Perspectives of stakeholders on running ‘Pill School’ in community settings: a survey based study
The consultation explored stakeholders' perspectives of teaching children to swallow tablets in community settings. Most stakeholders were supportive of the concept of 'Pill School'. HCPs favoured starting with children aged 4 and above whilst parents and school staff favoured starting with children from 8 years and above. There was a clear interest in taking this forward to equip children with this life skill early on, avoiding them becoming adults who have difficulty swallowing tablets.
Authors
- A. Malcolm Gill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8198-1028)
- Yincent Tse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3175-1475)
- Daniel B. Hawcutt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8120-6507)
- Adam Pattison Rathbone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1005-0533)
- Bernie Carter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5226-9878)
- Greg Irving (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9471-3700)
- Emma Lim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5403-3065)
- Alice McCloskey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3014-1624)
- Louise Bracken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9632-2252)
- David Lewis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5322-1873)
- Louise Oni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1532-2390)
- Jenny Ainsworth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8375-2205)
- Nikolaos Skoutelis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3669-9354)
Institutions
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Edge Hill University (GB)
- Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust (GB)
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Primary Health Care (QA)
- Great North Children's Hospital (GB)
- Liverpool John Moores University (GB)
- Newcastle University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Pharmacy Practice
- Published
- 2025-11-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpp/riaf106
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00