Trainee Advanced Practitioner, Claire Manderson, is close to finishing her Master's degree in Advanced Clinical Practice at The University of Huddersfield. She has marked the occasion by by being published in a leading journal for Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP).

Claire's paper for the International Journal of Advancing Practice explores how alendronic acid can be  safely prescribed for patients after sustaining a hip fracture. Alendronic acid is a type of medication used to treat osteoporosis.

Claire said: "My clinical specialty as an ACP is frailty and older people's medicine, so this paper fits really well with my area of clinical speciality.

"The focus of my article was for patients that have had a fractured hip and are being discharged home. It was to do with making sure the patient understands the importance of the drug in reducing the risk of future fractures and how to manage possible side effects - which can be a deterrent for some patients who may then feel unable to continue taking it. They are then at risk of having further fractures with a possible further devastating impact on their function and independence.

“I come from quite an extensively published family, my Dad is very well published. He was a research scientist, so he's got books, papers and a PhD. Both my sisters also have PhDs and have had their work published, so I've often joked that I had a little bit of catching up to do. Once I had the paper in the journal with my name on it, that felt very nice. My family are extremely proud.”