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The Stakeholder Experience of a large scale final year undergraduate social community research project (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mann, C., & Boyd, M. The Stakeholder Experience of a large scale final year undergraduate social community research project. Presented at Monash Pharmacy Education Symposium 2017

Objective: In 2014 The School of Pharmacy at the University of Nottingham needed to deliver individual research methods supervision by a small number of academic staff to a large number of final year students. There are limited opportunities for stud... Read More about The Stakeholder Experience of a large scale final year undergraduate social community research project.

Understanding the epidemiology of avoidable significant harm in primary care: protocol for a retrospective cross-sectional study (2017)
Journal Article
Bell, B., Campbell, S., Carson-Stevens, A., Prosser Evans, H., Cooper, A., Brindley, C., Rodgers, S., Johnson, C., Edwards, A., Armstrong, S., Mehta, R., Chuter, A., Donnelly, A., Ashcroft, D. M., Lymn, J., Smith, P., Sheikh, A., Boyd, M., & Avery, A. (2017). Understanding the epidemiology of avoidable significant harm in primary care: protocol for a retrospective cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 7(2), Article e013786. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013786

Introduction: Most patient safety research has focused on specialist-care settings where there is an appreciation of the frequency and causes of medical errors, and the resulting burden of adverse events. There have, however, been few large-scale rob... Read More about Understanding the epidemiology of avoidable significant harm in primary care: protocol for a retrospective cross-sectional study.

Examination of England's New Medicine Service (NMS) of complex health care interventions in community pharmacy (2016)
Journal Article
Latif, A., Waring, J., Watmough, D., Barber, N., Chuter, A., Davies, J., Salema, N.-E., Boyd, M. J., & Elliott, R. A. (2016). Examination of England's New Medicine Service (NMS) of complex health care interventions in community pharmacy. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 12(6), 966-989. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2015.12.007

Background

Community pharmacies are increasingly commissioned to deliver new, complex health interventions in response to the growing demands on family doctors and secondary health care services. Little is known about how these complex interventio... Read More about Examination of England's New Medicine Service (NMS) of complex health care interventions in community pharmacy.

Supporting adherence for people starting a new medication for a long-term condition through community pharmacies: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the New Medicine Service (2015)
Journal Article
Elliott, R. A., Boyd, M. J., Salema, N.-E., Davies, J., Barber, N., Mehta, R. L., Tanajewski, L., Waring, J., Latif, A., Gkountouras, G., Avery, A., Chuter, A., & Craig, C. (2016). Supporting adherence for people starting a new medication for a long-term condition through community pharmacies: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the New Medicine Service. BMJ Quality and Safety, 25(10), 747-758. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004400

Objective: To examine the effectiveness of the New Medicine Service (NMS), a national community pharmacy service to support medicines-taking in people starting a new medicine for a long-term condition, compared with normal practice.

Methods: Pragm... Read More about Supporting adherence for people starting a new medication for a long-term condition through community pharmacies: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the New Medicine Service.

Pastoral power in the community pharmacy: a Foucauldian analysis of services to promote patient adherence to new medicine use (2015)
Journal Article
Waring, J., Latif, A., Boyd, M., Barber, N., & Elliott, R. (2016). Pastoral power in the community pharmacy: a Foucauldian analysis of services to promote patient adherence to new medicine use. Social Science and Medicine, 148, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.11.049

Community pharmacists play a growing role in the delivery of primary healthcare. This has led manyto consider the changing power of the pharmacy profession in relation to other professions and patient groups. This paper contributes to these debates t... Read More about Pastoral power in the community pharmacy: a Foucauldian analysis of services to promote patient adherence to new medicine use.

Revision workshops in elementary mathematics enhance student performance in routine laboratory calculations (2014)
Journal Article
Sawbridge, J. L., Qureshi, H. K., Boyd, M. J., & Brown, A. M. (2014). Revision workshops in elementary mathematics enhance student performance in routine laboratory calculations. Advances in Physiology Education, 38(3), 239-245. https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00036.2014

The ability to understand and implement calculations required for molarity and dilution computations that are routinely undertaken in the laboratory are essential skills that should be possessed by all students entering an undergraduate Life Sciences... Read More about Revision workshops in elementary mathematics enhance student performance in routine laboratory calculations.

Assessing the safety features of electronic patient medication record systems used in community pharmacies in England (2014)
Journal Article
Ojeleye, O., Avery, A. J., & Boyd, M. J. (2014). Assessing the safety features of electronic patient medication record systems used in community pharmacies in England. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 78(2), 401-409. https://doi.org/10.1111/bcp.12347

Aims: To evaluate the ability of electronic patient medication record (ePMR) systems used in community pharmacies in England to detect and alert users about clinical hazards, errors and other safety problems.
Methods: Between September 2012 and Nove... Read More about Assessing the safety features of electronic patient medication record systems used in community pharmacies in England.

Exploring safety systems for dispensing in community pharmacies: Focusing on how staff relate to organizational components (2014)
Journal Article
Harvey, J., Avery, A. J., Ashcroft, D., Boyd, M., Phipps, D. L., & Barber, N. (2015). Exploring safety systems for dispensing in community pharmacies: Focusing on how staff relate to organizational components. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 11(2), 216-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2014.06.005

Background: Identifying risk is an important facet of a safety practice in an organization. To identify risk, all components within a system of operation should be considered. In clinical safety practice, a team of people, technologies, procedures an... Read More about Exploring safety systems for dispensing in community pharmacies: Focusing on how staff relate to organizational components.

The effect of the electronic transmission of prescriptions on dispensing errors and prescription enhancements made in English community pharmacies: a naturalistic stepped wedge study (2014)
Journal Article
Franklin, B. D., Reynolds, M., Sadler, S., Hibberd, R., Avery, A. J., Armstrong, S. J., Mehta, R., Boyd, M. J., & Barber, N. (2014). The effect of the electronic transmission of prescriptions on dispensing errors and prescription enhancements made in English community pharmacies: a naturalistic stepped wedge study. BMJ Quality and Safety, 23(8), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002776

Objectives: To compare prevalence and types of dispensing errors and pharmacists’ labelling enhancements, for prescriptions transmitted electronically versus paper prescriptions.
Design: Naturalistic stepped wedge study.
Setting: 15 English communi... Read More about The effect of the electronic transmission of prescriptions on dispensing errors and prescription enhancements made in English community pharmacies: a naturalistic stepped wedge study.

What proportion of prescription items dispensed in community pharmacies are eligible for the New Medicine Service? (2014)
Journal Article
Wells, K. M., Boyd, M. J., Thornley, T., & Boardman, H. F. (in press). What proportion of prescription items dispensed in community pharmacies are eligible for the New Medicine Service?. BMC Health Services Research, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-115

Background: The payment structure for the New Medicine Service (NMS) in England is based on the assumption that 0.5% of prescription items dispensed in community pharmacies are eligible for the service. This assumption is based on a theoretical calcu... Read More about What proportion of prescription items dispensed in community pharmacies are eligible for the New Medicine Service?.

Protocol for the New Medicine Service Study: a randomized controlled trial and economic evaluation with qualitative appraisal comparing the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the New Medicine Service in community pharmacies in England (2013)
Journal Article
Boyd, M., Waring, J., Barber, N., Mehta, R., Chuter, A., Avery, A., Salema, N.-E., Davies, J., Latif, A., Tanajewski, L., & Elliott, R. A. (2013). Protocol for the New Medicine Service Study: a randomized controlled trial and economic evaluation with qualitative appraisal comparing the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the New Medicine Service in community pharmacies in England. Trials, 14(1), 411. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-411

Background

Medication non-adherence is considered an important cause of morbidity and mortality in primary care. This study aims to determine the effectiveness, cost effectiveness and acceptability of a complex intervention delivered by community... Read More about Protocol for the New Medicine Service Study: a randomized controlled trial and economic evaluation with qualitative appraisal comparing the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the New Medicine Service in community pharmacies in England.

The evidence for the effectiveness of safety alerts in electronic patient medication record systems at the point of pharmacy order entry: a systematic review (2013)
Journal Article
Ojeleye, O., Avery, A., Gupta, V., & Boyd, M. (2013). The evidence for the effectiveness of safety alerts in electronic patient medication record systems at the point of pharmacy order entry: a systematic review. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 13(July), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-13-69

Background: Electronic Patient Medication Record (ePMR) systems have important safety features embedded to alert users about potential clinical hazards and errors. To date, there is no synthesis of evidence about the effectiveness of these safety fea... Read More about The evidence for the effectiveness of safety alerts in electronic patient medication record systems at the point of pharmacy order entry: a systematic review.

Views and experiences of community pharmacists and superintendent pharmacists regarding the New Medicine Service in England prior to implementation (2013)
Journal Article
Wells, K. M., Thornley, T., Boyd, M. J., & Boardman, H. F. (2014). Views and experiences of community pharmacists and superintendent pharmacists regarding the New Medicine Service in England prior to implementation. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2013.03.003

Background: The New Medicine Service (NMS) was introduced to community pharmacies in England in October 2011. The NMS aims to improve adherence to new medicines in patients with selected long term conditions. The service consists of two follow-up con... Read More about Views and experiences of community pharmacists and superintendent pharmacists regarding the New Medicine Service in England prior to implementation.

An embedded longitudinal multi-faceted qualitative evaluation of a complex cluster randomized controlled trial aiming to reduce clinically important errors in medicines management in general practice (2012)
Journal Article
Cresswell, K. M., Sadler, S., Rodgers, S., Avery, A., Cantrill, J., Murray, S. A., & Sheikh, A. (2012). An embedded longitudinal multi-faceted qualitative evaluation of a complex cluster randomized controlled trial aiming to reduce clinically important errors in medicines management in general practice. Trials, 13, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-13-78