carolroberts.bsky.social
@carolroberts.bsky.social
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Looking for new sources of clinical evidence to help you make smarter decisions about patient treatment?

On 25 Feb @juliantreadwell.bsky.social of @bristoluni.bsky.social reveals how the GP Evidence website can be the goldmine of information you're looking for.

@stokemacca.bsky.social

#learning
February 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Free webinar - Deprescribing antidepressants with Dr Mark Horowitz & Professor Katharine Wallis. Insights & practical strategies
#pharmsky #medsky #nursesky
bsphn.org.au/events/depre...
Deprescribing Antidepressants
bsphn.org.au
February 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Do you have any patients suffering from heart failure?

@formulazoeg.bsky.social can help you master the complexities of #heartfailure medications & tailor therapy for each patient.

Sign up & join Zoe 1-2pm on 26 Feb: www.prescqipp.info/learning/pre...

@cardiopharmuk.bsky.social

#cardiovascular
February 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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🚨 The Aural Apothecary Almanac 2024. Weight loss drugs, Assisted dying and the Weight of the BNF!

Join the us around the fire as we wrap up the year with our 2024 review featuring our friends @clarepharmacy.bsky.social and @jonathanunderhill.pharmsky.app

www.theauralapothecary.com/the-aural-ap...
The Aural Apothecary Almanac 2024. Weight loss drugs, Assisted dying and the Weight of the British National Formulary
Pull up a chair and join the Three Apothecaries around the fire as we wrap up the year with a lively chat featuring friends and colleagues Clare Howard and Jonathan…
www.theauralapothecary.com
December 20, 2024 at 8:36 AM
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Our Medicines Without Harm resources give an overview of the WHO global patient safety challenge, actions, and KNOW.CHECK.ASK campaigns for anticoagulants, insulins, NSAIDs, sodium valproate and DFMs.

Find out more here: www.prescqipp.info/our-resource...

@who.int
December 11, 2024 at 2:51 PM
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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.
December 13, 2024 at 9:30 AM
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Should the management of people with frailty and heart failure deviate from the guidelines?
@lucypgeridoc.bsky.social

www.bmj.com/content/387/...
Appropriate management of heart failure in older people with frailty
Guideline directed medical therapy for heart failure for older people with frailty may do more harm than good, say Henry Woodford and colleagues The management of heart failure is evolving. Recent c...
www.bmj.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:41 AM
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The Aural Apothecary Analyses… Medicines Safety!

Have you caught up with our latest episode yet? An absolute belter!

What happens when guidelines go wrong? A special episode with top experts Angela Carrington and Dr Matthew Jones

www.theauralapothecary.com/74-the-aural...
December 16, 2024 at 9:46 PM
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#PrescQIPPTopTip

Want to know what's new from PresQIPP? Register for our monthly newsletter to get all the information on our recently published resources and training events here:

www.prescqipp.info/newsletter-s...
December 17, 2024 at 11:42 AM
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Upcoming webinar featured on the hub today:

▶️Driving improvement on time critical Parkinson’s medication (hosted by @parkinsons.org.uk & Parkinson's Excellence Network)
🗓️Wednesday 26 February 2024
⏰9.30am-12.10pm GMT

More details below⬇️
www.pslhub.org/events/event... #medicationsafety
Driving improvement on time critical Parkinson’s medication - virtual webinar
Join the Parkinson's Excellence Network for our time critical medication virtual webinar. Our expert panel will share their experience of time critical Parkinson’s medication and benchmarking. Join th...
www.pslhub.org
December 18, 2024 at 10:06 AM
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💬Patients, too, no longer expect their doctors to be perfect, but when mistakes do occur most want truthfulness, an apology and signs that steps are being taken to avoid a recurrence🗨️

Oops! Why things go wrong – a blog by @nialldowney.bsky.social on the hub www.pslhub.org/learn/improv...
Oops! Why things go wrong – a blog by Niall Downey
Niall Downey explains why error is inevitable
www.pslhub.org
December 5, 2024 at 2:38 PM
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Our Practice Plus meeting on 12 Dec 1-2pm is on The Rise of the Primary Care Pharmacy Technician. Claire Downing and Shalini Madhara will support pharmacy technicians to develop their primary care roles.

Register: www.prescqipp.info/learning/pra...

@aptuk.bsky.social @stevethechemist.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 12:41 PM
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#anticholinergics
Study emphasises the importance of careful prescribing of anticholinergic drugs for patients with CKD.
Cognitive impairment, risks.
#pharmSky #MedSky
doi.org/10.1111/jgs....
The anticholinergic burden in patients with chronic kidney disease: Patterns, risk factors, and the link with cognitive impairment
Background People with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have an elevated risk of cognitive impairment (CI). Medications with anticholinergic activity are recognized for their adverse reactions on centra...
doi.org
December 4, 2024 at 9:13 PM
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Session 2 of our Prescribing Mastery webinars on Severe Mental Illness with @formulazoeg.bsky.social will be on 11 December, from 1pm-2pm.

Sign up and revisit Zoe's webinar on Mastering Severe Mental Illness for our Patients here: www.prescqipp.info/learning/pre...
December 4, 2024 at 12:51 PM
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Great #carehome falls training session.All working in partnership to keep people at home.Care home team,NWAS,ELHT intensive home support,meds opt team,wound care,falls lifting service,frailty scores & iStumble app
Talked about fall risk increasing drugs(FRIDs)& ACB scores.
#supportcarehomes 🏡❤️
November 29, 2024 at 12:17 PM
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Today is World Movement Disorders Day. Great videos 👇
www.movedisorder.org
Excellent resources from parkinsons.org.uk/professional... for HCPs, carers & people.
Interactive learning pathways,clinical tools, guidelines,research & even an ambulance & hospital pharmacy checklist.
#GetItOnTime
#PharmSky
November 29, 2024 at 5:00 PM