Research project
Title: Medicines Management Project.
Project timescale: From 01 April, 2001 to 01 April, 2003
(Added to website on: 22 March, 2001 - Date last updated: 20 April, 2007)
Source of funding:
Department of Health
Aims: To deliver measurable health gain to the patient. To deliver improvements to value for money in medicines prescribing and cost reductions for the NHS. To construct a new approach to patient care by extending the partnership between pharmacist, patient and physician. To facilitate collaboration between the health professionals in primary care. To maximise the use of the skills and training of the Community Pharmacist.
Research designs used:
Action Research
Evaluation
Randomised controlled trial
Methods used to collect data:
Documentary analysis
Focus groups
Interviews
Validated instruments eg Outcome measures
Questionnaire survey
Observation
Research project description: To test the feasibility of introducing an intervention process into the relationship between the Community Pharmacist, the patient and the General Practitioner and, secondly to evaluate as fully as feasibly possible the extent to which the aim of the process has been achieved. The intervention is to be piloted in a series of sites, selected according to agreed criteria, and focused on the needs of patients suffering from coronary heart disease.
Stages at which the public were involved:
Planning the research
Designing the research instruments
(eg questionnaires, patient information sheets)
Undertaking the research
Analysing the research
Disseminating research
Prioritising topic areas
Other: Designing intervention documentation
Description of public involvement in research stages: Through membership of project structure. Helping to disseminate survey forms and return them. Commenting on results, providing quotes for press releases.
Training and support provided for either members of the public or researchers involved in the project:
Examples of ways the public have made a difference to the research project: Advice from disabled member of Project Assurance Team on physical layouts for pharmacy premises. Increased input anticipated from consumers as project gets underway.
Evaluating the impact of public involvement in the research:
Details of publications or reports resulting from the research: Report available from a very crude initial survey of BCPA Members on their experiences of pharmacy in the community. This is available from the Project Manager.
Was/is your project user controlled: Not Known
For further information on the project, please contact:
Mr J.L. Dixon
Project Manager
Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee
P.S.N.C. Project Office
7 Hever Close
Etherley Dene
Bishop Auckland
County Durham
DL14 0LW
john.dixon@psnc.org
01388 606141
Website: www.psnc.org
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