Community Pharmacy Episodes
7.2 - Back to the Future! Dr Berwyn Owen and The Evolution of Community Pharmacy.
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
6.10 Tommy Whitelaw - Intelligent Kindness & Gentle Honesty - Listening is the best medicine
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.
The Aural Apothecary Almanac 2023 - Artificial Intelligence, the Year of Community Pharmacy and the impact of loss
Pull up a chair and join the Three Apothecaries around the fire for our end-of-year chat with friends and colleagues Clare Howard and Jonathan Underhill to discuss another dramatic year.
Episode 5.5 - Trevor Silvester. Turn on, Tune in, (Don’t) Drop Out - Psychedelics & Cognitive Hypnotherapy
We are joined today by former police officer and creator of cognitive hypnotherapy Trevor Silvester. But what is Cognitive Hypnotherapy and how does it work? We discuss the role of alternative therapies such as this in holistic models of care. Trevor also takes us through his personal mind-bending journey into the world of psychedelics.
The Aural Apothecary Almanac 2022 – Polypharmacy, the Menopause and Growing old with Medicines
Join the Three Apothecaries and some old friends as they gather around the fire and reflect on the year. Jamie, Gimmo and Steve the Chemist are joined by friends of the show Clare Howard and Jonathan Underhill to discuss the highs and lows of 2022 starting with COVID and ending with Strep A, what a year for healthcare and medicines it has been.
Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week 2022 - Phil Howard
For this special episode the Apothecaries are joined by Professor Phil Howard ,OBE, to discuss Antimicrobial Resistance and what we can all do to tackle it. Phil is the former President of the British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy so is well placed to discuss this.
3.2 - Chris Martin - Innovation, Spread, Scale - and Hymns
In this episode it is our great pleasure to be joined by Chris Martin, a community pharmacist by background with extensive experience in a wide variety of Public Sector Roles, including ex Chair of Hywel Dda University Health Board ,the Welsh NHS Confederation and now Chair of the Life Sciences Wales and the Bevan Commission.
Episode 2.4 - Jill Cruikshank - Advice, Referral, Treatment - The ART of Pharmacy in Scotland
Jill Cruikshank is a community pharmacist who works in Community Pharmacy Development in NHS Lothian. In addition Jill is a coach, trainer & speaker who runs her own consultancy Leading2Solutions. We talk with Jill about ‘Pharmacy First’ - the Scottish Minor Ailments Scheme, writing a book & the importance of hugs.
Episode 7 - Johnathan Laird- What is a Pharmacist and Amazon’s place in healthcare?
Jonathan is owner of, and a successful pharmacy podcaster and publisher at, Pharmacy in Practice . Jonathan has worked in community pharmacy and general practice and we “blether” about Pharmacy in Scotland, his passion for independent prescribing and the risks and benefits posed to medicines supply by the role of Amazon Pharmacy.
Episode 3. Dr Amira Guirguis, supporting the second victim and how to run a drug cartel.
Dr Amira Guiguis is a pharmacist who gained her PhD in the in-field detection of New Psychoactive Substance (NPS) and is currently the MPharm Programme Director at Swansea University Medical School. We discuss the difficulties with supervised methadone administration during the pandemic and the surprising risks posed by herbal teas…