Episodes
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…
Episode 2 - Clare Howard and Multimorbidity
We meet our first guest, Clare Howard who has worked in pharmacy since she was 16 and in the past was Deputy Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for NHS England. She is now the Medicines Optimisation Clinical Director for the Wessex Academic Health & we discuss polypharmacy, PINCER, multimorbidity as well as middle aged apathy.
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.