Prof. Carmel Hughes, CHIPPS PI in Belfast, recently wrote an opinion piece for the The BMJ with Prof. M. Tunney & Prof. K. Lapane on why covid-19 deaths in care homes are not being counted, and what needs to be done to protect those most at risk: bit.ly/2W8UIFk

Whilst we are disappointed that we could not share our work with you at the RPS Science and Research Summit 2020, our abstract has now been published online as a supplementation of the IJPP. Ours is number 4, read it here: bit.ly/3f4Pume

Thrilled to post that CHIPPS Study has completed all our data collection and that we have started to analyse our primary outcome data. Enormous thanks to the whole team!!! #carehomeresearch #pharmacyresearch

Hi! Polly here, on behalf of Norwich Clinical Trials Unit. For Pint of Science UK #pint20 #pint20Norwich, we’d like to share some #PintSizedScience. Our trial managers, data programmers, statisticians, and healthcare experts work on high quality research to improve patient care. 1/5

Exciting moment for CHIPPS as our dissemination event is happening now . . .

Health Economic methodology . . .

Professor Wright describes the CHIPPS pharmacist prescriber training development process. Nothing done by halves in this project.

882 Participants recruited

Sarah Mapes shares what it was really like being part of CHIPPS as a PIP

CHIPPS Researchers present their experience and lessons learnt in a Question Time format

Professor Christine Bond describes the CHIPPS Process Evaluation

Excellent CHIPPS dissemination event

Are you care home staff, a GP or pharmacist independent prescriber responsible for care home residents? We’re recruiting a panel to help design #deprescribing strategies for care homes. Gift vouchers given for personal time. Click here to express interest forms.office.com/r/KiaAQdBKzE

Our researchers are launching a £1.4 million National Institute for Health and Care Research funded project to improve flu jab uptake in care homes & save lives #ThinkingWithoutBorders Amrish Patel UEA Economics UEA Pharmacy Norwich CTU MED UEA National Care Forum Boots Care England 💚 👉 ow.ly/bJpY50G6SMF

Still looking for #carehome staff to join a panel to help design #deprescribing (meds stopping) strategies for care homes. £300 gift voucher given for personal time. Please sign-up here forms.office.com/r/KiaAQdBKzE

Are you a care home looking to improve your staff flu #vaccination rates? Older people’s care homes needed for research study. £500 participation payment. Click here to express interest norwichcrtu.uea.ac.uk/redcap/surveys…. Please RT