PIP Agenda

Session 1 - Prescribing Indicators

Chair: Prof. Carmel Hughes, Professor of Primary Care Pharmacy, Queens University Belfast.

Prescribing indicators to assess PIP: Overview of current criteria and development of the PROMPT criteria.
Dr. Janine Cooper, Queens University Belfast.
Prescribing indicators to assess PIP: Overview of current criteria and development of the PROMPT criteria

Development of prescribing safety indicators for use in general practice: the RCGP/NIHR criteria.
Dr. Rachel Spencer, University of Nottingham.
Development of prescribing safety indicators for use in general practice: the RCGP/NIHR criteria

High risk prescribing indicators: prevalence and quantification of risk.
Dr. Dan Morales, University of Dundee.
High risk prescribing indicators: prevalence and quantification of risk

Session 2 - Interventions that address potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP)

Chair: Prof. Bruce Guthrie, Professor of Primary Care Medicine, University of Dundee.

A pharmacist-led IT intervention to reduce PIP: the PINCER trial.
Dr Sarah Rodgers, University of Nottingham.
A pharmacist-led IT intervention to reduce PIP: the PINCER trial

Optimizing prescribing for older people in primary care: the OPTI-SCRIPT trial.
Barbara Clyne, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
Optimizing prescribing for older people in primary care: the OPTI-SCRIPT trial.

What does it take to improve prescribing safety in primary care: the DQIP and EFFIPS studies.
Dr. Tobias Dreischulte, University of Dundee.
What does it take to improve prescribing safety in primary care: the DQIP and EFFIPS studies.

Session 3 - Implementation strategies at policy and practice level to reduce PIP

Chair: Prof. Tony Avery, Head of School of Community Health Sciences, Division of General Practice, University of Nottingham.

Multimorbidity, polypharmacy and Quality & Outcomes Framework (QOF).
Prof. Bruce Guthrie, University of Dundee
Multimorbidity, polypharmacy and Quality & Outcomes Framework (QOF)

Health economic analysis of PIP indicators.
Prof. Rachel Elliott, University of Nottingham
Health economic analysis of PIP indicators

The Irish Primary Care Research Network (iPCRN): Overview of current work and future plans.
Dr. Patrick Redmond & Dr. Ronan McDonnell, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
The Irish Primary Care Research Network (iPCRN): Overview of current work and future plans

Session 4 - Policy, practice and academic issues around PIP

Chair: Prof. Susan Smith, Associate Professor in General Practice Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
Panel Discussion
Policy, practice and academic issues