Welcome to the PROMPPT research programme

PROMPPT is an NIHR funded research programme and stands for: Proactive clinical Review of patients taking Opioid Medicines long-term for persistent Pain led by clinical Pharmacists in primary care Teams PROMPPT is formed of three linked …

Your PROMPPT journey

Below from WS2 training manual 1.3.5 PROMPPT aims to reduce opioid use for people with persistent pain where appropriate.It may not be appropriate for all patients to reduce opioids and …

Your time and role in PROMPPT

Your time and role in PROMPPT will involve you taking part in a comprehensive training package, delivering pain reviews, with some associated research processes. The phase before the pain review …

Case study 2

Aim of the case study To understand the role of follow-ups To identify components of the follow up framework in action To understand the importance of aligning what matters to …

Support

We hope the organisation and delivery of the pain reviews are well supported by your practice. This might mean that GPs at your practice are available to talk through difficulties …

Wellbeing and your own self-care

We hope this training prepares you well for undertaking the pain reviews with patients with persistent pain taking different strengths of opioids. We acknowledge that things however do not always …

The spirit of PROMPPT

Many patients who experience persistent pain respond by taking opioids. Patients who attend a pain review will have an opportunity to consider whether this pharmacological response to pain is most …