Hospital Episodes
The Aural Apothecary Almanac 2024. Weight loss drugs, Assisted dying and the Weight of the British National Formulary
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.
7.4 The Aural Apothecary Analyses! When Guidelines Go Wrong - A Medicines Safety Special with Dr Matthew Jones and Angela Carrington
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?
6.9 Ann-Marie Goacher. The Eyes: A Window to Our Health
Pain in the eye? It is a red-flag all healthcare professionals are trained to be aware of. But when spotted, who deals with it? We are joined by Specialist Head and Neck Pharmacist Ann Marie Goacher.
5.7 Louise Jenkins and Cystic Fibrosis - Not part of my life, but my whole life
A truly joyful patient story when we chat to Louise Jenkins. Cystic Fibrosis is a condition that encompasses your whole life. Louise talks to us about growing up with the condition, balancing the constant need for treatment with trying to grow up normally.Louise describes being ill with CF as ‘like having a second job’, and tells us the transformative effect a change in drugs has had on her life. It is a miraculous story.
3.10 Dr Pete Turton - Social Media, Poison and the Eurovision Song Contest.
It is the end of Series 3 and we go out on a high! We are joined by Dr Pete Turton. He is currently undergoing dual training in both anaesthesia and has also tried his hand as a stand-up comedian and is one of the stars of ‘The Placemat’ podcast.
Episode 9 - Angela Carrington - The World Health Organisation's Medicines Safety Challenge
Angela leads the Northern Ireland Medicines Safety Team supporting health and social care trusts in preventing avoidable medicines related harm. We discuss the World Health Organisations ‘Medicines Safety Challenge’ and the importance of Human Factors In Healthcare. We also get back onto the subject of drug pronunciation..
Episode 5 - Lindsay Harper, the treatment of obesity and resilience in healthcare.
Lindsay is the Director of Pharmacy at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group . Previously she was the lead intestinal failure specialist pharmacist on the national intestinal failure unit at Salford We talk to Lindsay about the role of clinical pharmacists and their transition from secondary to primary and about systems leadership & resilience in healthcare