BPharm, MSc, PhD, FHEA

• Pharmacist integration into primary care practice
• Evaluating the quality of community pharmacy services
• Policy relevance of community pharmacy services
• Improving access and continity of care for patients in general practice

Ali is a Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice. He has considerable experience with quantitative and qualitative research in primary care/community pharmacy workforce and relevant education and training.

Ali has worked on a number of commissioned research projects with CPWS. His particular research interests focus on expanding the role of community pharmacists and enhancing integration of pharmacy within primary care to provide more effective patient care.

Ali recently became the first pharmacist researcher to be awarded an NIHR SPCR Post-Doctoral Fellowship. His project will focus on development and validation of a quality framework to support integration of community pharmacy healthcare services in primary care to enhance the quality and safety of patient care.

 Ali is also currently involved in the following research projects:

• Evaluation of the Pharmacy Quality Scheme / QPS
• Understanding what motivates people to choose a career as a Pharmacy Technician
• Understanding the factors that contribute to attrition from the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Pharmacy Technician Register
• Looking at how organisational and workforce developments  associated with the introduction of primary care networks affect  patients’ experience of continuity of care.