Rate My Professor David Alldred

Professor David Alldred is Professor of Medicines Use and Safety in the School of Healthcare at the University of Leeds. He holds a BPharm (Hons) from the University of Nottingham, an MSc in Clinical Pharmacy from the University of Bradford, a PGCert in Learning and Teaching, and a PhD based on a randomised controlled trial of pharmacist-led medication review for care home residents conducted at the University of Leeds. Alldred began his career as a clinical pharmacist in secondary care. He joined the University of Leeds as a research clinical pharmacist, with his work forming the basis of his PhD. He then served as Lecturer in Pharmacy, teaching pharmacology, therapeutics, pharmacy practice, evidence-based medicine, patient safety, and medicines partnership. In 2013, he was appointed Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice at Bradford School of Pharmacy. This was followed by his appointment as Associate Professor in Pharmacy Practice at the University of Leeds in 2015 and as Professor of Medicines Use and Safety in 2017. He led the Safe Use of Medicines theme in the NIHR Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Translational Research Centre and currently co-leads the Decluttering Safely for Safety theme in the NIHR Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Research Collaboration as well as the Quality and Safety research theme for the School of Healthcare.

Alldred's research focuses on medicines optimisation, patient safety, medication errors, medication review, and deprescribing, particularly for older people living with frailty in care homes and underserved populations. He managed the Care Homes' Use of Medicines study (CHUMS), a UK Department of Health-funded national study of medication errors in care homes that influenced practice and policy. He is a member of the Guideline Development Group for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Medicines Management in Care Homes Good Practice Guidance. Alldred leads NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research, including CHIPPS on pharmacist prescribing in care homes, ISCOMAT for heart failure patients post-discharge, CHARMER for deprescribing in hospital, and SaSI-MEDs for de-implementing unnecessary double-checking of medicines. He works with NHS England on programmes such as Medicines Optimisation for Care Homes and supervises NIHR-funded doctoral students. His awards include the Pharmacy Practice UK Research Award and Fellowship of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in 2015, and NIHR Senior Investigator in 2025. Key publications include the Cochrane review 'Interventions to optimise prescribing for older people in care homes' (2016) and 'Deprescribing: a brave new word?' (2014).