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, 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., Scott, J. 8 Jun 2025, In: BMC Emergency Medicine
Modelling the potential clinical benefit of mobile stroke units in England, Scott, J., Laws, A., Allen, M., Moseley, L., Pearn, K., Ford, G., Price, C., White, P., McClelland, G., Shaw, L., Phillips, D., Wilson, D., McMeekin, P., James, M. 19 May 2025, In: BMC Emergency Medicine
Paramedic Research: Principles, Designs and Methods, McClelland, G., Williams, J. 12 Jun 2025
Perceptions of older people regarding drone-delivered defibrillators for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a qualitative study, Finney, O., Snowdon, K., Mckellow, A., Geen, K., Wilkinson, C., McClelland, G. 1 Jun 2025, In: British Paramedic Journal
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
The impact of drone delivery of an automated external defibrillator: a simulation feasibility study, Finney, O., Snowdon, K., Lomzynska, S., Ferraresi, D., Norton, M., Austin, D., Gale, C., Wilkinson, C., McClelland, G. 1 Jun 2025, In: British Paramedic Journal
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
Variations in Methodological Approaches to Measuring Health Inequalities and Inequities: A Scoping Review of Acute Stroke Pathways, McCarthy, S., McMeekin, P., Allen, M., James, M., Laws, A., McCarthy, A., McClelland, G., Moseley, L., Park, L., Phillips, D., Price, C., Scott, J., Shaw, L., White, P., Wilson, D., Ford, G. 12 Jun 2025, In: Healthcare
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

Current and Recent Projects

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Police involvement in interagency crisis mental health first response pathways in England: A realist and cost consequence analysis (PIONEER-MH), Clibbens, N. (Principal Investigator), McClelland, G. (Co Investigator), National Institute for Health Research, 01/04/25 - 30/11/27, £781,508.00

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