The Lifeguard Study: Responding to people in danger. A feasibility study to co-develop a community pharmacy response service for domestic violence and suicidal ideation

PROJECT TITLE THE LIFEGUARD STUDY: RESPONDING TO PEOPLE IN DANGER. A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO CO-DEVELOP A COMMUNITY PHARMACY RESPONSE SERVICE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SUICIDAL IDEATION
Funding body NIHR RfPB
Total funding £370,459
Team
  • Dr J Solomon (School of Pharmacy, UoL)
  • Prof Graham Law, CaHRU & LinCTU, University of Lincoln (UoL)
  • Dr Elise Rowan, CaHRU & LinCTU, University of Lincoln (UoL)
  • Dr A Latif (University of Nottingham)
  • Dr P Knapp (University of York)
  • Prof M Gussy (LIIRH, UoL)
  • Prof D Baines (Bournemouth University)
Team/consortium
  • University of Lincoln
  • University of Nottingham
  • University of York
  • Bournemouth University
Overarching aim To co-develop and evaluate the feasibility of a community pharmacy response service / intervention for people in danger from domestic violence or suicidal ideation.
Objectives
  1. To co-develop with patients / public and professionals a promotional strategy (i.e. poster displays, life-guard cards) to increase public awareness and engagement with the ‘Life-guard’ service
  2. To co-develop with patients / public and professionals a training package and signposting resources for pharmacy staff to enable them to respond to people in danger e.g. suicidal ideation / domestic violence
  3. To deliver the ‘Life-guard’ service in a purposive sample of community pharmacies to collect data on feasibility and implementation.
  4. To evaluate the service through the collection of pharmacy data (e.g. service uptake) ascertain public and professional views on accessibility, acceptability and service delivery
  5. To evaluate the potential for the intervention to be scaled up for a future trial, including economic and statistical considerations.
Methods This is a two-stage development and feasibility study to develop a complex intervention, using the MRC framework for complex interventions.
Outcomes Number of referrals made to each of the referral services
Outputs Peer reviewed publications:

Conference presentations:
Impact The hope is that a fully developed intervention will be tested in a full clinical trial.