Healthcare Delivery and Medicines Optimisation
Development of interventions that improve the health outcomes of patients in primary and secondary care
Research in this theme is focused on the development and implementation of interventions that improve the health outcomes of patients in primary and secondary care. Activities include improving systems of patient care in all health care sectors, medicines optimisation and appropriateness of prescribing in vulnerable populations. Much of the research is underpinned by methodological innovation, notably the development of core outcome sets and measurement approaches.
Research themes and areas of activity
Systems of Healthcare Delivery
Research activities are focused on improving systems of patient care, for example, the implementation of pharmacy-run medicines management clinics, the use of medicines optimisation approaches through complex interventions with a focus on behaviour change, and new models of primary care delivery.
Quality of Care in Vulnerable Populations
Research activities are focused on the nursing and residential home setting, but also extend to primary care, particularly in general practice and community pharmacy, and secondary care and hospice settings. Interventional, cross-sectional, epidemiological and qualitative work focus on the appropriateness of prescribing and medicines optimisation in long-term conditions/multimorbidity and polypharmacy, and evaluation of patterns of prescribing in care home residents with dementia as they approach end of life.
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