Research User Group newsletter 2019 RUG newsletter FINAL version 30.10.19 | Page 5

5 RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
PROMPPT
The aim of the PROMPPT programme is to develop and test a
new approach to reduce opioid use (where appropriate) in
patients living with persistent pain led by clinical
pharmacists working in GP practices. It’s a 5-year research
programme, it launched in March 2019 and starts with the Q-
PROMPPT study.
Q-PROMPPT will use a range of methods to find out about
patients, clinical pharmacists and GPs’ experiences and
views on a number of issues related to the use of regular
medicines, particularly opioids for long-term pain. We
know that many people living with pain will be not be able
to, or may not want to take part in an interview but we want
to understand the views and experiences of a diverse range
of people.
For this reason and to help shape our PROMPPT review, we
have developed the Q-PROMPPT research blog. RUG
members told the PROMPPT research team that many
people do not realise that their pain medicines are opioids.
To address this, the team has created a short animation
explaining which medicines are opioids and which are not.
We hope that the animation we have developed will help
make this information more accessible. The Q-PROMPPT
blog is now open and will be live until early December 2019.
Visit promppt.co.uk to watch the opioid animation, find out
more about the study and join in.
FRRESH
The FRRESH study is an initiative to create a Forum for Rural Research on Health and Wellbeing
and looks at the needs of local rural communities - for example the growing lack of an
infrastructure to support rural populations, including many older adults, who are becoming
increasingly isolated. RUG member Katie Tempest has been involved with the project since 2017.
She commented: "It has been a very interesting
and informative journey. Workshops have been
held in varied locations, for example the
Victoria Theatre in Newcastle-under-Lyme and
Rodbaston College in Penkridge. I have learned
a great deal about the issues of rural life from
many interesting and varied perspectives. You
begin to realise that they are complex. Many
older people are potentially living in
vulnerable and isolated situations."