Research
Rachel’s research spans three interconnected areas: pharmacy workforce, pharmacy services in primary and secondary care, and pedagogic research in pharmacy education. Her early work examined the primary care pharmacy workforce, workforce mobility and skill mix, including national census studies and evaluations of dispensary support staff roles, informing debates on role clarity and workforce planning. She has continued to explore pharmacists’ roles in general practice and secondary care, with studies on hospital discharge processes, medication supply models and pharmacists’ contributions to long‑term condition management.
More recently, her research has focused on asthma care in community and primary care settings and on understanding what constitutes a “prescriber‑ready pharmacist”, using frameworks such as the Theoretical Domains Framework to capture stakeholder perspectives on future workforce needs. She has supervised doctoral work on community pharmacy’s role in adult asthma care and on new models of care for hospital discharge, alongside supervising Masters and postgraduate research projects across clinical pharmacy and practice research. Her portfolio includes peer‑reviewed publications, national and international conference presentations and invited evaluations for commissioners and professional bodies, with research income across workforce, placement and service development projects.