Delivering research to make patients, and the NHS, better Introduction to the Research Ready Accreditation Kelly Adams, Cross Divisional Support Manager, CRN: Wessex Thursday 19 th March 2015

Introductions Dr Sarah Clarke – Portfolio Manager (CRN: Wessex) Kelly Adams – Cross Divisional Support Manager (CRN: Wessex)

Introduction to the NIHR Research arm of the NHS Funded by Department of Health Coordinates and funds research for the NHS Aim: To improve the health and wealth of the nation through research

Structure of the NIHR The NIHR manages its health research activities through four main work strands: Infrastructure: providing the facilities and people for a thriving research environment Faculty: supporting the individuals carrying out and participating in research Research: commissioning and funding research Systems: creating unified, streamlined and simple systems for managing research and its outputs.

NIHR Clinical Research Network Purpose: provide the infrastructure to support clinical research in the NHS Aim: ensure patients and healthcare professionals from all parts of the country are able to participate in and benefit from clinical research

Where the CRN fits into the NIHR NIHR commissions and funds NHS and social care research NIHR provides academic training and development for researchers NIHR supports facilities for research (e.g. Biomedical Research Units)

CRN:Wessex The NIHR Clinical Research Network: Wessex is hosted by University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. In 2013/14, Wessex supported the delivery of more than 650 clinical research studies in the NHS including studies sponsored by the major charities and commercial life-sciences companies.

Ways of Getting Involved Raising patient & public awareness of opportunities to get involved in research Promoting specific research studies to patients and the public (e.g. leaflets, posters) Identifying suitable study participants (e.g. opportunistically or through relevant clinics or via searches of the patient medication record) Recruiting to studies (e.g. obtaining valid informed consent) Supporting or delivering an intervention (e.g. taking samples, running clinics, managing patient data) Storing & dispensing clinical trial medication Advising on study design and feasibility of delivery in community pharmacy Providing expert advice on medicines use and optimisation

What is Research Ready? Research Ready (RR) is a way of community pharmacy being more routinely involved in funded research, with appropriate financial reward for their time and ensuring that pharmacies meet the minimum standards outlined in the Department of Health’s Research Governance Framework. There is already a Research Ready initiative for general practice: we have tried to keep the elements the same for community pharmacy, so that you can engage with practice staff about research and understand each other!

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Benefits I could see how...[Research Ready] could be an additional motivation as a pharmacist or a contractor to be shown to be forward- thinking and focused on developmental issues. “Not just doing the day job, but I’m interested in helping make things better and being involved in research”. I love doing new stuff and getting involved in anything that can drive the profession in a more sort of service, academic, professional orientation rather than just the volume-driven dispensing business that it is in community…So anything like this that we can do to improve my own knowledge and learning, develop my own skills, develop the skills of my team and my staff so that they’re more empowered and more motivated...it’s good all round. Some of the pharmacy staff that I work with are quite interested in research...It brings more job satisfaction…They’re saying if they can see patients are benefiting from what we’re doing then it’s a good, good feeling. We would hope that the relationship between the GPs and the pharmacies would be good through the research, and improved through the research as well, and there’ll be a supportive role between other healthcare professionals as well who know we’re involved in it.

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School of Pharmacy & BMS 5 th March 2015 Research involving Community Pharmacy Professor Jane Portlock Head of Pharmacy Practice

School of Pharmacy & BMS  COPD – screening and support by community pharmacists – on- going in Portsmouth and Hampshire  COPD support – prescribing community pharmacists – being discussed  Secondary prevention of cardiovascular events by health coaching and adherence support – NIHR bid has been submitted

School of Pharmacy & BMS  Transfer of care between hospital and community pharmacy – at University of Portsmouth  Alcohol interventions – extending HLP research, in discussion with University of Southampton  Drug Safety Research Unit studies  Healthy Living Pharmacy research

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