Delivering a primary care review for people prescribed opioids for persistent pain: facilitators and barriers facing practice pharmacists

Charlotte Woodcock; Nicola Cornwall; Sarah A Harrisson; Julie Ashworth; Lisa Dikomitis; Toby Helliwell; Eleanor Hodgson; Roger Knaggs; Christian Mallen; Tamar Pincus; Miriam Santer; Simon White; Clare Jinks

doi:10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0156

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Delivering a primary care review for people prescribed opioids for persistent pain: facilitators and barriers facing practice pharmacists

Charlotte Woodcock, Nicola Cornwall, Sarah A Harrisson, Julie Ashworth, Lisa Dikomitis, Toby Helliwell, Eleanor Hodgson, Roger Knaggs, Christian Mallen, Tamar Pincus, Miriam Santer, Simon White and Clare Jinks On behalf of the PROMPPT research team

BJGP Open 8 October 2025; BJGPO.2025.0156. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0156

Charlotte Woodcock

1 Centre for Musculoskeletal Health Research, School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK

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Nicola Cornwall

1 Centre for Musculoskeletal Health Research, School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK

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Sarah A Harrisson

1 Centre for Musculoskeletal Health Research, School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK

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Julie Ashworth

1 Centre for Musculoskeletal Health Research, School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK

2 Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Haywood Hospital, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, UK

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Lisa Dikomitis

1 Centre for Musculoskeletal Health Research, School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK

3 Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

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Toby Helliwell

1 Centre for Musculoskeletal Health Research, School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK

2 Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Haywood Hospital, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, UK

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Eleanor Hodgson

4 Moorland Medical Centre, Dyson House, Regent Street, Staffordshire, UK

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Roger Knaggs

5 School of Pharmacy and Pain Centre Versus Arthritis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

6 Primary Integrated Community Services Ltd, Nottingham, UK

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Christian Mallen

1 Centre for Musculoskeletal Health Research, School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK

2 Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Haywood Hospital, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, UK

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Tamar Pincus

7 Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University London, Surrey, UK

8 School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

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Miriam Santer

9 Primary Care Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

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Simon White

10 School of Allied Health Professionals and Pharmacy, Keele University, Keele Staffordshire, UK

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Clare Jinks

1 Centre for Musculoskeletal Health Research, School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK

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