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Carmel Hughes PhD is a pharmacist by training and Professor in Primary Care Pharmacy at the School of Pharmacy. Her research interests focus the quality of drug use in older people particularly in long-term care setting and primary care, using a variety of study designs. She has published extensively on these topics and has led programmes of research in intervention studies in nursing homes for older people. Prof. Hughes was the first pharmacist to have been awarded a Harkness Fellowship in Health Care Policy by the Commonwealth Fund of New York City. She spent her fellowship year at the Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown University where she collaborated with Profs. Kate Lapane and Vince Mor on pharmacoepidemiological studies in nursing homes.She was awarded the British Pharmaceutical Conference Medal for her research in September 2001. She is the only pharmacist to have been awarded a National Primary Care Career Scientist Award from the Research and Development Division of the Department of Health in London. She has been a Cochrane Fellow, Editor for the EPOC group in the Cochrane Collaboration and was formerly the Joint Clinical Lead for the Northern Ireland Clinical Research Network. She is an Associate Editor for Pilot and Feasibility Studies. She is a member of the NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Commissioned Prioritisation Committee and a member of Sub-Panel 3 for REF 2020.
Research Statement
Prof. Hughes's research interests lie in care of older people. She has undertaken a range of studies in primary and long-term care, ranging from observational epidemiology to cluster randomised controlled trials, and qualitative exploratory studies. Emphasis has been on elucidating factors which may influence prescribing in settings, notably long-term care, such as structural characteristics, pharmacist interventions and more recently, treatment culture. She has also undertaken studies on MRSA prevalance in nursing homes, an infection control education intervention study in nursing homes and led the N. Ireland contribution to the European Surveillance on Antimicrobial Consumption Point Prevalence studies in nursing homes, part of a 22 EU country project. She has contributed to a number of Cochrane systematic reviews. She has a particular interest in interventions studies and the development of interventions using a systematic approach. This has informed a number of ongoing studies on medicines optimisation for people with dementia, and the prescribing of appropriate polypharmacy in primary care. Prof. Hughes's research has been funded from a range of sources including goverment, charities and the EU.
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Projects
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R1779PMY: Understanding and improving antimicrobial prescribing in care homes: a multidisciplinary approach
28/06/2017 → …
Project: Research
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R4489PMY: Pharmacy prescribing in Northern Ireland - a quantitative and qualitative assessment <PHAR/MDB>
Hughes, C., Gormley, G. & Parsons, C.
01/08/2008 → …
Project: Research
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R2995PMY: Development of an intervention to improve appropriate polypharmacy in older people in primary care
Hughes, C., Gormley, G., Passmore, P. & Ryan, C.
01/08/2012 → 30/09/2015
Project: Research
Research output
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A systematic assessment of the association between frequently-prescribed medicines and the risk of common cancers: a series of nested case-control studies
McDowell, R. D., Hughes, C., Murchie, P. & Cardwell, C., 26 Jan 2021, In: BMC Medicine. 19, 16 p., 22.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A systematic review of general practice-based pharmacists’ services to optimise medicines management in older people with multimorbidity and polypharmacy
Hasan Ibrahim, A. S., Barry, H. E. & Hughes, C. M., 28 Jan 2021, In: Family Practice.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Managing medicines in the time of COVID-19: implications for community-dwelling people with dementia
Barry, H. E. & Hughes, C. M., Feb 2021, In: International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy. 43, 1, p. 275-279Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effect of medications associated with drug-induced pancreatitis on pancreatic cancer risk: a nested case-control study of routine Scottish data
McDowell, R., Hughes, C., Murchie, P. & Cardwell, C., Apr 2021, In: Cancer epidemiology. 71, Part A, 9 p., 101880.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Withdrawal or continuation of cholinesterase inhibitors or memantine or both, in people with dementia
Parsons, C., Ward, S., McGuinness, B., Passmore, P., Hughes, C., Loy, C. & Lim, W. Y., 03 Feb 2021, In: Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online). 2021, 1, 76 p., CD009081.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prizes
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Chemist and Druggist Pharmacy Practice Research Medal. Title of Medal lecture: 'Lessons from America: Legislating for better drug use and quality care in nursing homes.'
Hughes, Carmel (Recipient), 2001
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Harkness Fellowship in Health Care Policy sponsored by the Commonwealth Fund, New York. Title of project: An evaluation of prescribing and related clinical outcomes in US nursing homes: the basis of a model of care in the United Kingdom.
Hughes, Carmel (Recipient), 1998
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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National Primary Care Career Scientist Award
Hughes, Carmel (Recipient), 2001
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Colleen Maxwell
Heather Barry (Host) & Carmel Hughes (Host)
01 Mar 2020 → 17 Mar 2020Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
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National Institute for Health Research (External organisation)
Carmel Hughes (Advisor)
2020 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Research Excellence Framework 2021 (Event)
Carmel Hughes (Advisor)
2020 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Research Excellence Framework (REF) (External organisation)
Carmel Hughes (Advisor)
2020 → 2021Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Appropriate and inappropriate polypharmacy-choosing the right strategy
Carmel Hughes (Advisor)
11 Nov 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
Impact
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Reduced prescribing of inappropriate medication in nursing home residents through a pharmacy intervention
Carmel Hughes (Participant) & Christopher Cardwell (Participant)
Impact: Health Impact