Shaw, L., Laws, A., Allen, M., Ford, G., James, M., McCarthy, S., McClelland, G., Park, L., Pearn, K., Phillips, D., White, P., Wilson, D., Scott, J. 22 Jan 2025, In: PLoS One
Usability testing a web application to support evidence-based commissioning decisions for implementing mobile stroke units, Moseley, L., Laws, A., Allen, M., Ford, G., James, M., McCarthy, S., McClelland, G., Park, L., Pearn, K., Phillips, D., Price, C., Shaw, L., White, P., Wilson, D., McMeekin, P., Scott, J. 9 May 2025, In: npj Digital Medicine
Actioning atrial fibrillation identified by ambulance services in England: a qualitative exploration, Wilkinson, C., Moloney, S., McClelland, G., Todd, A., Doran, T., Price, C. 5 Sep 2024, In: BMJ Open
A qualitative exploration of ambulance clinician behaviour and decision making to identify factors influencing on-scene times for suspected stroke patients in North East England, Alton, A., Shaw, L., Finch, T., Price, C., McClelland, G. 1 Mar 2024, In: British Paramedic Journal
Healthcare professional views about a prehospital redirection pathway for stroke thrombectomy: a multiphase deductive qualitative study, Day, J., Simmonds, R., Shaw, L., Price, C., McClelland, G., Ford, G., James, M., White, P., Stein, K., Pope, C. 20 Jun 2024, In: Emergency Medicine Journal
Inequalities in birth before arrival at hospital in South West England: a multimethods study of neonatal hypothermia and emergency medical services call-handler advice, Goodwin, L., Kirby, K., McClelland, G., Beach, E., Bedson, A., Benger, J., Deave, T., Osborne, R., McAdam, H., McKeon-Carter, R., Miller, N., Taylor, H., Voss, S. 28 Apr 2024, In: BMJ Open
On-scene times during ambulance assessment of suspected stroke patients across England from December 2021 to November 2022, McClelland, G., Stagg, H., Shaw, L., Finch, T., Price, C. 25 Sep 2024, In: Emergency Medicine Journal
Professional and public views about early return of patients from Comprehensive Stroke Centers to local Acute Stroke Centers in England following displacement by emergency care pathways, Price, C., Zhu, B., Alton, A., Ford, G., James, M., McClelland, G., White, P., Shaw, L. 20 Nov 2024, In: Frontiers in Stroke
Rapid Assay Diagnostic for Acute Stroke Recognition (RADAR): study protocol for a diagnostic accuracy study, Shaw, L., Burgess, D., Dixit, A., Gaude, E., Lendrem, C., McClelland, G., White, P., Williams, C., Zhu, G., Price, C. 9 Aug 2024, In: BMJ Open

Professional Activity

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Oral presentation: Development and evaluation of training aimed at reducing ambulance on-scene times with suspected stroke patients in an English regional ambulance service 2023
Editorial work: British Paramedic Journal (Journal) 2020