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Collaborative and integrated working between General Practice and Community Pharmacies

Two pharmacists in a pharmacy setting are engaged in a friendly conversation. The older female pharmacist, holding a notepad and pen, listens attentively while the younger male pharmacist smiles, holding a prescription bottle. Shelves filled with medicine and pharmaceutical supplies are visible in the background © Photo by <a href="/photographer/thinkstock_images-83728">thinkstock_images</a> on <a href="/">Freeimages.com</a>

Read more about our General Practice collaboration and integration project here 

Our short report summarising key findings from the project is available here: 


Papers about this study include:

Owen-Boukra E, Cai Z, Duddy C, et al. Collaborative and integrated working between general practice and community pharmacies: A realist review of what works, for whom, and in which contexts. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. 2024;0(0) 

Owen EC, Abrams R, Cai Z, Duddy C, Fudge N, Hamer-Hunt J, et al. Community pharmacy and general practice collaborative and integrated working: a realist review protocol. BMJ Open. 2022;12(12):e067034.

Park S, Owen E, Cai Z, Duddy C, Fudge N, Hamer-Hunt J, et al. Collaborative and Integrated Working between General Practice and Community Pharmacy: Findings from a Realist Review. University of Oxford 2024 7th May 2024. 

Park, S., Owen-Boukra, E., & Whittlesea, C. (2024). Community pharmacy and general practice collaboration and integration: What works, when and why? 

 

We have presented this study at AMEE, 2024; A Festival of Generalism 2024; the Primary Care Clinical Education Conference, 2024; the SPCR Showcase, BMA London 2023; the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Annual Conference 2023; and SAPC ASM Conference, Preston, 2022.


We are very happy to present this work at seminars or meetings of researchers, health care professionals or patient and public engagement groups – please get in touch.

 

Our team

Co-Investigators

  • Ziyue Cai (University College London)
  • Nina Fudge (Queen Mary University of London)
  • Julia Hamer-Hunt (PPI partner)
  • Fran Husson (PPI partner)
  • Margaret Ogden (PPI partner)
  • Deborah Swinglehurst (Queen Mary University of London)
  • Malcolm Turner (PPI partner)
  • Cate Whittlesea (University College London)

Further information

Length of Project: 01.02.2022 - 31.01.2024.

Funding: This project is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) School for Primary Care Research (project reference: 567988). The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.