The Aural Apothecary

We are joined by Dr Margaret McCartney a practising General Practitioner & Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of St Andrews. She is a vocal advocate for Evidence Based Medicine and regular journal journal / newspaper columnist and contributor to the BBC Radio 4 programme Inside Health

In this special episode we ‘Dive into the Deep End’ and examine in-depth the Inverse Care Law, defined by Welsh GP Dr Julian Tudor-Hart. What is it, why does it matter to medicines optimisation - and what can we do about it?

What is a Clinical Pharmacologist? Who better to tell us than Professor Lauren Walker, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Honorary Consultant in General Internal Medicine at Liverpool University.

What is Deprescribing? Why is it so important? And the big question... who invented it?! We present a masterclass in deprescribing from pharmacist Dr Emily Reeve from Monash University in Australia,Chair of the Australian Deprescribing Network

Pull up a chair and join the Three Apothecaries around the fire as we wrap up the year with a lively chat featuring friends and colleagues Clare Howard and Jonathan Underhill.

Healthcare professionals rely on guidelines to help them make the right choices. But do they work? Is the way we write and use guidance in practice actually harming patients?

Freedom from Command and Control was the very first book choice on the Aural Apothecary and its themes of failure demand, systems thinking and value have featured heavily on the show ever since. It is a real pleasure therefore this week to welcome its...

Community Pharmacist Dr Berwyn Owen is a pharmacy proprietor and prescriber in rural North Wales and we discuss what the future of medicines management looks like through the lens of community pharmacy

Welcome back to The Aural Apothecary! For our first episode we bring you an exciting new format, where we’ll be diving deeper into some of the recurring themes from our first six series. The Aural Apothecary Analyses!

Join us for a joyful exploration of the importance and reality of person centred care with Tommy Whitelaw from Person Centred Voices who was a full-time carer for his late mother Joan who had vascular dementia.