Clinical Pharmacy Research Group

Scope
The Clinical Pharmacy Research Group (CPRG) will conduct research into medicines use in mental health. Much of this work will be based on quantitative surveys or audits of prescribing practice but will extend to prospective effectives studies and small, multi-centre randomised, controlled studies.

Importance of topic
Medicines management and evidence-based prescribing are key priorities for the NHS in general of for mental health in particular. Effectiveness studies are now considered an essential part of the post-marketing assessment of psychotropic drugs. Pharmacy-based research is highly valued for its rigour and practical applicability and becoming more widely accepted by psychiatric journals.

Membership
Convenor: Professor David Taylor
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Members: Carol Paton
Honorary Research Fellow, Imperial College
Chief Pharmacist, Oxleas NHS Trust

Ian Maidment
Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Kent

Dawn Price
Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle

Denise Taylor
Honorary Lecturer, University of Bath

Victoria Cornelius
Statistician, Drug Safety Research Unit, Southampton

Sabine Landau
Methodology Research Group, MHRN

User/carer involvement
The convenor is closely associated with the charity MIND who will form the consultation group for all research projects. The individual acting as a full member of the group will be Sandra Lawman, a service user currently working in SLAM.