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Increasing the use of local community pharmacies for minor illnesses reduces the burden on hospitals and GPs

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Submitting institution

University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Unit of assessment

3 - Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy

Summary impact type

Health

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Is this case study continued from a case study submitted in 2014?

Underpinning research subjects

Clinical Sciences
Pharmacology And Pharmaceutical Sciences
Public Health And Health Services

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2. Underpinning research

3. References to the research

4. Details of the impact

5. Sources to corroborate the impact

Additional contextual information

Grant funding

Grant number	Value of grant
293177	£10,000
NHSE RA241051 - PO 600138972	£45,000

Countries

Formal partners

Wolfson Research Institute at Durham University
Mr Andre Yeung, Chair of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Local Professional Network
Mr Michael Maguire, Chair of the Durham, Dales, Darlington and Tees Local Professional Network
Mrs Alex Connelly, Regional Directory of Services (DoS) Lead – North East, NE & NC Urgent & Emergency Care Network, North of England Commissioning Support
Dr Zachariah Nazar, University of Portsmouth,

Funding programmes

Vanguard Programme
ITT Evaluation for the Digital Minor Ailments Referral Service

Name of funders

The North East Urgent and Emergency Care Network
NHS England

Researcher ORCIDs

0000-0002-3168-5386
0000-0003-1496-9341
0000-0002-1294-6851
0000-0002-0339-846X
0000-0003-1738-4269
0000-0002-9614-728X