Rate My Professor Cath Taylor

Professor Cath Taylor is Professor of Healthcare Workforce Organisation and Wellbeing in the School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, at the University of Surrey. She is an organisational psychologist who completed her Psychology degree at Swansea University, followed by BA, MA, and PhD Psychol qualifications. Taylor has been engaged in Health Services Research since 1997, starting her academic career at Imperial College London from 1997 to 2002, then advancing at King's College London from 2002 to 2017, before joining the University of Surrey in her current role. She leads the Workforce, Organisation and Wellbeing (WOW) Expert Group in the School of Health Sciences, alongside Professor Jill Maben.

Her research specializations encompass improving the wellbeing of the NHS workforce, assessing and enhancing multidisciplinary team (MDT) working in healthcare—particularly in multimorbidity contexts requiring collaboration across specialisms—and evaluating interventions such as Schwartz Rounds for emotional support. Key projects include Care Under Pressure 2, a realist synthesis identifying causes and interventions for psychological ill-health in nurses, midwives, and paramedics (BMJ Quality & Safety, 2024); the SEE-IT Trial, a feasibility RCT on emergency medical services streaming enabled evaluation in trauma (Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 2025); and the RA Standard Study aimed at reducing variation in early arthritic care. Notable publications feature 'The WOW factors: Comparing Workforce Organisation and Wellbeing for doctors, nurses, midwives, and paramedics in England' (British Medical Bulletin, 2022), 'Improving teamwork in maternity services: A rapid review of interventions' (Midwifery, 2022), 'Development and testing of the cancer multidisciplinary team meeting observational tool (MDT-MOT)' (2016), and 'Measuring the quality of MDT working: an observational approach' (BMC Cancer, 2012). Taylor served on the London Research for Patient Benefit Funding Committee from January 2016 to September 2020. The MDT-FIT cancer MDT assessment and feedback tool she developed won the QiC Oncology Digital Innovation of the Year in 2016. Her contributions have influenced NHS practices in staff wellbeing and team performance enhancement.