Wasim Baqir
@wasimbaqir.bsky.social
Head of Pharmacy Integration @england.nhs.uk. Co-chair of PRIMM (@primmukirl) and member of the Q Community (@theqcommunity).
https://www.health.org.uk/pills
https://www.health.org.uk/pills
PRIMM2025 has a fantastic line up of keynote speakers covering digital medicine, data to AI and polypharmacy.
Join us in Manchester 12 Dec 2025. Register here…
primm.org.uk
Join us in Manchester 12 Dec 2025. Register here…
primm.org.uk
PRIMM | Prescribing and Research in Medicines Management (UK & Ireland)
primm.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
PRIMM2025 has a fantastic line up of keynote speakers covering digital medicine, data to AI and polypharmacy.
Join us in Manchester 12 Dec 2025. Register here…
primm.org.uk
Join us in Manchester 12 Dec 2025. Register here…
primm.org.uk
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Catch up on the last International Deprescribing Journal Club with Dr. Anne Marie Pinard: an opportunity to explore #deprescribing in chronic pain through 2 complex cases:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6hp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6hp...
11th International Deprescribing Journal Club - Successful Deprescribing in Chronic Pain
YouTube video by Canadian Deprescribing Network / Réseau canadien pour la déprescription
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March 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Catch up on the last International Deprescribing Journal Club with Dr. Anne Marie Pinard: an opportunity to explore #deprescribing in chronic pain through 2 complex cases:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6hp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6hp...
An essential resource for ICBs and healthcare professionals supporting people who take multiple medicines.
Launch of new “game changing” guide to tackle overprescribing and support Government’s shifts to prevention and community
thehealthinnovationnetwork.co.uk/news/launch-...
Launch of new “game changing” guide to tackle overprescribing and support Government’s shifts to prevention and community
thehealthinnovationnetwork.co.uk/news/launch-...
Launch of new “game changing” guide to tackle overprescribing and support Government’s shifts to prevention and community - The Health Innovation Network
A new guide aimed at helping primary care organisations and integrated care boards understand and address problematic polypharmacy has been launched by the Health Innovation Network as part of its nat...
thehealthinnovationnetwork.co.uk
March 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
An essential resource for ICBs and healthcare professionals supporting people who take multiple medicines.
Launch of new “game changing” guide to tackle overprescribing and support Government’s shifts to prevention and community
thehealthinnovationnetwork.co.uk/news/launch-...
Launch of new “game changing” guide to tackle overprescribing and support Government’s shifts to prevention and community
thehealthinnovationnetwork.co.uk/news/launch-...
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Are you a Care Home Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician or Academic?
The National Pharmacy Care Home Faculty- NPCFH has been created to provide networking, credentialing, research collaboration & advocacy
NPCHF launch 12th Feb at 8pm
Register: pcpa.co/NPCHFWeb
With @pcpa-uk.bsky.social
The National Pharmacy Care Home Faculty- NPCFH has been created to provide networking, credentialing, research collaboration & advocacy
NPCHF launch 12th Feb at 8pm
Register: pcpa.co/NPCHFWeb
With @pcpa-uk.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Are you a Care Home Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician or Academic?
The National Pharmacy Care Home Faculty- NPCFH has been created to provide networking, credentialing, research collaboration & advocacy
NPCHF launch 12th Feb at 8pm
Register: pcpa.co/NPCHFWeb
With @pcpa-uk.bsky.social
The National Pharmacy Care Home Faculty- NPCFH has been created to provide networking, credentialing, research collaboration & advocacy
NPCHF launch 12th Feb at 8pm
Register: pcpa.co/NPCHFWeb
With @pcpa-uk.bsky.social
This was a nice surprise in the post…
Thanks @bennettoxford.bsky.social
Thanks @bennettoxford.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This was a nice surprise in the post…
Thanks @bennettoxford.bsky.social
Thanks @bennettoxford.bsky.social
Want to get published? All abstracts accepted at #PRIMM2025 are published in Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety.
Join us in Manchester on 16 May 2026 at our 35th Annual Scientific Meeting.
primm.org.uk
Submit online...
app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/77877...
Join us in Manchester on 16 May 2026 at our 35th Annual Scientific Meeting.
primm.org.uk
Submit online...
app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/77877...
January 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Want to get published? All abstracts accepted at #PRIMM2025 are published in Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety.
Join us in Manchester on 16 May 2026 at our 35th Annual Scientific Meeting.
primm.org.uk
Submit online...
app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/77877...
Join us in Manchester on 16 May 2026 at our 35th Annual Scientific Meeting.
primm.org.uk
Submit online...
app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/77877...
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This wee book explains all of OpenSAFELY in plain, simple language, and only a handful of embarrassing typos. Grab one while you can, while stocks last and all that
We’re publishing our printed book, “The past, present and future of OpenSAFELY” as a series of blog posts.
But we also have some copies of the book itself to give away, for free!
The first blog post in the series tells you how to get a copy:
www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/01...
#OpenSAFELY
But we also have some copies of the book itself to give away, for free!
The first blog post in the series tells you how to get a copy:
www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/01...
#OpenSAFELY
January 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This wee book explains all of OpenSAFELY in plain, simple language, and only a handful of embarrassing typos. Grab one while you can, while stocks last and all that
Submit your work and join us in Manchester on 16th May 2025.
#PRIMM2025 Call for Abstracts NOW OPEN
Submit your work online...
app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/77877...
#PRIMM2025 Call for Abstracts NOW OPEN
Submit your work online...
app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/77877...
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January 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Submit your work and join us in Manchester on 16th May 2025.
#PRIMM2025 Call for Abstracts NOW OPEN
Submit your work online...
app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/77877...
#PRIMM2025 Call for Abstracts NOW OPEN
Submit your work online...
app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/77877...
PRIMM UK and Ireland
35th Annual Scientific Meeting
Friday the 16th of May 2025, Manchester
Shaping the Digital Future of Healthcare: Data Driven Decision-Making
Call for Abstracts coming soon here...
primm.org.uk
#PRIMM2025
35th Annual Scientific Meeting
Friday the 16th of May 2025, Manchester
Shaping the Digital Future of Healthcare: Data Driven Decision-Making
Call for Abstracts coming soon here...
primm.org.uk
#PRIMM2025
PRIMM | Prescribing and Research in Medicines Management (UK & Ireland)
primm.org.uk
January 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
PRIMM UK and Ireland
35th Annual Scientific Meeting
Friday the 16th of May 2025, Manchester
Shaping the Digital Future of Healthcare: Data Driven Decision-Making
Call for Abstracts coming soon here...
primm.org.uk
#PRIMM2025
35th Annual Scientific Meeting
Friday the 16th of May 2025, Manchester
Shaping the Digital Future of Healthcare: Data Driven Decision-Making
Call for Abstracts coming soon here...
primm.org.uk
#PRIMM2025
#Pharmacist colleagues...
Please support this 3rd Year Pharmacy student's research project. Also, please share. Thank you.
Exploring the perceptions of pharmacists of the challenges facing independent prescribers within community pharmacy.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please support this 3rd Year Pharmacy student's research project. Also, please share. Thank you.
Exploring the perceptions of pharmacists of the challenges facing independent prescribers within community pharmacy.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Exploring the perceptions of pharmacists of the challenges facing independent prescribers within community pharmacy.
I am currently in my third year of pharmacy school, completing my research project within the area of independent prescribing within community pharmacy. I would be grateful if you could contribute to ...
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January 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM
#Pharmacist colleagues...
Please support this 3rd Year Pharmacy student's research project. Also, please share. Thank you.
Exploring the perceptions of pharmacists of the challenges facing independent prescribers within community pharmacy.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please support this 3rd Year Pharmacy student's research project. Also, please share. Thank you.
Exploring the perceptions of pharmacists of the challenges facing independent prescribers within community pharmacy.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Pharmacy teams involved in supporting care home residents have a look at this. The first national faculty for pharmacy professionals who provide clinical care for people in care homes. Membership also gives you access to all the PCPA resources.
Join us on 12th Feb.
Please share 😀
Join us on 12th Feb.
Please share 😀
January 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Pharmacy teams involved in supporting care home residents have a look at this. The first national faculty for pharmacy professionals who provide clinical care for people in care homes. Membership also gives you access to all the PCPA resources.
Join us on 12th Feb.
Please share 😀
Join us on 12th Feb.
Please share 😀
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Getting to an academic conference in Marrakech... without flying. Twice the journey time of flying to Australia. It's impressive, and right. Right now, a long trip would mean dumping more childcare on my (epic) partner. My technique is: try not to travel abroad. www.phc.ox.ac.uk/blog/train-t...
Can we get to overseas conferences without wrecking the planet?
Two Oxford researchers share their eye-opening journey to a conference in Marrakesh by train and ferry instead of flying. Discover the challenges, unexpected joys, and compelling environmental case fo...
www.phc.ox.ac.uk
January 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Getting to an academic conference in Marrakech... without flying. Twice the journey time of flying to Australia. It's impressive, and right. Right now, a long trip would mean dumping more childcare on my (epic) partner. My technique is: try not to travel abroad. www.phc.ox.ac.uk/blog/train-t...
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Thanks to the FT Magazine for running these two climate cover stories - one on wildfires (July 2023), one on a possible collapse of Atlantic currents (January 2025). And thanks to everyone who read each piece, showing there is an audience for climate features www.ft.com/content/7711...
January 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Thanks to the FT Magazine for running these two climate cover stories - one on wildfires (July 2023), one on a possible collapse of Atlantic currents (January 2025). And thanks to everyone who read each piece, showing there is an audience for climate features www.ft.com/content/7711...
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Important to help women understand their options to tackle menopause. It’s a highly preference sensitive decision to take HRT or not and it’s our job to make sure we can explain this. This will help you have the BRAN at your fingertips!
Give us your ideas and feedback on talkingmeds@prescqipp.info
Give us your ideas and feedback on talkingmeds@prescqipp.info
Out today #TalkingMeds episode 7 where @jonathanunderhill.pharmsky.app & Hayley Berry discuss the NICE guideline on #menopause.
They discuss important aspects of the update and how relatively poor the existing evidence base is for the management of menopause.
They discuss important aspects of the update and how relatively poor the existing evidence base is for the management of menopause.
December 13, 2024 at 9:47 AM
Important to help women understand their options to tackle menopause. It’s a highly preference sensitive decision to take HRT or not and it’s our job to make sure we can explain this. This will help you have the BRAN at your fingertips!
Give us your ideas and feedback on talkingmeds@prescqipp.info
Give us your ideas and feedback on talkingmeds@prescqipp.info
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Another #deprescribing champion on #bluesky 👋 @katharinajungo.bsky.social!
The starter pack has 38 great accounts. DM to join, repost to spread.
#deprescribing,
#polypharmacy, #medicationoverload, #medicinesoptimisation, #medicationappropriateness, #deprescription, #lessismore
go.bsky.app/6MA8eQA
The starter pack has 38 great accounts. DM to join, repost to spread.
#deprescribing,
#polypharmacy, #medicationoverload, #medicinesoptimisation, #medicationappropriateness, #deprescription, #lessismore
go.bsky.app/6MA8eQA
December 13, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Another #deprescribing champion on #bluesky 👋 @katharinajungo.bsky.social!
The starter pack has 38 great accounts. DM to join, repost to spread.
#deprescribing,
#polypharmacy, #medicationoverload, #medicinesoptimisation, #medicationappropriateness, #deprescription, #lessismore
go.bsky.app/6MA8eQA
The starter pack has 38 great accounts. DM to join, repost to spread.
#deprescribing,
#polypharmacy, #medicationoverload, #medicinesoptimisation, #medicationappropriateness, #deprescription, #lessismore
go.bsky.app/6MA8eQA
Great to see some evidence behind the anecdotes.
“Use of ARRS staff was significantly associated with lower prescription rates (p<0.001) & higher patient satisfaction (p<0.001)”
The Effects of ARRS staff in England on Prescription Patterns & Patient Satisfaction
@catianicodemo.bsky.social Br J Gen Pract 2024; DOI: doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
The Effects of ARRS staff in England on Prescription Patterns & Patient Satisfaction
@catianicodemo.bsky.social Br J Gen Pract 2024; DOI: doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
The Effects of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) staff in England on Prescription Patterns and Patient Satisfaction
Background: In 2019, the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) was introduced in England as a crucial component of the government’s manifesto pledge to enhance access to general practice. The p...
doi.org
December 10, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Great to see some evidence behind the anecdotes.
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Congratulations to these amazing ladies. Especially, Rakhi, Cherise and Maria 👏
pharmaceutical-journal.com/women-to-wat...
#womentowatch
pharmaceutical-journal.com/women-to-wat...
#womentowatch
Women to Watch 2024
The Pharmaceutical Journal from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
pharmaceutical-journal.com
December 7, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Congratulations to these amazing ladies. Especially, Rakhi, Cherise and Maria 👏
pharmaceutical-journal.com/women-to-wat...
#womentowatch
pharmaceutical-journal.com/women-to-wat...
#womentowatch
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Proud to have played a part in building the OpenSAFELY machine.
59million GP records available for important ground breaking research - whilst preserving every citizen's privacy.
59million GP records available for important ground breaking research - whilst preserving every citizen's privacy.
If you've been wondering where I went: my team in Oxford (60 of us!) build beautiful tools for NHS data. We help researchers work on the whole nation's GP records while protecting - provably - everyone's privacy. It's big potatoes!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRjR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRjR...
OpenSAFELY in a nutshell
YouTube video by Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Proud to have played a part in building the OpenSAFELY machine.
59million GP records available for important ground breaking research - whilst preserving every citizen's privacy.
59million GP records available for important ground breaking research - whilst preserving every citizen's privacy.
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New 8a role for a Pharmacy Technician Facilitator working across systems supporting the growth and development of the #PharmacyTechnician workforce. Link below www.england.nhs.uk/about/workin...
NHS England » Working for us
You can search for job vacancies at NHS England using the search below or by visiting NHS Jobs. We are 1.3 million strong We are from all walks of life We are the NHS And you could be too. The NHS off...
www.england.nhs.uk
December 6, 2024 at 8:46 PM
New 8a role for a Pharmacy Technician Facilitator working across systems supporting the growth and development of the #PharmacyTechnician workforce. Link below www.england.nhs.uk/about/workin...
A great opportunity!
New Year, New Job, New Horizons! Westbourne Medical Centre are recruiting a new Senior #pharmacytechnician Please see job advert & contact me directly if you would like to discuss the job at all. #pharmbsky Thanks uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d...
Senior PCN Pharmacy Technician - Bournemouth BH4 9HJ - Indeed.com
Westbourne Medical Center
uk.indeed.com
December 5, 2024 at 9:28 PM
A great opportunity!
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New Year, New Job, New Horizons! Westbourne Medical Centre are recruiting a new Senior #pharmacytechnician Please see job advert & contact me directly if you would like to discuss the job at all. #pharmbsky Thanks uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d...
Senior PCN Pharmacy Technician - Bournemouth BH4 9HJ - Indeed.com
Westbourne Medical Center
uk.indeed.com
December 5, 2024 at 9:13 AM
New Year, New Job, New Horizons! Westbourne Medical Centre are recruiting a new Senior #pharmacytechnician Please see job advert & contact me directly if you would like to discuss the job at all. #pharmbsky Thanks uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d...
This is the first NHS Prescription to be sent by a Community Pharmacy to a Community Pharmacy via the EPS (Electronic Prescription Service) in England. Providing the infrastructure for future clinical services with independent prescribing, from Community Pharmacy for NHS patients.
#IPPathfinders
#IPPathfinders
December 5, 2024 at 9:00 PM
This is the first NHS Prescription to be sent by a Community Pharmacy to a Community Pharmacy via the EPS (Electronic Prescription Service) in England. Providing the infrastructure for future clinical services with independent prescribing, from Community Pharmacy for NHS patients.
#IPPathfinders
#IPPathfinders