Outputs (18)

Stakeholder Involvement in the Development of a New Proactive Clinical Review of Patients Prescribed Opioid Medicines Long‐Term for Persistent Pain in Primary Care (2025)
Journal Article
Harrisson, S. A., Jinks, C., Cornwall, N., Woodcock, C., Dikomitis, L., Helliwell, T., Higginbottom, A., Lefroy, J., Knaggs, R., Pincus, T., Santar, M., Sillitto, C., Webb, M., White, S., Mallen, C. D., & Ashworth, J. (2025). Stakeholder Involvement in the Development of a New Proactive Clinical Review of Patients Prescribed Opioid Medicines Long‐Term for Persistent Pain in Primary Care. Health Expectations, 28(3), Article e70264. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70264

Background: Stakeholder involvement is a core element of the Medical Research Council (MRC) framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions, but approaches to involve stakeholders are not well‐reported. We outline how stakeholders contr... Read More about Stakeholder Involvement in the Development of a New Proactive Clinical Review of Patients Prescribed Opioid Medicines Long‐Term for Persistent Pain in Primary Care.

Proactive clinical review of patients taking opioid medicines long term for persistent pain led by clinical pharmacists in primary care teams (PROMPPT): a non-randomised mixed methods feasibility study (2025)
Journal Article
Ashworth, J., Cornwall, N., Harrisson, S., Woodcock, C., Nicholls, E., Lancaster, G., Wathall, S., Laing, L., Helliwell, T., Jowett, S., Kigozi, J., Mallen, C., Avery, A., Knaggs, R., Pincus, T., White, S., & Jinks, C. (2025). Proactive clinical review of patients taking opioid medicines long term for persistent pain led by clinical pharmacists in primary care teams (PROMPPT): a non-randomised mixed methods feasibility study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 11(1), Article 53. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-025-01636-2

Background: Given the poor long-term effectiveness of opioids for persistent non-cancer pain, and their potential for harm, evidence-based interventions to address opioid overprescribing for persistent pain are needed. This study aimed to explore the... Read More about Proactive clinical review of patients taking opioid medicines long term for persistent pain led by clinical pharmacists in primary care teams (PROMPPT): a non-randomised mixed methods feasibility study.

Proactive clinical Review of patients taking Opioid Medicines long-term for persistent Pain led by clinical Pharmacists in primary care Teams (PROMPPT). A non-randomised Mixed Methods Feasibility Study. (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Ashworth, J., Cornwall, N., Harrisson, S. A., Woodcock, C., Nicholls, E., Lancaster, G., Wathall, S., Laing, L., Helliwell, T., Jowett, S., Kigozi, J., Mallen, C. D., Avery, A., Knaggs, R., Pincus, T., White, S., & Jinks, C. (2024). Proactive clinical Review of patients taking Opioid Medicines long-term for persistent Pain led by clinical Pharmacists in primary care Teams (PROMPPT). A non-randomised Mixed Methods Feasibility Study

Background:

Given the poor long-term effectiveness of opioids for persistent non-cancer pain, and their potential for harm, evidence–based interventions to address opioid overprescribing for persistent pain are needed. This study aimed to explore... Read More about Proactive clinical Review of patients taking Opioid Medicines long-term for persistent Pain led by clinical Pharmacists in primary care Teams (PROMPPT). A non-randomised Mixed Methods Feasibility Study..

Hearing the patient voice for persistent pain intervention development: recommendations for using a bespoke online discussion forum for qualitative data collection (2024)
Journal Article
Woodcock, C., Cornwall, N., Harrisson, S. A., Jinks, C., Buttery, A., Ashworth, J., Mallen, C. D., & Dikomitis, L. (2024). Hearing the patient voice for persistent pain intervention development: recommendations for using a bespoke online discussion forum for qualitative data collection. British Journal of Pain, 18(6), 461-471. https://doi.org/10.1177/20494637241254098

Introduction
Understanding patients’ experiences is important when developing interventions for people living with persistent pain. Interviews and focus groups are frequently used to capture beliefs, views, and perspectives. These methods often requ... Read More about Hearing the patient voice for persistent pain intervention development: recommendations for using a bespoke online discussion forum for qualitative data collection.

Hearing the patient voice for persistent pain intervention development: Recommendations for using a bespoke online discussion forum for qualitative data collection (2024)
Journal Article
Woodcock, C., Cornwall, N., Harrisson, S., Jinks, C., Buttery, A., Ashworth, J., Mallen, C. D., & Dikomitis, L. (2024). Hearing the patient voice for persistent pain intervention development: Recommendations for using a bespoke online discussion forum for qualitative data collection. British Journal of Pain, https://doi.org/10.1177/204946372412540

Introduction Understanding patients’ experiences is important when developing interventions for people living with persistent pain. Interviews and focus groups are frequently used to capture beliefs, views, and perspectives. These methods often requi... Read More about Hearing the patient voice for persistent pain intervention development: Recommendations for using a bespoke online discussion forum for qualitative data collection.

269 CLINICAL GUIDELINE RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NON-SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS: A THEMATIC SYNTHESIS. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Woodcock, C., English, E., Jinks, C., Healey, E. L., Parry, E., Paskins, Z., Roddy, E., Simkins, J., Thomas, M., Bennell, K., Hinman, R. S., & Holden, M. (2024, April). 269 CLINICAL GUIDELINE RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NON-SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS: A THEMATIC SYNTHESIS. Poster presented at 2024 OARSI World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Vienna, Austria

Designing a primary care pharmacist-led review for people treated with opioids for persistent pain: a multi-method qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article
Woodcock, C., Cornwall, N., Dikomitis, L., Harrisson, S. A., White, S., Helliwell, T., Knaggs, R., Hodgson, E., Pincus, T., Santer, M., Mallen, C., Ashworth, J., & Jinks, C. (2024). Designing a primary care pharmacist-led review for people treated with opioids for persistent pain: a multi-method qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), 8(3), Article BJGPO.2023.0221. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0221

Background Opioids are frequently prescribed for persistent non-cancer pain despite limited evidence of long-term effectiveness and risk of harm. Evidence-based interventions to address inappropriate opioid prescribing are lacking.

Aim To explore... Read More about Designing a primary care pharmacist-led review for people treated with opioids for persistent pain: a multi-method qualitative study.

Acceptability of a proposed practice pharmacist-led review for opioid-treated patients with persistent pain: A qualitative study to inform intervention development (2023)
Journal Article
Cornwall, N., Woodcock, C., Ashworth, J., Harrisson, S. A., Dikomitis, L., White, S., Helliwell, T., Hodgson, E., Knaggs, R., Pincus, T., Santer, M., Mallen, C. D., Jinks, C., & on behalf of the PROMPPT team. (2023). Acceptability of a proposed practice pharmacist-led review for opioid-treated patients with persistent pain: A qualitative study to inform intervention development. British Journal of Pain, https://doi.org/10.1177/20494637231221688

Introduction
Regular review of patients prescribed opioids for persistent non-cancer pain (PCNP) is recommended but not routinely undertaken. The PROMPPT (Proactive clinical Review of patients taking Opioid Medicines long-term for persistent Pain le... Read More about Acceptability of a proposed practice pharmacist-led review for opioid-treated patients with persistent pain: A qualitative study to inform intervention development.

Living with persistent pain: A multi-method qualitative study to reducing opioids in the context of a pain review in primary care (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Woodcock, C., Cornwall, N., Harrisson, S., Knaggs, R., Pincus, T., Santar, M., Hodgson, E., & Jinks, C. (2023, May). Living with persistent pain: A multi-method qualitative study to reducing opioids in the context of a pain review in primary care. Paper presented at 56th Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Pain Society, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Proactive review of patients taking opioid medicines for persistent pain led by pharmacists in primary care teams (PROMPPT): A feasibility study (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ashworth, J., Cornwall, N., Harrisson, S. A., Woodcock, C., Nicholls, E., Laing, L., Helliwell, T., Lancaster, G., Mallen, C. D., Avery, A., Knaggs, R., Pincus, T., & Jinks, C. (2023, May). Proactive review of patients taking opioid medicines for persistent pain led by pharmacists in primary care teams (PROMPPT): A feasibility study. Presented at BPS Annual Scientific Meeting 2023, Glasgow, Scotland, UK