Personal profile
Biography
I am Head of Pharmacy at Aston Pharmacy School and Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice.
Research Interests
- The public health function of pharmacy and pharmacists
- Pharmacy and health inequalities
- Role extension within pharmacy practice
- Harm reduction within pharmacy practice
- Health care policy and pharmacy
- Organisational structure and professionalism within community pharmacy
- Medication adherence
- Pharmacy education
- Service evaluation
Teaching Activity
I am responsible for teaching the public health, health policy and social pharmacy aspects of the MPharm programme. I also contribute towards the teaching of research methods, the community pharmacy aspects of pharmacy practice and certain aspects of the clinical pharmacy component of both the MPharm and the Overseas Pharmacists’ (OSPAP) programmes.
Employment
2022 - Present: Head of Pharmacy, Aston Pharmacy School, Aston University
2018 - 2022: Associate Head of Pharmacy (Education), Aston Pharmacy School, Aston University
2013 - Present: Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Aston Pharmacy School, Aston University
2013 - 2018: MPharm Programme Director, Aston Pharmacy School, Aston University
2009 - 2016: Pharmacist Consultant to Optegra Birmingham Hospital
2008 - 2013: Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Aston Pharmacy School, Aston University
2007 - 2008: Academic Support Officer in Pharmacy Practice, Aston Pharmacy School, Aston University
2003 - 2009: Locum Pharmacist
2002 - 2003: Pre-registration Pharmacist, Linthorns Pharmacy, Birmingham
Qualifications
- MPharm, Aston University, 2002
- PhD, Aston University, 2008
- PGCert (in Professional Practice in Higher Education), Aston University, 2011
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Registrant with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Research Interests
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +44 (0) 121 204 4016
Keywords
- RS Pharmacy and materia medica
- Public health
- Health policy
- Medication adherence
- Organisational culture in community pharmacy
- Pharmacy education
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A qualitative exploration of the interaction between mental illness stigma and preparedness for practice in pharmacy students
Macfarlane, H., Paton, A. & Bush, J., Mar 2025, In: Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. 17, 3, 102271.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Clinical pharmacists in general practice: An initial evaluation of activity in one English primary care organisation
Bush, J., Langley, C. A., Jenkins, D., Johal, J. & Huckerby, C., 27 Nov 2018, In: International Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 26, 6, p. 501-506 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A retrospective study examining the nature, contributory factors and predictors of dispensing errors in community pharmacy
Kousar, S., Bush, J. & Langley, C., 22 Jul 2016, In: International Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 24, Suppl.2, p. 46 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract › peer-review
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The roles of community pharmacists and other pharmacy staff: public perceptions
Turner, A., Bush, J. & Langley, C., 22 Jul 2016, In: International Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 24, Suppl.2, p. 31 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract › peer-review
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A comparison of the provision of the My Choice Weight Management Programme via general practitioner practices and community pharmacies in the United Kingdom
Bush, J., Langley, C., Mills, S. & Hindle, L., Apr 2014, In: Clinical Obesity. 4, 2, p. 91-100 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Thesis
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Pharmacy and public health: examining the link between strategy and practice
Bush, J. (Author), Langley, C. A. (Supervisor) & Jesson, J. K. (Supervisor), May 2008Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Activities
- 1 Publication peer-review
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Research in social and administrative pharmacy (Journal)
Bush, J. (Peer reviewer)
2009 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review