All Outputs (18)

Delivering a primary care review for people prescribed opioids for persistent pain: facilitators and barriers facing practice pharmacists (2025)
Journal Article
Woodcock, C., Cornwall, N., Harrisson, S. A., Ashworth, J., Dikomitis, L., Helliwell, T., Hodgson, E., Knaggs, R., Mallen, C., Pincus, T., Santer, M., White, S., & Jinks, C. (2025). Delivering a primary care review for people prescribed opioids for persistent pain: facilitators and barriers facing practice pharmacists. British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), 31, BJGPO.2025.0156. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0156

Background: People living with persistent non-cancer pain often are prescribed opioids long-term, despite a lack of evidence for their long-term effectiveness and safety. This study informed the design of a new practice pharmacist-led review (PROMPPT... Read More about Delivering a primary care review for people prescribed opioids for persistent pain: facilitators and barriers facing practice pharmacists.

Evaluating a primary care pharmacist-led intervention to reduce opioid use for persistent non-cancer pain: the PROMPPT cluster randomised controlled trial protocol [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review] (2025)
Journal Article
Ashworth, J., Cornwall, N., Harrisson, S. A., Woodcock, C., Nicholls, E., Hughes, G., Marshall, E., Lawton, S. A., Wathall, S., Helliwell, T., Jowett, S., Avery, A. J., Knaggs, R., Hussain, B., Santer, M., Pincus, T., White, S., Sillitto, C., Jinks, C., & Mallen, C. D. (2025). Evaluating a primary care pharmacist-led intervention to reduce opioid use for persistent non-cancer pain: the PROMPPT cluster randomised controlled trial protocol [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. NIHR Open Research, 5(54), https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13961.1

Background
Addressing the need for evidence-based interventions to reduce opioid use for persistent pain, we developed the PROMPPT intervention (Proactive clinical Review of patients taking Opioid Medicines long-term for persistent Pain led by clini... Read More about Evaluating a primary care pharmacist-led intervention to reduce opioid use for persistent non-cancer pain: the PROMPPT cluster randomised controlled trial protocol [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review].

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.

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. (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., 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.

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.

AB0105 ‘..THERE’S TOO MUCH TO PUT IN A LEAFLET’: A QUALITATIVE EXPLORATION OF STAKEHOLDER VIEWS OF LIFESTYLE INTERVENTIONS FOR GOUT (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Watson, L., Cornwall, N., Jinks, C., Bradbury, K., Goff, L., Little, P., Mallen, C., & Roddy, E. (2024, June). AB0105 ‘..THERE’S TOO MUCH TO PUT IN A LEAFLET’: A QUALITATIVE EXPLORATION OF STAKEHOLDER VIEWS OF LIFESTYLE INTERVENTIONS FOR GOUT. Paper presented at EULAR 2024 European Congress of Rheumatology, 12-15 June. Vienna, Austria, Vienna

Background: Lifestyle has been associated with gout for centuries and dietary triggers of flares remain of great interest to people with gout. However, there is a lack of robust clinical trial evidence about the eff... Read More about AB0105 ‘..THERE’S TOO MUCH TO PUT IN A LEAFLET’: A QUALITATIVE EXPLORATION OF STAKEHOLDER VIEWS OF LIFESTYLE INTERVENTIONS FOR GOUT.

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.

How do clinicians prescribe bridging glucocorticoids in people starting or escalating disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs for rheumatoid arthritis: a service evaluation survey (2023)
Journal Article
Prior, J. A., Roddy, E., Solis-Trapala, I., Cornwall, N., Jinks, C., Abhishek, A., Bukhari, M., Galloway, J., Goodson, N., Jowett, S., & Hider, S. (in press). How do clinicians prescribe bridging glucocorticoids in people starting or escalating disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs for rheumatoid arthritis: a service evaluation survey. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 7(3), Article rkad102. https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkad102

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 9-11). Living with persistent pain: A multi-method qualitative study to reducing opioids in the context of a pain review in primary care [Paper presentation]. 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

P102 Barriers and facilitators to lifestyle change in people living with gout: a scoping review of qualitative studies (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Watson, L., Cornwall, N., Jinks, C., Bradbury, K., Goff, L., Little, P., Mallen, C. D., & Roddy, E. (2023, April 24-26). P102 Barriers and facilitators to lifestyle change in people living with gout: a scoping review of qualitative studies [Poster]. British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2023, Manchester Central Convention Complex, Manchester, UK. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kead104.143

Background/AimsLifestyle, especially diet and alcohol, has been implicated in the causation of gout for centuries and the dietary factors which may trigger flares remain of great interest to people living with gout and their families. However, there... Read More about P102 Barriers and facilitators to lifestyle change in people living with gout: a scoping review of qualitative studies.

An intervention to support stroke survivors and their carers in the longer term: results of a cluster randomised controlled feasibility trial (LoTS2Care) (2023)
Journal Article
Forster, A., Ozer, S., Brindle, R., Barnard, L., Hardicre, N., Crocker, T. F., Chenery, M., Moreau, L., Wright, A., Burton, L.-J., Hartley, S., Hulme, C., Dawkins, B., Holloway, I., House, A., Hewison, J., Farrin, A., Atkinson, R., Prashar, A., Cornwall, N., …on behalf of the LoTS2Care Programme Team. (2023). An intervention to support stroke survivors and their carers in the longer term: results of a cluster randomised controlled feasibility trial (LoTS2Care). Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-023-01258-6

To address the limited provision of longer-term stroke care, we conducted a programme of research (LoTS2Care) to develop and test an intervention to form part of a replicable longer-term care strategy. New Start, a programme of facilitated self-manag... Read More about An intervention to support stroke survivors and their carers in the longer term: results of a cluster randomised controlled feasibility trial (LoTS2Care).

Implementation of physical activity interventions for people with inflammatory arthritis: an overview and future recommendations (2022)
Journal Article
Cornwall, N., Swaithes, L., Woodcock, C., Healey, E. L., & Hider, S. L. (2022). Implementation of physical activity interventions for people with inflammatory arthritis: an overview and future recommendations. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkac094

Regular physical activity is important for both physical and mental health. This is particularly important for people with inflammatory arthritis, because of the benefits on both disease-specific and systemic outcomes and the increased risk of comorb... Read More about Implementation of physical activity interventions for people with inflammatory arthritis: an overview and future recommendations.

Longer-term health and social care strategies for stroke survivors and their carers: the LoTS2Care research programme including cluster feasibility RCT (2021)
Report
Forster, A., Ozer, S., Crocker, T. F., House, A., Hewison, J., Roberts, E., Dickerson, J., Carter, G., Hulme, C., Fay, M., Richardson, G., Wright, A., McKevitt, C., McEachan, R., Foy, R., Barnard, L., Moreau, L., Prashar, A., Clarke, D., Hardicre, N., …Farrin, A. (2021). Longer-term health and social care strategies for stroke survivors and their carers: the LoTS2Care research programme including cluster feasibility RCT. NIHR

Examining the impact of an innovative online qualitative study (netnography) in developing a clinical pharmacist-led review for persistent pain patients in primary care (PROMPPT study) (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Woodcock, C., Ashworth, J., Cornwall, N., Harrisson, S. A., Buttery, A., Jinks, C., Mallen, C., & Dikomitis, L. (2020, June). Examining the impact of an innovative online qualitative study (netnography) in developing a clinical pharmacist-led review for persistent pain patients in primary care (PROMPPT study). Presented at ASM 2020 (CANCELLED), Chicago, Illinois