Graham Stretch
@grahamstretch.pharmsky.app
Pharmacist▫️President @PCPA_org▫️Chief Pharmacist-Partner Argyle GP▫️Lead Pharmacist, Care Homes, ECP▫️E&T▫️Research▫️PhD MAPharmT FRPharmS▫️🚴🏻♂️ #PharmSky
Reposted by Graham Stretch
New petition: "Make Anticholinergic Burden scores mandatory for all over 65"
Deadline 5 June 2026, created by Nick Sterling
#NewPetition
Deadline 5 June 2026, created by Nick Sterling
#NewPetition
New petition: Make Anticholinergic Burden scores mandatory for all over 65
Require the Government and DHSC to recommend NICE mandate ACB scoring in all medication reviews for patients over 65.
petition.parliament.uk
December 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
New petition: "Make Anticholinergic Burden scores mandatory for all over 65"
Deadline 5 June 2026, created by Nick Sterling
#NewPetition
Deadline 5 June 2026, created by Nick Sterling
#NewPetition
Reposted by Graham Stretch
As a funder, we are keen to support nurses, allied health professionals and care home staff into research. Our Academy Ignition Fund provides flexible funding and two of our Excellence Award winners are using their funding to help too: vivensafoundation.org.uk/news/how-the...
#FundingForAgeingWell
#FundingForAgeingWell
How the Academy is supporting nurses, allied health professionals and care home staff in research - Vivensa Foundation
Here are a few of the ways in which the Academy is providing support to encourage nurses, AHPs and care home staff into research.
vivensafoundation.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
As a funder, we are keen to support nurses, allied health professionals and care home staff into research. Our Academy Ignition Fund provides flexible funding and two of our Excellence Award winners are using their funding to help too: vivensafoundation.org.uk/news/how-the...
#FundingForAgeingWell
#FundingForAgeingWell
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@pcpa-uk.bsky.social ANNUAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
Welcome address by Minesh Parbat & UKPPLAB Update from @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app
#PCPAevents
Welcome address by Minesh Parbat & UKPPLAB Update from @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app
#PCPAevents
November 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
@pcpa-uk.bsky.social ANNUAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
Welcome address by Minesh Parbat & UKPPLAB Update from @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app
#PCPAevents
Welcome address by Minesh Parbat & UKPPLAB Update from @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app
#PCPAevents
A huge tribute to all my wonderful friends and colleagues on this #WorldPharmacistDay 2025 💚
September 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
A huge tribute to all my wonderful friends and colleagues on this #WorldPharmacistDay 2025 💚
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On World Pharmacists Day 2025, we extend our heartfelt thanks to all our incredible care home pharmacists! Your dedication, smiles and lasting impact makes a real difference every day.
National Pharmacy Care Homes Faculty (NPCHF)
www.pcpa.org.uk/articles/pcp...
#ThinkPharmacist
National Pharmacy Care Homes Faculty (NPCHF)
www.pcpa.org.uk/articles/pcp...
#ThinkPharmacist
September 25, 2025 at 5:44 AM
On World Pharmacists Day 2025, we extend our heartfelt thanks to all our incredible care home pharmacists! Your dedication, smiles and lasting impact makes a real difference every day.
National Pharmacy Care Homes Faculty (NPCHF)
www.pcpa.org.uk/articles/pcp...
#ThinkPharmacist
National Pharmacy Care Homes Faculty (NPCHF)
www.pcpa.org.uk/articles/pcp...
#ThinkPharmacist
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Congrats Abbie, our PCPA Pharmacy Technician Chair on winning APTUK Advancing Cinical Practice Award tonight
@aptuk.bsky.social @abbiestirling.bsky.social @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app
@aptuk.bsky.social @abbiestirling.bsky.social @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app
September 20, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Congrats Abbie, our PCPA Pharmacy Technician Chair on winning APTUK Advancing Cinical Practice Award tonight
@aptuk.bsky.social @abbiestirling.bsky.social @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app
@aptuk.bsky.social @abbiestirling.bsky.social @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
Reposted by Graham Stretch
🎉 PCPA CPIP FORUM - launched today!!!!
If you follow @pcpa-uk.bsky.social on LinkedIn you can watch our President @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app introducing this new forum to support community pharmacy colleagues with prescribing practice.
www.pcpa.org.uk/articles/cpi...
#PCPAevents #PharmSky
If you follow @pcpa-uk.bsky.social on LinkedIn you can watch our President @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app introducing this new forum to support community pharmacy colleagues with prescribing practice.
www.pcpa.org.uk/articles/cpi...
#PCPAevents #PharmSky
July 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🎉 PCPA CPIP FORUM - launched today!!!!
If you follow @pcpa-uk.bsky.social on LinkedIn you can watch our President @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app introducing this new forum to support community pharmacy colleagues with prescribing practice.
www.pcpa.org.uk/articles/cpi...
#PCPAevents #PharmSky
If you follow @pcpa-uk.bsky.social on LinkedIn you can watch our President @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app introducing this new forum to support community pharmacy colleagues with prescribing practice.
www.pcpa.org.uk/articles/cpi...
#PCPAevents #PharmSky
Delighted to complete final DPP sign off for local Community Pharmacist Petya Bletsova today for her IP ✍🏻 ⭐
Petya bought donuts 🍩 for everyone- forgetting the 12 trainees are off for their exam tomorrow, luckily teenage boys at home will ensure no wastage - & me, GPs & nurses etc
Petya bought donuts 🍩 for everyone- forgetting the 12 trainees are off for their exam tomorrow, luckily teenage boys at home will ensure no wastage - & me, GPs & nurses etc
June 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Delighted to complete final DPP sign off for local Community Pharmacist Petya Bletsova today for her IP ✍🏻 ⭐
Petya bought donuts 🍩 for everyone- forgetting the 12 trainees are off for their exam tomorrow, luckily teenage boys at home will ensure no wastage - & me, GPs & nurses etc
Petya bought donuts 🍩 for everyone- forgetting the 12 trainees are off for their exam tomorrow, luckily teenage boys at home will ensure no wastage - & me, GPs & nurses etc
❗️MPharm3 Students - ORIEL Deadline Wed 18th June - Register Now❗️
And of course - preference our unique 4️⃣ sector award winning training program, entering our 13th year - search ‘Argyle’
DPP in all four sectors
GP - Hospital - Care Home - Community
www.oriel.nhs.uk/Web/Home
And of course - preference our unique 4️⃣ sector award winning training program, entering our 13th year - search ‘Argyle’
DPP in all four sectors
GP - Hospital - Care Home - Community
www.oriel.nhs.uk/Web/Home
June 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
❗️MPharm3 Students - ORIEL Deadline Wed 18th June - Register Now❗️
And of course - preference our unique 4️⃣ sector award winning training program, entering our 13th year - search ‘Argyle’
DPP in all four sectors
GP - Hospital - Care Home - Community
www.oriel.nhs.uk/Web/Home
And of course - preference our unique 4️⃣ sector award winning training program, entering our 13th year - search ‘Argyle’
DPP in all four sectors
GP - Hospital - Care Home - Community
www.oriel.nhs.uk/Web/Home
Today ✅Foundation sign off & ✍🏻 Nurse / Pharmacist prescribing training
Final sign off for foundation trainees Tarq & Arshida - thanks to Jade Pharmacy for further community / GP / Care Home collaborations
Also Linda, Petya & Mericia nurse ACP & community pharmacist IP prescribing training
Final sign off for foundation trainees Tarq & Arshida - thanks to Jade Pharmacy for further community / GP / Care Home collaborations
Also Linda, Petya & Mericia nurse ACP & community pharmacist IP prescribing training
June 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Today ✅Foundation sign off & ✍🏻 Nurse / Pharmacist prescribing training
Final sign off for foundation trainees Tarq & Arshida - thanks to Jade Pharmacy for further community / GP / Care Home collaborations
Also Linda, Petya & Mericia nurse ACP & community pharmacist IP prescribing training
Final sign off for foundation trainees Tarq & Arshida - thanks to Jade Pharmacy for further community / GP / Care Home collaborations
Also Linda, Petya & Mericia nurse ACP & community pharmacist IP prescribing training
Reposted by Graham Stretch
More evidence that structured approaches to drug management reduces the medicines 'burden' on individuals
"our intervention nudged prescribers to regularly reassess [potentially inappropriate medications], which is important as people age and goals of care shift"
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
"our intervention nudged prescribers to regularly reassess [potentially inappropriate medications], which is important as people age and goals of care shift"
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Deprescribing Electronic Decision Support for Adults Living in Long-Term Care
This stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial of long-term care home residents assesses the efficacy of an evidence-based electronic decision support tool for deprescribing potentially inappropriate med...
jamanetwork.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
More evidence that structured approaches to drug management reduces the medicines 'burden' on individuals
"our intervention nudged prescribers to regularly reassess [potentially inappropriate medications], which is important as people age and goals of care shift"
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
"our intervention nudged prescribers to regularly reassess [potentially inappropriate medications], which is important as people age and goals of care shift"
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
💡 I’m delighted to be chairing & speaking at the inaugural GP Pharmacy Virtual Event
💻 24 June
🤝 Fantastic line-up of Speakers
📃 Agenda: events.cogora.com/gp-pharmacy-...
Join us!
@thepharmacistnews.bsky.social
💻 24 June
🤝 Fantastic line-up of Speakers
📃 Agenda: events.cogora.com/gp-pharmacy-...
Join us!
@thepharmacistnews.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
💡 I’m delighted to be chairing & speaking at the inaugural GP Pharmacy Virtual Event
💻 24 June
🤝 Fantastic line-up of Speakers
📃 Agenda: events.cogora.com/gp-pharmacy-...
Join us!
@thepharmacistnews.bsky.social
💻 24 June
🤝 Fantastic line-up of Speakers
📃 Agenda: events.cogora.com/gp-pharmacy-...
Join us!
@thepharmacistnews.bsky.social
Part of my postdoc was on Olive 🫒 Oil’s health giving properties so I’d happily collaborate - who wants to sponsor our work?
@cathedralcity.bsky.social ?
@cathedralcity.bsky.social ?
May 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Part of my postdoc was on Olive 🫒 Oil’s health giving properties so I’d happily collaborate - who wants to sponsor our work?
@cathedralcity.bsky.social ?
@cathedralcity.bsky.social ?
I feel cheese has a great benefit vs risk ratio
- indeed should we be able to prescribe cheese in preference to MAOIs for mood disorders - are there head to head clinical trials? Although blinding a Gorgonzola vs Phenelzine trial would be a challenge
(Checked openprescribing 373 items 🏴 March 25)
- indeed should we be able to prescribe cheese in preference to MAOIs for mood disorders - are there head to head clinical trials? Although blinding a Gorgonzola vs Phenelzine trial would be a challenge
(Checked openprescribing 373 items 🏴 March 25)
a cartoon character in a suit and tie is pointing at the camera and saying cheese .
ALT: a cartoon character in a suit and tie is pointing at the camera and saying cheese .
media.tenor.com
May 31, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I feel cheese has a great benefit vs risk ratio
- indeed should we be able to prescribe cheese in preference to MAOIs for mood disorders - are there head to head clinical trials? Although blinding a Gorgonzola vs Phenelzine trial would be a challenge
(Checked openprescribing 373 items 🏴 March 25)
- indeed should we be able to prescribe cheese in preference to MAOIs for mood disorders - are there head to head clinical trials? Although blinding a Gorgonzola vs Phenelzine trial would be a challenge
(Checked openprescribing 373 items 🏴 March 25)
Reposted by Graham Stretch
Listen to @pcpa-uk.bsky.social's very own @hpillminster.pharmsky.app on the @prescqipp.info Talking Meds Podcast with @jonathanunderhill.pharmsky.app here➡️ pcpa.co/HelenPOD #PharmSky #MedSky
19. The importance of generalism in pharmacy with Helen Kilminster
Talking Meds - A PrescQIPP podcast · Episode
pcpa.co
May 30, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Listen to @pcpa-uk.bsky.social's very own @hpillminster.pharmsky.app on the @prescqipp.info Talking Meds Podcast with @jonathanunderhill.pharmsky.app here➡️ pcpa.co/HelenPOD #PharmSky #MedSky
Managing to keep
mine under 6 figures for a while now with tenacity and long hours…
mine under 6 figures for a while now with tenacity and long hours…
May 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Managing to keep
mine under 6 figures for a while now with tenacity and long hours…
mine under 6 figures for a while now with tenacity and long hours…
Congratulations 🎉and thanks to @hfxamanda.bsky.social on 30 years NHS service at Heath Pharmacy, Halifax - mind boggling to think of the hundreds of thousands of consultations, prescriptions & patient interactions you must of had during that time 😮
@pcpa-uk.bsky.social @lauraangus.pharmsky.app
@pcpa-uk.bsky.social @lauraangus.pharmsky.app
May 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Congratulations 🎉and thanks to @hfxamanda.bsky.social on 30 years NHS service at Heath Pharmacy, Halifax - mind boggling to think of the hundreds of thousands of consultations, prescriptions & patient interactions you must of had during that time 😮
@pcpa-uk.bsky.social @lauraangus.pharmsky.app
@pcpa-uk.bsky.social @lauraangus.pharmsky.app
The venues for the GPhC @gphc.bsky.social registration assessment and further details have been released www.pharmacyregulation.org/students-and...
May 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The venues for the GPhC @gphc.bsky.social registration assessment and further details have been released www.pharmacyregulation.org/students-and...
Reposted by Graham Stretch
If your project's improved medicines optimisation for older people, you could win a #PrescQIPP2025 Award.
Enter the 'Care homes/domiciliary care/carer medicines optimisation' category: www.prescqipp.info/community-re...
@grahamstretch.pharmsky.app @coachingchemist.pharmsky.app @pcpa-uk.bsky.social
Enter the 'Care homes/domiciliary care/carer medicines optimisation' category: www.prescqipp.info/community-re...
@grahamstretch.pharmsky.app @coachingchemist.pharmsky.app @pcpa-uk.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If your project's improved medicines optimisation for older people, you could win a #PrescQIPP2025 Award.
Enter the 'Care homes/domiciliary care/carer medicines optimisation' category: www.prescqipp.info/community-re...
@grahamstretch.pharmsky.app @coachingchemist.pharmsky.app @pcpa-uk.bsky.social
Enter the 'Care homes/domiciliary care/carer medicines optimisation' category: www.prescqipp.info/community-re...
@grahamstretch.pharmsky.app @coachingchemist.pharmsky.app @pcpa-uk.bsky.social
Hero of mine, Ealing boy. Went to my eldest school. (More accurately Acton) Very jealous
May 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Hero of mine, Ealing boy. Went to my eldest school. (More accurately Acton) Very jealous
My commitment to equity:
Through education & proactive patient care, I aim to foster a culture of awareness & equity in pain management. By promoting regular patient reviews, we can help close the gender pain gap & provide compassionate, unbiased care.
www.hcp.nurofen.co.uk/static/see-m...
Through education & proactive patient care, I aim to foster a culture of awareness & equity in pain management. By promoting regular patient reviews, we can help close the gender pain gap & provide compassionate, unbiased care.
www.hcp.nurofen.co.uk/static/see-m...
May 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
My commitment to equity:
Through education & proactive patient care, I aim to foster a culture of awareness & equity in pain management. By promoting regular patient reviews, we can help close the gender pain gap & provide compassionate, unbiased care.
www.hcp.nurofen.co.uk/static/see-m...
Through education & proactive patient care, I aim to foster a culture of awareness & equity in pain management. By promoting regular patient reviews, we can help close the gender pain gap & provide compassionate, unbiased care.
www.hcp.nurofen.co.uk/static/see-m...
Gender inequalities exist in pain management arising from unconscious biases amongst health care professionals - the ‘gender pain gap’
youtu.be/v4O27X2pAyQ?...
With thanks to Reckitt for the opportunity to explore and highlight this under recognised area
🧵 1/2👇🏻
youtu.be/v4O27X2pAyQ?...
With thanks to Reckitt for the opportunity to explore and highlight this under recognised area
🧵 1/2👇🏻
May 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Gender inequalities exist in pain management arising from unconscious biases amongst health care professionals - the ‘gender pain gap’
youtu.be/v4O27X2pAyQ?...
With thanks to Reckitt for the opportunity to explore and highlight this under recognised area
🧵 1/2👇🏻
youtu.be/v4O27X2pAyQ?...
With thanks to Reckitt for the opportunity to explore and highlight this under recognised area
🧵 1/2👇🏻
I have hair back
a man with long hair and a beard is sitting at a desk with his eyes closed .
ALT: a man with long hair and a beard is sitting at a desk with his eyes closed .
media.tenor.com
May 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I have hair back
