Alison Blenkinsopp
Biographic Data
| ID | 330228 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison Blenkinsopp |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison |
| FAMILY NAME | Blenkinsopp |
| SIGNATURE | BLENKINSOPP A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Keele University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8872-2769 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Experience‐based co‐design—Adapting the method for a researcher‐initiated study in a multi‐site setting
BACKGROUND: Experience-based co-design (EBCD) brings patients and staff together to co-design services. It is normally conducted in one organization which initiates and implements the process. We used the traditional EBCD method with a number of adaptations as part of a larger research study in the British National Health Service. METHODS: The primary aim was to assess the feasibility and acceptability of conducting research-initiated EBCD, to en…
How do patients with cancer pain view community pharmacy services? An interview study
Pain experienced by many patients with advanced cancer is often not well controlled and community pharmacists are potentially well placed to provide support. The study objective was to explore the views and experiences of patients with advanced cancer about community pharmacies, their services and attitudes towards having a community pharmacist pain medicines consultation. Purposive sampling of GP clinical information systems was used to recruit …
Patients' valuation of the prescribing nurse in primary care
BACKGROUND: Recently, primary care in the United Kingdom has undergone substantial changes in skill mix. Non-medical prescribing was introduced to improve patient access to medicines, make better use of different health practitioners' skills and increase patient choice. There is little evidence about value-based patient preferences for 'prescribing nurse' in a general practice setting. OBJECTIVE: To quantify value-based patient preferences for th…
Survey of patients' experiences and perceptions of care provided by nurse and pharmacist independent prescribers in primary care
BACKGROUND: In the United Kingdom, nurses and pharmacists who have undertaken additional post-registration training can prescribe medicines for any medical condition within their competence (non-medical prescribers, NMPs), but little is known about patients' experiences and perceptions of this service. OBJECTIVE: to obtain feedback from primary care patients on the impact of prescribing by nurse independent prescribers (NIPs) and pharmacist indep…
Beating the Bounds? The Introduction of Pharmacist Supplementary Prescribing in the UK National Health Service
Pharmacists in the UK were granted supplementary prescribing rights in 2003, subject to further training. Most of those now qualified are practising in general medical practices and hospitals. This qualitative study explores GP and pharmacist perceptions of the introduction of pharmacist supplementary prescribing, focusing on the consequences for professional boundaries, power relations and knowledge. GPs have delegated some routine work in speci…
Patients’ experiences of a community pharmacy-led medicines management service
Medicines management services provided by community pharmacists have been proposed as one means to ensure that patients receive all the medicines they may benefit from in the English National Health Service. These services may also offer ways of addressing the historic under-utilization of community pharmacists' clinical skills and expertise. Medicines management services differ significantly from the dispensing and medicines sales roles traditio…
The role and value of written information for patients about individual medicines
Objective To review research on the role and value of written medicines information for patients from the perspective of patients and health professionals. Context Providing written information to patients about their medicines is acknowledged as a priority but there is poor understanding of how best to meet patients’ needs. Method A sensitive search strategy was developed to maximize the identification of relevant studies. We used a data extract…
Supporting Self Care in Primary Care
Feedback from community pharmacy users on the contribution of community pharmacy to improving the public's health
Objective To systematically review feedback from pharmacy users on their perceptions and experiences of health‐related advice and services provided from community pharmacies. Methods The focus of the review was community pharmacy activities in relation to promoting health and well‐being, preventing ill‐health and maintaining health. Searches were conducted for peer‐reviewed (international) and non‐peer‐reviewed (UK) research. Electronic databases…
Medicine misuse or drug abuse? A critical appraisal of current issues and research in the UK
During the last decade consumption of licit medications and illicit drugs has risen substantially. It is estimated that the 100 000–200 000 severely dependent drug misusers in the UK generate social costs of 3–4 billion annually, while the cost of prescribed medicines for the entire population is currently 5 billion. Although attitudes and behaviours have been extensively researched, they remain complex and often contradictory. In particular, lit…
The rise and rise of proton pump inhibitor drugs
A Healthy Business? World Health and the Pharmaceutical Industry (Book)
A Healthy Business? World Health and the Pharmaceutical Industry (Book)
The rise and rise of proton pump inhibitor drugs
Medicine misuse or drug abuse? A critical appraisal of current issues and research in the UK
During the last decade consumption of licit medications and illicit drugs has risen substantially. It is estimated that the 100 000–200 000 severely dependent drug misusers in the UK generate social costs of 3–4 billion annually, while the cost of prescribed medicines for the entire population is currently 5 billion. Although attitudes and behaviours have been extensively researched, they remain complex and often contradictory. In particular, lit…
Feedback from community pharmacy users on the contribution of community pharmacy to improving the public's health
Objective To systematically review feedback from pharmacy users on their perceptions and experiences of health‐related advice and services provided from community pharmacies. Methods The focus of the review was community pharmacy activities in relation to promoting health and well‐being, preventing ill‐health and maintaining health. Searches were conducted for peer‐reviewed (international) and non‐peer‐reviewed (UK) research. Electronic databases…
Supporting Self Care in Primary Care
The role and value of written information for patients about individual medicines
Objective To review research on the role and value of written medicines information for patients from the perspective of patients and health professionals. Context Providing written information to patients about their medicines is acknowledged as a priority but there is poor understanding of how best to meet patients’ needs. Method A sensitive search strategy was developed to maximize the identification of relevant studies. We used a data extract…
Beating the Bounds? The Introduction of Pharmacist Supplementary Prescribing in the UK National Health Service
Pharmacists in the UK were granted supplementary prescribing rights in 2003, subject to further training. Most of those now qualified are practising in general medical practices and hospitals. This qualitative study explores GP and pharmacist perceptions of the introduction of pharmacist supplementary prescribing, focusing on the consequences for professional boundaries, power relations and knowledge. GPs have delegated some routine work in speci…
Patients’ experiences of a community pharmacy-led medicines management service
Medicines management services provided by community pharmacists have been proposed as one means to ensure that patients receive all the medicines they may benefit from in the English National Health Service. These services may also offer ways of addressing the historic under-utilization of community pharmacists' clinical skills and expertise. Medicines management services differ significantly from the dispensing and medicines sales roles traditio…
Patients' valuation of the prescribing nurse in primary care
BACKGROUND: Recently, primary care in the United Kingdom has undergone substantial changes in skill mix. Non-medical prescribing was introduced to improve patient access to medicines, make better use of different health practitioners' skills and increase patient choice. There is little evidence about value-based patient preferences for 'prescribing nurse' in a general practice setting. OBJECTIVE: To quantify value-based patient preferences for th…
Survey of patients' experiences and perceptions of care provided by nurse and pharmacist independent prescribers in primary care
BACKGROUND: In the United Kingdom, nurses and pharmacists who have undertaken additional post-registration training can prescribe medicines for any medical condition within their competence (non-medical prescribers, NMPs), but little is known about patients' experiences and perceptions of this service. OBJECTIVE: to obtain feedback from primary care patients on the impact of prescribing by nurse independent prescribers (NIPs) and pharmacist indep…
How do patients with cancer pain view community pharmacy services? An interview study
Pain experienced by many patients with advanced cancer is often not well controlled and community pharmacists are potentially well placed to provide support. The study objective was to explore the views and experiences of patients with advanced cancer about community pharmacies, their services and attitudes towards having a community pharmacist pain medicines consultation. Purposive sampling of GP clinical information systems was used to recruit …
Experience‐based co‐design—Adapting the method for a researcher‐initiated study in a multi‐site setting
BACKGROUND: Experience-based co-design (EBCD) brings patients and staff together to co-design services. It is normally conducted in one organization which initiates and implements the process. We used the traditional EBCD method with a number of adaptations as part of a larger research study in the British National Health Service. METHODS: The primary aim was to assess the feasibility and acceptability of conducting research-initiated EBCD, to en…
Medicine (9 works) · Family medicine (7 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Pharmacy (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Nursing Roles and Practices (3 works) · Pharmacist (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Primary care (3 works) · Business (2 works)