Covid 19 Episodes
6.8 Maricarmen Climént - Risky Business - How to communicate uncertainty
How do you explain the risks and benefits of a medicine when you yourself don’t really know? We chat to Maricarmen Climént about risk communication and how we best help patients to make better choices in the face of uncertainty?
Episode 4-10 – Professor Claire Thompson and Badly Behaved Molecules
What do football and pharmaceutical science have in common?! In this, our final episode of series four, we go out on a high chatting to multi-award winning scientist Claire Thompson about the role pharmaceutical science plays in the development of medicines and her own experience during COVID and what it means for the future of drug development.
4.5 Professor Mahendra Patel OBE - Health Inequalities and the Bradford Polo Mint
This week we welcome Pharmacy's own National Treasure Professor Mahendra Patel OBE. Mahendra is a multi-award winning pharmacist and academic with professorial roles in a number of universities. He has led research into health inequalities, diabetes and COVID amongst many others.
4.4 - Dr Nkiruka Umaru. Tea, cake and medicines.
A real pleasure this week to welcome one the Pharmaceutical Journal's ‘Women to Watch in 2022’ Nkiruku Umuaru. Nikkie is currently the Pharmacy Foundation Head of School, Interim Education and Postgraduate Pharmacy Lead at the University of Herefordshire. We chat to Nikkie about medicines in older people, and in particular how to have good conversations with them about their medicines.
3.1 - Dr Louise Newson - The Menopause Doctor. Prescription charges - fair or a tax on the sick?
We are back for Series 3 and it is our great pleasure to chat to Dr Louise Newson. As well as a GP & menopause specialist Louise is also host of the popular podcast ‘My Menopause Doctor’. We chat about how the Menopause & the prescribing of HRT in general is an often neglected, misunderstood and underdiagnosed topic of healthcare.
Episode 8 - Ravi Sharma - Pharmacogenomics, Penicillin de-labelling and promoting the pharmacy profession in a pandemic.
Ravi is currently the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Director for England as well as continuing to work as a GP practice prescribing pharmacist. We chat to Ravi about his passion for pharmacogenomics and how it might revolutionise pharmacy practice alongside the role of a professional body in a pandemic.
Episode 1 - Meet the Apothecaries.
Welcome to the Aural Apothecary Podcast. A lighthearted take on the world of medicines, pharmacy and healthcare in the UK from Jamie, Gimmo and Steve the Chemist. In this, our first episode, the boys introduce themselves and take on topics ranging from Aspirin to Compassion.