Episodes
Episode 3.5 - Dr Diane Ashiru-Oredope - Antimicrobial Resistance - what do you do when you don’t know what to do...
Dr Diane Ashiru-Oredope is the Lead Pharmacist for the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Healthcare Associated Infections, UK Health Security Agency and the Global AMR lead for the Commonwealth Pharmacists Association and is currently leading an evidence review into pharmaceutical public health.
3.4 Professor James McCormack - Bohemian Polypharmacy
This week we are joined from Canada by Professor James McCormack, a pharmacist and co-host of the Best Science Medicine Podcast and is world renowned for his entertaining take on shared decision making and using evidence based information. James also uses music to teach others about polypharmacy and deprescribing. No, really!
3.3 - Professor Sally Lewis - Value Based Rock, PROMS and Goldilocks Healthcare
Ever heard the term Value Based Healthcare and wondered what it meant? Well wonder no more. This week's guest, Dr Sally Lewis explains all. Sally is the National Clinical Director for Value Based Healthcare and Prudent Health in Wales as well as a practicing GP.
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.
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 2.10 - Dr Mark Holland - The Needy not the Noisy
Dr Mark Holland is Associate Professor at the University of Bolton & formerly a Consultant in geriatric medicine at Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, before moving into Acute Medicine. Formerly President of the Society for Acute Medicine he did so many TV interviews on behalf of his profession he ended up with his own IMDB database!
Episode 2.9 - Professor Dave Slawson - Information Mastery - We are not in Kansas anymore…
We welcome our first guest from the US - Professor Dave Slawson currently serves as the Chair of Family medicines for Atrium Health Carolinas Medicines Center and is a Professor of Family Medicines with the University of North Carolina. He is an international lecturer in evidenced-informed decision making and Information Mastery.
Episode 2.8 - Lelly Oboh - Wicked Problems, Mindlines and the Stripey Zebra.
Lelly began her career in community pharmacy and then worked as a primary care pharmacist, becoming the first UK community based consultant pharmacist in 2007. Her current role is at Guys and St Thomas and involves optimising medicines use in frailty, multimorbidity and polypharmacy.
Episode 2.7 - Fiona Peniston-Bird - Non-Medical Prescribing & Competency frameworks - what's the point?
Fiona, a nurse and founder of nmprescribing which provides the opportunity for NMPs to continue to be safe and effective NMPs through access to Continued Professional Development. We chat to Fiona about the evolution and role of non-medical prescribing and its place in care.
Episode 2.6 Dr Mark Porter MBE - It shouldn't happen to a vet.
Mark is an NHS GP and award winning journalist. He spends half his week working as a GP partner in rural Gloucestershire, and the rest investigating and reporting on the latest developments in medicine. We chat to Mark about his new practice pharmacy professionals, deprescribing, and the six-week wait for hospital discharge communication.
Episode 2.5 - Professor Rachel Elliott - The Empty Chair and Technology Solutionism
Rachel is a pharmacist and Professor of Health Economics at University of Manchester. Rachel has worked with Datalab, NICE and Academic Health Science networks to contribute health economics input of commissioning. We chat to Rachel about ‘having a foot in two camps’, rationing and the over-use of technology to solve problems.
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 2.3 - Dr Tessa Lewis - NO-TEARS, Thinking Fast & Slow and Chronic Kidney Injury
We chat to Dr Tessa Lewis a GP in Blaenavon, Wales and a Therapeutics and Medical Advisor. As well as being the author of the renowned ‘NO-TEARS’ medication review framework Tessa was awarded the ‘Distinguished Contribution to NICE Award’ for her contribution to its work.
Episode 2.2 - Dr Karen Sankey - Fixing the medical model - a squash and squeeze
We chat to Dr Karen Sankey - a GP of 25 years who is currently working at St Werburghs medical practice for the homeless. Karen talks about her frustration with the current medical model and how in her view it does not serve the most vulnerable people. and their needs.
Episode 2.1 - Jonathan Underhill, Shared Decision Making, NICE and POOs - not DOOs.
Welcome back for series 2! We talk to Jonathan Underhill who is a consultant clinical adviser for NICE and has a research interest in Evidence-Informed Decision Making. We discuss the new NICE 5 year strategy, Shared Decision making and what autobiographies can teach us about human behaviour.
Episode 10 - Samantha Quaye, the role of pharmacy technicians and our end of series quiz
Samantha is a pharmacy technician who has worked in community and hospital pharmacy, education and regulation. We chat about Samantha’s role as an elected Governor for Guy’s and St Thomas and how feedback is vital to support staff wellbeing. Sam proves herself a superfan of the podcast in our end of series quiz.
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 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 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 6 - Prof Mark Taubert, end of life care and a letter to David Bowie
Mark is an NHS palliative care consultant and honorary professor at Cardiff University School of Medicine. He founded TalkCPR.wales and has a national lead role to improve public understanding on topics relevant to care in the last years of life and at the extreme ends of medicine.
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
SIX NATIONS SPECIAL 2021. John Devereux - British Lion, Welsh International and Integrated Healthcare Manager.
John is an integrated healthcare manager for the Pharmaceutical Industry as well as a former international rugby player, having hugely successful careers in both codes – rugby union and rugby league including playing for the British Lions and Wales. We talk to John about transitioning between different careers, the use of NSAIDs in sport.
Episode 4. Dr Lawrence Brad, working with pharmacists multidisciplinary education and the science of Nudge.
Dr Lawrence Brad is a partner and GP prescribing who has published with both Jamie and STC about the benefits of clinical pharmacists in general practice. He is the RCGP representative for clinical pharmacists and we explore the role of clinical pharmacists and the synergistic relationship pharmacists can have with prescribers.
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…