Dr Graham McClelland

Assistant Professor

School: Healthcare and Nursing Sciences

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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A randomised, exploratory study comparing a single episode of feedback with regular feedback and no feedback on ambulance clinician bag-valve-mask ventilation during a simulated cardiac arrest over a six-month time frame, McClelland, G., Charlton, K., Kirk, B., Blair, L., Hepburn, S., Finney, O., Snowdon, K. 1 Mar 2026, In: British Paramedic Journal
Impact of demographic and deprivation factors on paramedic-led pain management: a UK NHS service evaluation, Thomas, A., McClelland, G. 1 Mar 2026, In: British Paramedic Journal
Mapping pre-hospital research presented at UK conferences between 2010 and 2023: a bibliometric study, McClelland, G., Haworth, D., Charlton, K., Thompson, L., Finch, T., Williams, J. 1 Mar 2026, In: British Paramedic Journal
Specialist PrE-hospital rEDirection for ischaemic stroke thrombectomY (SPEEDY): study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial with included health economic and process evaluations, Shaw, L., Allen, M., Day, J., Ford, G., James, M., McClelland, G., McMeekin, P., Mossop, H., Pope, C., Simmonds, R., White, P., Wilson, N., Price, C. 13 Jan 2026, In: BMJ Open
Cable ties as a method of suicide, Shaw, G., Thompson, L., McClelland, G. 1 Sep 2025, In: British Paramedic Journal
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. 1 Dec 2025, In: BMC Emergency Medicine
Exploratory study comparing a single episode of feedback with regular feedback and no feedback on BVM ventilation during a simulated cardiac arrest over a six-month time frame: a research protocol, McClelland, G., Finney, O., Charlton, K., Kirk, B., Blair, L., Hepburn, S. 1 Sep 2025, In: British Paramedic Journal
Hanging cases attended by North East Ambulance Service, 2020‐2024: a service evaluation, Shaw, G., Thompson, L., McClelland, G. 1 Dec 2025, In: British Paramedic Journal
Modelling the potential clinical benefit of mobile stroke units in England, Laws, A., Allen, M., Scott, J., Moseley, L., Pearn, K., Ford, G., Price, C., White, P., McClelland, G., Shaw, L., Phillips, D., Wilson, D., McMeekin, P., James, M. 1 Jul 2025, In: BMC Emergency Medicine
Paramedic Research: Principles, Designs and Methods, McClelland, G., Williams, J. 12 Jun 2025

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