Holland, RichardBond, ChristineAlldred, David PArthur, AntonyBarton, GarryBirt, LindaBlacklock, JeanetteBlyth, AnnieCheilari, StamatinaDaffu-O'Reilly, AmritDalgarno, LindsayDesborough, JamesFord, JoannaGrant, KellyHarry, BronwenHill, HelenHughes, CarmelInch, JacquelineMaskrey, VivienneMyint, PhyoNorris, NigelPoland, FionaShepstone, LeeSpargo, MaureenTurner, DavidWatts, LauraZermansky, ArnoldWright, David2023-02-202023-02-202023-02-14Holland, R, Bond, C, Alldred, D P, Arthur, A, Barton, G, Birt, L, Blacklock, J, Blyth, A, Cheilari, S, Daffu-O'Reilly, A, Dalgarno, L, Desborough, J, Ford, J, Grant, K, Harry, B, Hill, H, Hughes, C, Inch, J, Maskrey, V, Myint, P, Norris, N, Poland, F, Shepstone, L, Spargo, M, Turner, D, Watts, L, Zermansky, A & Wright, D 2023, 'Evaluation of effectiveness and safety of pharmacist independent prescribers in care homes : cluster randomised controlled trial', BMJ (Clinical research ed.), vol. 380, e071883. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-0718830959-8146PubMedCentral: PMC9926330ORCID: /0000-0003-3852-6158/work/163199142https://hdl.handle.net/2164/20108Acknowledgments We thank all participating care home residents, care homes, and general practices; the pharmacist independent prescribers; our patient and public involvement group; our pharmacist trainers and assessors; Norwich Clinical Trials Unit; Comprehensive Research Network Eastern; our sponsor (Norfolk and Waveney CCG); members of our Programme Steering Committee and Data Monitoring and Ethics Committee; our funders; and all the many other people who supported the delivery of the programme of research that culminated in this trial. Funding: This work was funded by National Institutes of Health Research (NIHR) through their Programme Grant for Applied Research (PGfAR) stream (RP-PG-0613-20007). The funder had no role in design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, or writing of this paper.9350325engHumansFemaleAged, 80 and overMalePharmacistsQuality of LifeNorthern IrelandScotlandPharmaceutical ServicesR MedicineNational Institute for Health Research (NIHR)RP-PG-0613-20007Supplementary InformationRJournal article10.1136/bmj-2022-071883380