We cover a range of clinical and leadership topics of interest to all those interested in medicines and medicines optimisation.
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Mon, 16 Sep 2024
|00:03:55
Madeleine Foster, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer’s Clinical Fellow at SPS, presents a summary of the resources published by SPS between 7th and 13th September. To easily find a list of newly published pages go to sps.nhs.uk, select ‘search’, click in the search bar, and press enter. Quick links to highlighted resources: Using generic liposomal amphotericin B A licensed generic liposomal amphotericin B (Tillomed) is available. Learn about key differences compared to AmBisome Liposomal amphotericin B (Gilead) brand. https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/using-generic-liposomal-amphotericin-b/ Understanding the characteristics of COVID-19 vaccines An introduction to the Understanding the characteristics of COVID-19 Vaccines pages https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/understanding-the-characteristics-of-covid-19-vaccines/ The license and supporting evidence for ecu-liz-umab biosimilars – page update Two licensed eculizumab biosimilars are available: Bekemv and Epysqli. Learn about the licensed indications, supporting evidence and key differences. https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/the-licence-and-supporting-evidence-for-eculizumab-biosimilar/ Next events – forthcoming webinars and conferences https://www.sps.nhs.uk/home/events/next-events/ Medicines Use and Safety 2024 Events Survey To help us enhance the quality of our Medicines Use and Safety (MUS) events, we would appreciate your feedback on our 2024 offerings. Please take a moment to complete the following anonymous survey, which should take less than 4 minutes. We welcome your input, whether or not you have attended any of our events this year. Your feedback is vital to ensuring our MUS events remain relevant and valuable. The survey will be open until Friday, 20 September, and we look forward to hearing from you. You can access the survey via this link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=VpftQ_9Bv0yVm0BqQIO3iy69MtABWsFCjFDc3yJffiRUOUNaTlhIS1U1T1QyRkNBWFJZSUZHOURCRS4u Podcast description: NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service serves healthcare professionals across the NHS who are involved in all aspects of buying, making and using medicines. Our motto is 'do once and share'.
Wed, 11 Sep 2024
|00:06:04
Claire Dearden talks to Charlotte who works as Controlled Drugs and Policies Lead for Solent NHS Trust. Her role includes overseeing all aspects of controlled drug stewardship and governance. Managing all controlled drug incidents, audits reports and ensuring all departments are compliant with legislation and policies. Charlotte facilitates training for a wide variety of healthcare professionals and is the first port of call for controlled drug queries. (6m 4s) Charlotte Grimwood - Controlled Drugs and Policies Lead Technician; Solent NHS Trust Claire Dearden - Chief Pharmaceutical Officer’s and Specialist Pharmacy Service National Pharmacy Technician Fellow
Wed, 11 Sep 2024
|00:07:03
Claire Dearden talks to Rose who works in a Primary Care Network, her role involves conducting various medication reviews in clinics such as post discharge, hypertension and reviewing direct-acting oral anticoagulants. Alongside clinics, she is involved in medicines reconciliation and optimisation, clinical reporting, and patient safety audits. Rose also leads a small team of pharmacy technicians within North West Leicestershire Primary Care Network. (7m 3s) Rose Balment PCN Senior Pharmacy Technician North West Leicestershire GP Federation Claire Dearden Chief Pharmaceutical Officer’s and Specialist Pharmacy Service National Pharmacy Technician Fellow
Tue, 10 Sep 2024
|00:04:10
Madeleine Foster, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer’s Clinical Fellow at SPS, presents a summary of the resources published by SPS between 30th August and 6th September. To easily find a list of newly published pages go to sps.nhs.uk, select ‘search’, click in the search bar, and press enter. Quick links to highlighted resources: Pharmacy Technician Coffee Break Conversation podcasts A series of short podcast discussions with pharmacy technicians about their roles and the different ways they provide patient care. https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/pharmacy-technician-coffee-break-conversation-podcasts/ Prescribing available medicines to treat ADHD Updated supply overview for methylphenidate MR tablets. Intermittent regional supply information added. https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/prescribing-available-medicines-to-treat-adhd/ Giving intermittent intravenous infusions by gravity in adults Updated to include additional medication factors to be taken into consideration before deciding to administer a medicine infusion under gravity. https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/giving-intermittent-intravenous-infusions-by-gravity-in-adults/ The licence and supporting evidence for Ustekinumab biosimilars Updated to provide clarity that histidine and L-histidine are interchangeable https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/the-licence-and-supporting-evidence-for-ustekinumab-biosimilars/ New Medicines News New Medicines News is produced by the SPS Horizon Scanning Service. It highlights recent new product launches and significant medicines regulatory changes. Latest edition available. https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/new-medicines-news/ Next events – forthcoming webinars and conferences https://www.sps.nhs.uk/home/events/next-events/ Medicines Use and Safety 2024 Events Survey To help us enhance the quality of our Medicines Use and Safety (MUS) events, we would appreciate your feedback on our 2024 offerings. Please take a moment to complete the following anonymous survey, which should take less than 4 minutes. We welcome your input, whether or not you have attended any of our events this year. Your feedback is vital to ensuring our MUS events remain relevant and valuable. The survey will be open until Friday, 20 September, and we look forward to hearing from you. You can access the survey via this link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=VpftQ_9Bv0yVm0BqQIO3iy69MtABWsFCjFDc3yJffiRUOUNaTlhIS1U1T1QyRkNBWFJZSUZHOURCRS4u Podcast description: NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service serves healthcare professionals across the NHS who are involved in all aspects of buying, making and using medicines. Our motto is 'do once and share'.
Tue, 03 Sep 2024
|00:07:34
Claire Dearden talks to Katherine and Chloe who work at Turning Point, a social enterprise delivering health and social care services across substance use, mental health and learning disabilities across England. Katherine is Head of Medicines Optimisation and Pharmacy Services; leading a small team which manage all aspects of prescribing, medicines optimisation and pharmacy contracts for the organisation. Chloe is Medication Safety Officer and develops the systems and processes to support learning from and responding to errors and incidents. (7m 34s) Katherine Watkinson Head of Medicines Optimisation and Pharmacy Services and Chloe Barclay Medication Safety Officer at Turning Point Claire Dearden Chief Pharmaceutical Officer’s and Specialist Pharmacy Service National Pharmacy Technician Fellow
Tue, 03 Sep 2024
|00:16:30
Claire Dearden talks to Kate, John and Kyle about Pharmacy Technicians working in Technicial Services. Kate is responsible for the development of the training strategy and systems for all the units which make up Technical Services within Guy’s and St Thomas. John works as a Quality Assurance Specialist at NHS SPS. John's role is to give guidance and advice and his background is in pharmacy aseptic services and quality assurance. Kyle is currently Head of Production for the North East and North Cumbria Medicines Manufacturing Centre. This is one of the five pathfinder aseptic hubs under the hub and spoke workstream of the infusions and special medicines programme. (16m 30s) Kate Preston - Technical Services Education and Training Lead for Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. John Oliver - Quality Assurance Specialist, Specialist Pharmacy Service Kyle Winn - Head of production North East and North Cumbria Provider collaborative Claire Dearden - Chief Pharmaceutical Officer’s and Specialist Pharmacy Service National Pharmacy Technician Fellow
Tue, 20 Aug 2024
|00:55:19
Rakhi Aggarwal hosted this webinar with Clare Thomson and Alison Warren on the 20 August discussing about identifying heart failure and optimising treatment in primary care. Speakers: Clare Thomson: Pharmacist Advanced Practitioner Cardiovascular and Chief Pharmaceutical Officers Clinical Fellow 2023-2024 Alison Warren: Consultant Pharmacist Cardiology, University Hospitals Sussex and Sussex Integrated Care Board You can find out more about this event by visiting the events page https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/primary-care-discussions-heart-failure/ Register with the SPS website to keep up to date with future events www.sps.nhs.uk/register/
Thu, 25 Jul 2024
|00:11:35
Nicola talks to Claire about becoming the first ever National Pharmacy Technician Fellow. Claire shares her Pharmacy Technician career journey and her Fellowship role across Specialist Pharmacy Service and Chief Pharmaceutical Officer’s Office. Claire also introduces series two of the Pharmacy Technician Coffee Break Conversations. Claire Dearden - Chief Pharmaceutical Officer’s and Specialist Pharmacy Service National Pharmacy Technician Fellow Nicola Wake - Associate Director Medicines Optimisation and Engagement, SPS
Wed, 24 Jul 2024
|00:10:14
In part 2 of this double-bill, Nicola Wake chats to pharmacy technician Sue Goss about how her personal experience of learning disabilities has impacted on her professional practice and career progression. (10:14) Sue Goss: Specialist Pharmacy Technician in Children & Young People's Services Nicola Wake: Associate Director Medicines Optimisation and Engagement This podcast forms part of our Pharmacy Technician Coffee Break Conversations, which showcases the variety of work that these vital pharmacy professional can undertake. You can listen to previous podcasts via the SPS website on the podcasts page. If you haven't already, please register with the SPS website in order to stay up-to-date with future events (www.sps.nhs.uk/register).
Wed, 24 Jul 2024
|00:17:32
In part 1 of this double-bill, Nicola Wake chats to Sarah Owen and Nirusha Govender about the role of a Pharmacy Technician working in schools and the importance of building relationships with other professionals as well as parents and carers. (17:32) Sarah Owen: Specialist Pharmacy Technician in Children & Young People's Services Nirusha Govender: Associate Director for Medicines Governance and Pharmacy Education, NHS Kent and Medway Nicola Wake: Associate Director Medicines Optimisation and Engagement This podcast forms part of our Pharmacy Technician Coffee Break Conversations, which showcases the variety of work that these vital pharmacy professional can undertake. You can listen to previous podcasts via the SPS website on the podcasts page. If you haven't already, please register with the SPS website in order to stay up-to-date with future events (www.sps.nhs.uk/register).
Wed, 17 Jul 2024
|00:47:57
Rakhi Aggarwal hosted this webinar with Dr Duncan Jenkins and Sarah Baig on the 2 July, discussing how to use population health tools and techniques to understand and assess the needs of different population groups. This webinar helps support you in identifying, designing, and delivering proactive, personalised healthcare in your practice, to help reduce health inequalities and maximise patient care. (47m 58s) Speakers: Dr Duncan Jenkins - Associate Director, Pharmacy Clinical Divisional Director, Pharmacy and Population Health Management; Dudley Integrated Heath and Care NHS Trust Sarah Baig - Pharmacy Professional Development and Governance Lead; Dudley Integrated Health & Care NHS Trust Rakhi Aggarwal - Specialist Pharmacist (primary care), NHS SPS You can find out more about this event by visiting the events page https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/primary-care-discussions-population-health-in-practice/ Register with the SPS website to keep up to date with future events https://www.sps.nhs.uk/register/
Wed, 26 Jun 2024
|00:25:48
A discussion exploring the roles of an interface pharmacist and pharmacy technician and how these roles can promote collaborative working across the system. Anna Bischler talks to 1. Deziah Streeton Senior Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technician- Interface & safety, West Suffolk Alliance, Suffolk & North East Essex ICB and Rotational Pharmacy Technician, West Suffolk Foundation Trust and 2. Anisha Sharma, Senior Interface Pharmacist, ESNEFT and SNEE ICB- Ipswich and East Suffolk,Alliance and North East Essex Alliance.
Wed, 26 Jun 2024
|00:28:12
Henrietta Cresswell, Head of Pharmacy East Suffolk PCN, Benjamin Leung, Deputy Chief Pharmacist – West Suffolk Alliance Medicine Optimisation Team, Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board, and Alice Charles, Ward Services Pharmacy Technician at West Suffolk Hospital Foundation Trust & PCN Pharmacy Technician at Deben Health PCN discuss with Anna Bischler how developing good communication channels and mutual understandings between care settings can promote safer practices with medicines use.
Fri, 21 Jun 2024
|00:28:27
Anna Bischler speaks to Nanna Christiansen, Chief Childrens Pharmacist Evelina, Guys and St Thomas’s NHS trust, Chair NPPG and Nicola Husain, Education & Training Lead, Neonatal & Paediatric Pharmacy Group. Together they explore strategies which may help to prevent harms associated with the use of specialist medicines, particularly in situations where patients are transitioning from one care setting to another.
Wed, 19 Jun 2024
|00:10:39
Jo McMillan, Head of Medicines Optimisation, for North and Mid Hampshire within Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, is discussing how her ICB took a system wide approach to developing resources which would raise awareness of the potential risks associated with clozapine. Although this example is specific to clozapine the learning can be applied to any complex medicine. https://www.hantsiow.icb.nhs.uk/your-health/medicines-optimisation/information-health-care-professionals/medicines-safety
Fri, 14 Jun 2024
|00:04:47
Emma and Anna discuss why you should be part of our next MSATS webinar on Managing complexities of medication use across care boundaries. This session really will benefit everyone! For further information on our webinar, visit the events pages on our website www.sps.nhs.uk
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
|00:56:29
This ‘on the couch’ webinar, the second in a series of two, addressed questions around the challenges faced by pharmacists with HRT decision making. This is an audio recording of an 'on the couch' webinar delivered on 24 March 2024 (56mins 29secs) Speakers: Nuttan Tanna - Consultant Pharmacist, Women’s Health; Northwick Park Menopause Clinical & Research Unit Sally Arnison, MBE - Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Berkshire Primary Care; Clinical Pharmacist, Ascot PCN Sheetal Ladva, Specialist Pharmacist, SPS
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
|00:09:45
Emma Kirk chats with Siobhan Gee, Consultant Pharmacist and Deputy Director of Pharmacy at South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust about the challenges and the opportunities of the mandated full pack dispensing of valproate.
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
|00:23:37
A discussion highlighting the importance of considering those with learning and intellectual disabilities when implementing changes in practice related to valproate prescribing. Lance and Maria explore the potential impact on the system and suggest considerations to promote an equitable and safe journey for the valproate patient with learning and intellectual disabilities (23m 37s). Speakers: Professor Lance Watkins: Consultant psychiatrist; Visiting Professor (University of South Wales); Associate Professor (University of Plymouth); Clinical Lead for Learning Disability Research (NCMH); Epilepsy Pathway Lead (Swansea University Health Board). Dr Maria Vincent: GP Specialist in Learning Disability Medicine (Swansea University Health Board) Anna Bischler: Lead Pharmacist - Medicines Safety, SPS
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
|00:12:51
Emma Kirk chats with Kylie Williams, Highly Specialist pharmacist Medicines Safety at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Emma Hall, Lead Technician Medicines Safety at Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust about the impact of the regulations at acute district general hospitals. They discuss the challenges and some of the solutions they have implemented to ensure that they support the safe use of valproate for their patients.
Wed, 21 Feb 2024
|00:55:45
A practical and interactive discussion between specialist and generalist pharmacy professionals about progressing your career in primary care. This is an audio recording of an 'on the couch' webinar delivered on 13 February 2024 (55mins 45secs) Topics covered included: • An example journey towards a senior pharmacy role to reflect on • How to raise your profile as pharmacy professionals in GP practices • Tips on developing relationships, resilience and boundaries as a means of integration into the primary care team Speakers: Yuen Toh, Joint Clinical Director, Strategic Lead, Lead Senior PCN Clinical Pharmacist, Apex Primary Care Isheeta Mendiratta, PCN Senior Clinical Pharmacist Zoe Webb, Senior Pharmacy Technician, General Practice Alliance Barry Jubraj, Associate Director, Medicines Use and Safety, SPS Nicola Wake, Pharmacy Integration Project Lead, SPS
Wed, 20 Dec 2023
|00:54:52
A practical and interactive discussion between specialist and generalist pharmacy professionals about managing lipid treatments in primary care. This is an audio recording of an 'on the couch' webinar delivered on 12 December 2023 (54mins 52secs) Topics covered included: • Practical tips from a specialist and generalists on challenges in lipid management and how these can be met in primary care • How pharmacy technicians are getting involved in lipid management • What to consider when working towards the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) for Cholesterol Control and Lipid Management Speakers: • Catherine Tucker - Senior Clinical Pharmacist Lipid clinic and Integrated Care Team, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and CVD Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist, CVD Prevention Network, North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board • Claire Miller - Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Wansbeck PCN, Northumberland • Maxine Richardson - Pharmacy Technician, North West PCN, Newcastle upon Tyne • Barry Jubraj - Associate Director, Medicines Use and Safety • Rakhi Aggarwal - Associate Director, Medicines Use and Safety Further information about the webinar can be found on our website: https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/primary-care-discussions-lipid-management/
Thu, 14 Sep 2023
|00:19:21
Anna Bischler and Jay Patel discuss language barriers and the impact they have on medication safety inequalities. (19:21) Jay Patel: Regional Facilitator for Early Career Pharmacist Practice, Workforce Transformation & Education Directorate, NHS England Anna Bischler: Associate Director, Medicines Use and Safety, SPS This podcast is part of our Medication Safety Across The System series, this time focussing on Medication Safety Inequalities. You can find out more about this and other events by visiting our events pages on the SPS website (www.sps.nhs.uk) and don't forget to register to stay up to date with future events.
Tue, 12 Sep 2023
|00:05:34
Barry Jubraj, Emma Bryant and Rakhi Aggarwal from the Medicines Use and Safety (MUS) Team discuss why SPS are hosting the upcoming mental health mini-conference and what attendees can expect to hear about in terms of examples and support for healthcare professionals in primary care. (05:34) Barry Jubraj - Associate Director, Medicines Use and Safety Emma Bryant - Associate Director (Mental Health) Rakhi Aggarwal - Associate Director (Primary Care) To register or for further information go to our events pages on the SPS website https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/supporting-people-with-mental-health-conditions-in-primary-care/
Thu, 06 Jul 2023
|00:20:13
Anna and Gavin discuss challenges within the ambulance service related to time critical medicines safety. The discussion explores actions that could support medication activists to assess local practice and risks to inform local initiatives. Anna Bischler – Associate Director, Medicines Use and Safety, Specialist Pharmacy Services Gavin Mooney - Advanced Paramedic Practitioner and Trust Medication Safety Officer (MSO) This podcast is part of our Medication Safety Across the System (MSATS) series, and complements the time critical medicines webinar. Further information can be found on the events pages of our website www.sps.nhs.uk
Thu, 22 Jun 2023
|00:17:44
A discussion exploring what time critical medicines safety means to medics and how they can support the system to ensure patients receive their time critical medicines on time. Examples of recent and future work by national bodies are shared. (17mins 44 secs) Our speakers are: Dr Jonny Acheson - Emergency Medicine Consultant University Hospitals of Leicester; Director of Engagement at The Parkinson's Excellence Network Emma Kirk – MSO Network Lead, Specialist Pharmacy Services This podcast is part of our Medication Safety Across the System (MSATS) series, and complements the time critical medicines webinar. Further information can be found on the events pages of our website www.sps.nhs.uk
Thu, 22 Jun 2023
|00:13:22
A discussion between medication safety activists from primary care and secondary care exploring what time critical medicines means to them. Common barriers with time critical medicines are identified and a reflection on how all settings within in the system need to work together to ensure patients receive their time critical medicines on time. (13 mins 22 secs) Our speakers are: Suzanne Cooper, Principal Pharmacist Medicines Governance and Medication Safety Officer, The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Nikki Smith, Head of Medicines Safety / Patient Safety Specialist, Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care System Emma Kirk – MSO Network Lead, Specialist Pharmacy Services This podcast is part of our Medication Safety Across the System (MSATS) series, and complements the time critical medicines webinar. Further information can be found on the events pages of our website www.sps.nhs.uk
Wed, 14 Jun 2023
|00:20:44
This podcast explores research based evidence where patient engagement and patient held records were utilised to promote safety. Our speakers will be discussing how this approach supports system wide communications to empower patients and promote safe practices with time critical medicines. (20 mins 44 sec) Our speakers are: Anna Bischler - Associate Director, Medicines Use and Safety, Specialist Pharmacy Services Professor Bryony Dean Franklin - Professor of Medication Safety, UCL School of Pharmacy; Executive Lead Pharmacist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Director, NIHR North West London Patient Safety Research Collaboration Sara Garfield - Lecturer in drug safety and pharmacoepidemiology Mike Etkind - Patient and public contributor Emma Kirk – MSO Network Lead, Specialist Pharmacy Services This podcast is part of our Medication Safety Across the System (MSATS) series, and complements the time critical medicines webinar. Further information can be found on the events pages of our website www.sps.nhs.uk
Thu, 11 May 2023
|00:06:08
Emma Kirk & Anna Bischler introduce the second webinar in our new Medication Safety Across the System series: time critical medicines. They discuss why they've chosen this topic, why the challenge isn't just in secondary care, and explain how healthcare professionals will benefit from attending the webinar. Wednesday 28th June 12.30pm to 2pm For more information and to register for the webinar: https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/medication-safety-across-the-system-time-critical-medicines/ Register with the SPS website to receive regular updates about the webinar series and other resources: www.sps.nhs.uk/register/
Mon, 13 Feb 2023
|00:04:43
Emma Kirk & Anna Bischler introduce a new webinar series - Medication Safety Across the System - a forum for individuals to discuss challenges and successes to inform and inspire medication safety initiatives across the system. Save the date - Wednesday 29th March 12.30pm to 2pm Register with the SPS website to receive regular updates about the webinar series and other resources: https://www.sps.nhs.uk/register/
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
|00:15:40
Liz Fidler, Senior Professional Advisor Pharmacy Technician Practice, NHS England, and Ellen Williams, Director of Regional Pharmacy Training, Pharmacy Workforce Development South, share their reflections after listening to this podcast series. They discuss post-registration education pathways, managing expectations within and outside the profession, and how the stories they heard motivate and inspire them. Liz also confirms with Barry Jubraj that this shouldn't be the final episode.
Mon, 28 Nov 2022
|00:15:37
Barry Jubraj talks to Dawn Cassidy, a chief pharmacy technician in health and justice. Dawn describes the role of pharmacy technicians in secure environments and the skills they employ in this care sector.
Fri, 18 Nov 2022
|00:20:22
Barry Jubraj talks to Charlotte Hoey, a pharmacy technician working in a virtual ward environment. Charlotte briefly talks about her career to date and explains what virtual wards are. She describers her role within the virtual ward pharmacy team and shares an example of a pharmacy technician home visit.
Thu, 10 Nov 2022
|00:12:56
Barry Jubraj talks to Chris Warren, a pharmacy technician in a GP practice. Chris talks about the clinics that he runs, including undertaking hypertension and cholesterol reviews, and his wider role in the GP practice.
Wed, 02 Nov 2022
|00:12:39
Barry Jubraj talks to Jennie Smith, a primary care network pharmacy technician. Jennie talks about undertaking consultations with patients about statins, and reviewing and actioning blood pressure readings.
Wed, 02 Nov 2022
|00:14:28
Nicola Wake talks to Kiera Whitehead Elliott, a trainee pharmacy technician at Barts Health NHS Trust. Kiera talks about her rotation in a GP practice, including the audit that she carried out during her placement.
Thu, 27 Oct 2022
|00:13:45
Barry Jubraj talks with Emma Lowe, a medicines optimisation pharmacy technician for care homes. Emma talks about her role in supporting pharmacists and GPs with Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs), which includes measuring renal function and assessing anticholinergic burden.
Thu, 27 Oct 2022
|00:11:15
Nicola Wake talks to Melissa Melly, a pharmacy technician in GP practice. Melly shares how she resolved a difficulty in arranging blood tests related to medicines monitoring by undertaking venepuncture training and delivering urgent or overdue blood test appointments in a weekly clinic.
Thu, 20 Oct 2022
|00:10:32
Nicola Wake talks to Steph Edwards, a care home pharmacy technician. Steph talks about working in a newly established role and the contributions pharmacy technicians can make in the care home setting.
Thu, 20 Oct 2022
|00:15:59
Barry Jubraj talks to Zoe Webb, a senior pharmacy technician in GP practice, about leadership. Zoe shares her career journey and describes her role looking after a pharmacy technician team alongside her clinical role.
Tue, 18 Oct 2022
|00:03:35
Introducing our podcast series: Pharmacy Technician Coffee Break Conversations. Emma Fallows from NHS SPS introduces the podcast series and chats with Liz Fidler, Senior Professional Advisor Pharmacy Technician Practice, NHE England, and Ellen Williams, Director of Regional Pharmacy Training, Pharmacy Workforce Development South, about why they are looking forward to listening to the series.
Tue, 10 May 2022
|00:19:28
This podcast is part of a series on clinical decision-making, intended to support primary care pharmacists developing their confidence and skills in this area. In this episode, Stuart Bond talks to Nicola Wake about how he handled a particular clinical situation and what led him to the decisions he made.
Tue, 10 May 2022
|00:17:16
This podcast is part of a series on clinical decision-making, intended to support primary care pharmacists developing their confidence and skills in this area. In this episode, Nina Barnett interviews Hannah Beba about how she approached a particular clinical situation and how decisions were made.
Tue, 10 May 2022
|00:25:14
This podcast is part of a series on clinical decision-making, intended to support primary care pharmacists developing their confidence and skills in this area. In this episode, Barry Jubraj interviews Jo Crook about how she approached a particular clinical situation and how decisions were made.
Tue, 10 May 2022
|00:18:31
This podcast is part of a series on clinical decision-making, intended to support primary care pharmacists developing their confidence and skills in this area. In this episode, Joanna Freeman interviews Alison Warren about how she approached a particular clinical situation and how decisions were made.
Tue, 10 May 2022
|00:15:31
This podcast is part of a series on clinical decision-making, intended to support primary care pharmacists developing their confidence and skills in this area. In this episode, Barry Jubraj interviews Melinda Presland about how she approached a particular clinical situation and how decisions were made.