Cathy Pogson
@cathypogson.bsky.social
Kidney pharmacist @Wessex Kidney Centre, Portsmouth UK.
Specialist interest - optimising medication reviews for CKD patients.
Specialist interest - optimising medication reviews for CKD patients.
Pinned
Cathy Pogson
@cathypogson.bsky.social
· Dec 31
BPS Publications
Structured medication reviews (SMRs) were introduced into the National Health Service (NHS) Primary Care to support the delivery of the NHS Long-Term Plan for medicines optimization. SMRs improve the...
doi.org
📣 A new paper: Medication review interventions for adults living with advanced chronic kidney disease; a scoping review
➡️ doi.org/10.1111/bcp....
Identifies a clear gap in the care of people living with chronic kidney illness
➡️ doi.org/10.1111/bcp....
Identifies a clear gap in the care of people living with chronic kidney illness
Registration is open for the Dialysis Academy 2025.
18-19th September 2025
@ Royal Pharmaceutical Society in London
In person or virtual
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18-19th September 2025
@ Royal Pharmaceutical Society in London
In person or virtual
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August 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Registration is open for the Dialysis Academy 2025.
18-19th September 2025
@ Royal Pharmaceutical Society in London
In person or virtual
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18-19th September 2025
@ Royal Pharmaceutical Society in London
In person or virtual
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@kidneyresearchuk.org are enabling pharmacist-led research. I applied last year www.kidneyresearchuk.org/2025/04/22/p... Supported by @kindaibrahim @rosalynnaustin @jigneshpatel @davidwheeler @ukkidney.org @arcwessex.bsky.social
May 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
@kidneyresearchuk.org are enabling pharmacist-led research. I applied last year www.kidneyresearchuk.org/2025/04/22/p... Supported by @kindaibrahim @rosalynnaustin @jigneshpatel @davidwheeler @ukkidney.org @arcwessex.bsky.social
📣 Pharmacist-led research opportunity
Do you have a kidney research idea or project or know a kidney-pharmacist looking for funding?
@kidneyresearchuk.org are opening pharmacist-led research grants on Monday 25th May 2025
Do you have a kidney research idea or project or know a kidney-pharmacist looking for funding?
@kidneyresearchuk.org are opening pharmacist-led research grants on Monday 25th May 2025
May 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
📣 Pharmacist-led research opportunity
Do you have a kidney research idea or project or know a kidney-pharmacist looking for funding?
@kidneyresearchuk.org are opening pharmacist-led research grants on Monday 25th May 2025
Do you have a kidney research idea or project or know a kidney-pharmacist looking for funding?
@kidneyresearchuk.org are opening pharmacist-led research grants on Monday 25th May 2025
Please consider signing the Petition to the WHO - Make kidney disease a global priority
Make kidney disease a global priority | Sign our petition
Your signature can drive change. Sign our petition to help us convince policymakers that fighting kidney disease should be a priority.
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May 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Please consider signing the Petition to the WHO - Make kidney disease a global priority
Fabulous couple of days @cpcongress.bsky.social presenting my present bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... and future research plans www.kidneyresearchuk.org/2025/04/22/p...
& with UK Renal Pharmacy preventing progression to end stage kidney disease
@kidneyresearchuk.org @ukkidney.org
& with UK Renal Pharmacy preventing progression to end stage kidney disease
@kidneyresearchuk.org @ukkidney.org
May 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Fabulous couple of days @cpcongress.bsky.social presenting my present bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... and future research plans www.kidneyresearchuk.org/2025/04/22/p...
& with UK Renal Pharmacy preventing progression to end stage kidney disease
@kidneyresearchuk.org @ukkidney.org
& with UK Renal Pharmacy preventing progression to end stage kidney disease
@kidneyresearchuk.org @ukkidney.org
🥳 🥳 My research continues ⬇️ ⬇️
www.kidneyresearchuk.org/2025/04/22/p...
📣Thank you @kidneyresearchuk.org @pharmacyresearchuk.org
@ukkidney.org
www.kidneyresearchuk.org/2025/04/22/p...
📣Thank you @kidneyresearchuk.org @pharmacyresearchuk.org
@ukkidney.org
April 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
🥳 🥳 My research continues ⬇️ ⬇️
www.kidneyresearchuk.org/2025/04/22/p...
📣Thank you @kidneyresearchuk.org @pharmacyresearchuk.org
@ukkidney.org
www.kidneyresearchuk.org/2025/04/22/p...
📣Thank you @kidneyresearchuk.org @pharmacyresearchuk.org
@ukkidney.org
Reposted by Cathy Pogson
**March 2025 Issue**
#EditorsChoice Articles #OpenAccess
📄 : Impact of frailty on mortality and transfer to hemodialysis after peritoneal dialysis initiation
👥:Sophie Gaube et al
@ispd1 @pd_perls
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
#EditorsChoice Articles #OpenAccess
📄 : Impact of frailty on mortality and transfer to hemodialysis after peritoneal dialysis initiation
👥:Sophie Gaube et al
@ispd1 @pd_perls
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
March 16, 2025 at 6:08 AM
**March 2025 Issue**
#EditorsChoice Articles #OpenAccess
📄 : Impact of frailty on mortality and transfer to hemodialysis after peritoneal dialysis initiation
👥:Sophie Gaube et al
@ispd1 @pd_perls
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
#EditorsChoice Articles #OpenAccess
📄 : Impact of frailty on mortality and transfer to hemodialysis after peritoneal dialysis initiation
👥:Sophie Gaube et al
@ispd1 @pd_perls
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Reposted by Cathy Pogson
Keep taking the pills? New research looks at how medicine reviews can help people with #dementia
@nihrarcs.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @hiowhacademy.bsky.social @pcpa-uk.bsky.social @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social @dementiauk.bsky.social
www.arc-wx.nihr.ac.uk/post/depresc...
@nihrarcs.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @hiowhacademy.bsky.social @pcpa-uk.bsky.social @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social @dementiauk.bsky.social
www.arc-wx.nihr.ac.uk/post/depresc...
Deprescribing for dementia
Scientists are calling for ‘deprescribing’ to be integrated into routine medical care for patients with dementia, to reduce risks and cut out unnecessary medication.New research conducted at the Unive...
www.arc-wx.nihr.ac.uk
March 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Keep taking the pills? New research looks at how medicine reviews can help people with #dementia
@nihrarcs.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @hiowhacademy.bsky.social @pcpa-uk.bsky.social @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social @dementiauk.bsky.social
www.arc-wx.nihr.ac.uk/post/depresc...
@nihrarcs.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @hiowhacademy.bsky.social @pcpa-uk.bsky.social @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social @dementiauk.bsky.social
www.arc-wx.nihr.ac.uk/post/depresc...
Thank you @kidneyresearchuk.org for a fabulous day listening to inspiring researchers.
March 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Thank you @kidneyresearchuk.org for a fabulous day listening to inspiring researchers.
Reposted by Cathy Pogson
De-prescribing for people with #MCI Mild cognitive impairment. The STOP-DEM project produced a toolkit to help www.arc-wx.nihr.ac.uk/research-are...
@nihrarcs.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @pcpa-uk.bsky.social @stephenlim.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social
@uhsft.bsky.social
#polypharmacy
@nihrarcs.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @pcpa-uk.bsky.social @stephenlim.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social
@uhsft.bsky.social
#polypharmacy
February 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
De-prescribing for people with #MCI Mild cognitive impairment. The STOP-DEM project produced a toolkit to help www.arc-wx.nihr.ac.uk/research-are...
@nihrarcs.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @pcpa-uk.bsky.social @stephenlim.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social
@uhsft.bsky.social
#polypharmacy
@nihrarcs.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @pcpa-uk.bsky.social @stephenlim.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social
@uhsft.bsky.social
#polypharmacy
Reposted by Cathy Pogson
How do GLP-1 drugs affect cognitive and mental health disorders? A comprehensive review www.nature.com/articles/s44...
February 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
How do GLP-1 drugs affect cognitive and mental health disorders? A comprehensive review www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Reposted by Cathy Pogson
This study highlighted that anticholinergic and sedative medications to avoid in older people are still frequently prescribed despite the development and regular updating of potentially inappropriate medication criteria
agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Assessing the prevalence of anticholinergic and sedative medications to avoid in older adults from the French Health Data System
Background
In older people, medications with anticholinergic or sedative properties are associated with falls, frailty, and functional and cognitive impairment. These medications are often described.....
agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This study highlighted that anticholinergic and sedative medications to avoid in older people are still frequently prescribed despite the development and regular updating of potentially inappropriate medication criteria
agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Cathy Pogson
🎖️Let's celebrate exceptional individuals in kidney-related healthcare during 2025🎖️
We are seeking nominations for these awards:
🎖️King's Honours
ow.ly/krrt50UFflM
🌟UKKA Named Lectures
ow.ly/BMT450UFf60
🏆UKKA Lifetime Achievement
📧a 100-word statement to ukka@ukkidney.org by 27 January
We are seeking nominations for these awards:
🎖️King's Honours
ow.ly/krrt50UFflM
🌟UKKA Named Lectures
ow.ly/BMT450UFf60
🏆UKKA Lifetime Achievement
📧a 100-word statement to ukka@ukkidney.org by 27 January
January 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🎖️Let's celebrate exceptional individuals in kidney-related healthcare during 2025🎖️
We are seeking nominations for these awards:
🎖️King's Honours
ow.ly/krrt50UFflM
🌟UKKA Named Lectures
ow.ly/BMT450UFf60
🏆UKKA Lifetime Achievement
📧a 100-word statement to ukka@ukkidney.org by 27 January
We are seeking nominations for these awards:
🎖️King's Honours
ow.ly/krrt50UFflM
🌟UKKA Named Lectures
ow.ly/BMT450UFf60
🏆UKKA Lifetime Achievement
📧a 100-word statement to ukka@ukkidney.org by 27 January
Thank you for highlighting our research
These tow fabulous people are former ARC Wessex interns and are based at University Hospital Portsmouth - they're a credit to their professions and we are so glad to have been part of their career development @nihrarcs.bsky.social
January 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Thank you for highlighting our research
📣 A new paper: Medication review interventions for adults living with advanced chronic kidney disease; a scoping review
➡️ doi.org/10.1111/bcp....
Identifies a clear gap in the care of people living with chronic kidney illness
➡️ doi.org/10.1111/bcp....
Identifies a clear gap in the care of people living with chronic kidney illness
BPS Publications
Structured medication reviews (SMRs) were introduced into the National Health Service (NHS) Primary Care to support the delivery of the NHS Long-Term Plan for medicines optimization. SMRs improve the...
doi.org
December 31, 2024 at 4:11 PM
📣 A new paper: Medication review interventions for adults living with advanced chronic kidney disease; a scoping review
➡️ doi.org/10.1111/bcp....
Identifies a clear gap in the care of people living with chronic kidney illness
➡️ doi.org/10.1111/bcp....
Identifies a clear gap in the care of people living with chronic kidney illness