Professors Catherine Bowen and Mari Carmen Portillo have both been recognised as Senior Investigators by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). This is the second time Professor Bowen has been named a Senior Investigator. Professor Catherine Bowen Catherine Bowen and Mari Carmen Portillo are both based in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Southampton, and are both part of the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Wessex. Professor Mari Carmen Portillo...

Over one million people in England take ten or more medicines, particularly older adults with frailty, dementia, or multiple long-term conditions. This exposes them to increased risks of falls, functional decline, hospitalisation, and premature death, with polypharmacy contributing to 16.5% of unplanned admissions and costing the NHS £2.21 billion annually. 1 in 3 people aged 65 and older take 5 or more medicines every day (polypharmacy). Some of these drugs may no longer be appropriate. They...

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