Objective: to measure the impact of pharmacist-conducted clinical medication review with
elderly care home residents. Design: randomised controlled trial of clinical medication …

Objectives To identify barriers to effective pain management encountered by patients with
chronic pain within the UK's National Health Service (NHS). Design Secondary analysis of …

This is the first of two papers which explore the use of mixed-methods research in pharmacy
practice. In an era of evidence-based medicine and policy, high-quality research evidence is …

Objective To explore the barriers/facilitators to deprescribing in primary care in England from
the perspectives of clinicians, patients living with frailty who reside at home, and their …

Background Half of older people are prescribed unnecessary/inappropriate medications that
are not routinely deprescribed in hospital hence there is a need for deprescribing trials. We …

Introduction Older people in care homes are at increased risk of medication errors and
adverse drug events. The effect of formulation on administration errors is not known, that is …

This is the second of two papers that explore the use of mixed-methods research in
pharmacy practice. This paper discusses the rationale, applications, limitations and …

Background Trials of hospital deprescribing interventions have demonstrated limited
changes in practitioner behaviour. Our previous research characterised four barriers and …

Background Chronic pain is predominantly managed in primary care, although often
ineffectively. There is growing evidence to support the potential role of nurses and …

Introduction Heart failure affects 26 million people globally, approximately 900 thousand
people in the UK, and is increasing in incidence. Appropriate management of medicines for …