Sally Mercer

Sally Mercer is a palliative care social worker with over 25 years’ experience of the health and social care sector across a range of services, including homelessness, dementia and mental health. This involved specifically developing and designing support services for carers.

Sally is currently at the University of Strathclyde undertaking a PhD into families’ experiences of the death of a relative in Scottish prison. She is also working part-time with a young people’s bereavement service at a Scottish hospice.

Before starting her PhD, Sally was social work lead at a London hospice, including working as a practice educator supporting student social workers on placement in the team.

In 2018, Sally co-authored a chapter entitled ‘Practicing Spiritual Care: Perspectives of Three Palliative Care Social Workers’, for the book Spirituality in Hospice Care.