Publications and Conferences

Acknowledgement: ‘This is a presentation of independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) under its Programme Grants for Applied Research Programme (Grant Reference Number RP-PG-0613-20007). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health’.

Publications

Papers

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• Development of a core outcome set for effectiveness trials aimed at optimising prescribing in older adults in care homes 
• The Care Home Independent Prescribing Pharmacist Study (CHIPPS)—a non-randomised feasibility study of independent pharmacist prescribing in care homes 
• Not just a ‘tick box exercise’ – meaningful public involvement in research 
• Systematic review and narrative synthesis of pharmacist provided medicines optimisation services in care homes for older people to inform the development of a generic training or accreditation process
• Protocol for the process evaluation of a cluster randomised controlled trial to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of independent pharmacist prescribing in care home: the CHIPPS study
• Protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of independent pharmacist prescribing in care homes: the CHIPPS study
• “Everyone needs to understand each other’s systems”: Stakeholder views on the acceptability and viability of a Pharmacist Independent Prescriber role in care homes for older people in the UK
• Lessons learned from CHIPPS (Care Homes Independent Pharmacist Prescribing Study): how feasibility studies informed ultimate randomised controlled trial design 

Conferences and Presentations

• CHIPPS: Care Homes Independent Pharmacist Prescribing Service: Development and delivery of a cluster randomised controlled trial to determine both its effectiveness and cost-effectiveness  Poster RCN RPS Joint Summit  2015

• GP views on the potential role for pharmacist independent prescribers within care homes: Care Homes Independent Pharmacist Prescribing Study (CHIPPS) HSRPP conference 2016

• Care Homes Independent Pharmacist Prescribing Study (CHIPPS): GP views on the potential role for pharmacist independent prescribers within care homes  International Social Pharmacy Workshop Conference - SP16  2016   

• Care Homes Independent Pharmacist Prescribing Study (CHIPPS). Feasibility Study early experiences  SAPC 2017

• Development of a training plan for pharmacists to assume responsibility for medicines management in care homes: Results from a rapid review of the literature RPS Royal Pharmaceutical Society 2016

• Development of a core outcome set (COS) for studies relating to prescribing in care homes: The Care Homes Independent Pharmacist Prescriber Study (CHIPPS) RPS Royal Pharmaceutical Society 2016

• CHIPPS: Care Home Independent Pharmacist Prescribing Study  Poster International Day of the Older Person: Medicines Optimisation Showcase 2016

• Integrating independent pharmacist prescribers into care homes: Messages from a year of listening and learning European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) 2016

• Development and delivery of a cluster randomised controlled trial to determine both its effectiveness and cost-effectiveness RPS Royal Pharmaceutical Society 2016

• Development and delivery of a cluster randomised controlled trial to determine both its effectiveness and cost-effectiveness National Care Homes Research and Development Forum 2016

• Development and delivery of a cluster randomised controlled trial to determine both its effectiveness and cost-effectiveness Primary Care Pharmacy Association (PCPA) Care Homes Group Symposium 2017

• Development of a Core Outcome Set for effectiveness trials aimed at optimising prescribing in older adults in care homes  Trials 2017

• Care Homes Independent Pharmacist Prescribing Study (CHIPPS): Early Experiences (2017)  RPS Royal Pharmaceutical Society 2017

• Care Homes Independent Pharmacist Prescribing Study (CHIPPS): Feasibility Study – Early Experiences  Poster Community Pharmacy Scotland (CPS) - University Research Day  2017

• Care Homes Independent Pharmacist Prescribing Study (CHIPPS): Feasibility Study RPS Royal Pharmaceutical Society Workshop at the Scottish National Seminar 2017

• Care-homes Independent Pharmacist Prescribing Study (CHIPPS): experiences from a non-randomised Feasibility Study RPS Winter Summit 2017

• Development and delivery of a cluster randomised controlled trial to determine both its effectiveness and cost-effectiveness CRN Eastern 2017

• Care Homes Independent Pharmacist Prescribing Study (CHIPPS): Early Experiences (2018) Primary care Pharmacy Association (PCPA) Care Homes Group Symposium 2018

• Care-homes Independent Pharmacist Prescribing Study (CHIPPS): experiences from a non-randomised Feasibility Study  ISPW - International Social Pharmacy Workshop 2018

• Care-homes independent pharmacist prescribing study (CHIPPS): experiences from a feasibility study FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 2018

• Care Homes Independent Pharmacist Prescribing Study (CHIPPS): Feasibility study- Early Experiences Pharmacy Together - Care Homes – The Next Steps 2018

• Care Homes Independent Pharmacist Prescribing Study (CHIPPS): Feasibility test results Dementia Forum, UEA 2019

• Abstracts from Royal Pharmaceutical Society Science and Research Summit 19 June 2020, London UK

• Development and testing of an effective model for monitoring patient safety within the Care Homes Independent Pharmacist Prescribing Study (CHIPPS) Health Services Research in Pharmacy Practice (HSRPP) 2020

• The CHIPPS study: a cluster randomised controlled trial to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of independent pharmacist prescribing in care homes  Society of Academic Primary Care (SAPC) 2020