Pharmacy Research UK

PRUK are delighted to share Nina Barnett’s final report, following completion of her 2016 training bursary, which reviews a person-centred approach to pharmacy practice through a focus on using health coaching methods. Person-centred care views the people using health services as equal partners in planning, developing and monitoring care in order to it ensure it […]

Pharmacy Research UK (PRUK) are delighted to announce that the PRUK 2018 funding round for personal research awards and training bursaries is now open and applicants have until the 2nd May to submit their application. From this year onwards, funding will now be available to all pharmacists engaged in research including non RPS members. PRUK […]

Today marks the beginning of National Mentoring Month. If you are in need of a New Year’s resolution to inspire and motivate you this year, consider becoming a mentor or mentee through the free PRUK mentoring scheme. Effective mentoring is an essential component of expanding the pharmacy academic workforce for the future and continues to […]

Emma Davies poster presentation on Trends in Strong Opioid prescribing in a Primary Care Population pic.twitter.com/UvlKg0I6Md — Pharmacy Research UK (@PharmResUK) December 5, 2017 We are delighted to announce that PRUK funded researcher Emma Davies was awarded the runner up prize for her poster presentation at the RPS Winter Summit. Her presentation on Trends in […]

Today we are celebrating PRUK’s fifth birthday! In honour of the occasion, the PRUK team have been reflecting on some of the charities’ highlights and acknowledging the achievements that have taken place over the last five years. Since our inception, PRUK has funded nearly £1.7m of project grants, training bursaries and research fellowships relating to […]

After the success of this research stream in 2017, the HSRPP conference would like to invite abstract submissions from researchers and clinicians to showcase late and breaking research news and work for service development in practice settings, in addition to the normal abstract submission process. We are particularly interested in work that: is conducted in […]

Pharmacy Research UK (PRUK) is delighted to announce the publication of research funded by the charity.  Research into “Determining Patient Health Literacy during a Medicine Consultation Study” has been conducted by Paul Duell at the University of East Anglia. Health literacy is a person’s ability to obtain, understand and apply health information and it has […]

Pharmacy Research UK (PRUK) have awarded over £80k in research fellowship funding in 2017. Funding awards are given in the form of research training bursaries or personal research fellowships. The research training bursaries are intended to support early career pharmacists who have an interest in developing skills in conducting research relating to their practice. The […]

The Committee for the Health Services Research and Pharmacy Practice Conference (HSRPP) are inviting expressions of interest from higher education institutes in the UK and Ireland to host this successful, annual conference in 2020. The aim of HSRPP is to: Identify and disseminate research to inform policy and practice development. Develop the evidence base for […]

The British Oncology Pharmacy Association (BOPA) and Pharmacy Research UK (PRUK) are delighted to grant the BOPA-PRUK 2017 Award to Terry Tin Wai Ng at University College London School of Pharmacy, where Terry is a Senior Teaching Fellow.  BOPA and PRUK are working together to help novice researchers in oncology and haematology pharmacy embark on […]