Louisa Power
@louisapower.bsky.social
Pharmacist-worked in 🇮🇪 & 🇬🇧 (public & private hospitals) now Medication Safety Specialist Pharmacist - HSE NQPSD. Views my own
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Medication not given: discharge from an acute hospital to the community - a new report from @hssib.bsky.social published today. www.pslhub.org/learn/invest... #patientsafety
HSSIB investigation report. Medication not given: discharge from an acute hospital to the community (14 August 2025)
HSSIB investigation exploring why medications intended to be given to patients were not given
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August 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Medication not given: discharge from an acute hospital to the community - a new report from @hssib.bsky.social published today. www.pslhub.org/learn/invest... #patientsafety
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Our work to support delivery of the National Patient Safety Improvement programme has included preventing 536 cases of cerebral palsy, saving 800 lives through medicines safety and preventing 45,000 hospital admissions.
Find out more in our report 🔗 thehealthinnovationnetwork.co.uk/priorities/p...
Find out more in our report 🔗 thehealthinnovationnetwork.co.uk/priorities/p...
August 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Our work to support delivery of the National Patient Safety Improvement programme has included preventing 536 cases of cerebral palsy, saving 800 lives through medicines safety and preventing 45,000 hospital admissions.
Find out more in our report 🔗 thehealthinnovationnetwork.co.uk/priorities/p...
Find out more in our report 🔗 thehealthinnovationnetwork.co.uk/priorities/p...
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Delighted & proud that our carehome meds opt team at East Lancs Hospitals have allowed Evelyn,a 101yo lady to achieve what matters to her. Hoping other carehome providers start to implement now. Empowering care staff.
www.carehomeprofessional.com/medication-n...
#FindyourEvelyn #SafeDeprescribing
www.carehomeprofessional.com/medication-n...
#FindyourEvelyn #SafeDeprescribing
Public/ private medication trial achieves 'remarkable' results
A partnership between an NHS Trust and a private social care provider which aimed to reduce medications for residents is set to be rolled out nationwide
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August 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Delighted & proud that our carehome meds opt team at East Lancs Hospitals have allowed Evelyn,a 101yo lady to achieve what matters to her. Hoping other carehome providers start to implement now. Empowering care staff.
www.carehomeprofessional.com/medication-n...
#FindyourEvelyn #SafeDeprescribing
www.carehomeprofessional.com/medication-n...
#FindyourEvelyn #SafeDeprescribing
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#pharmsky if you know someone who’d like to come and work in Critical Care, please get them to check out this link! Thanks 🙏🏻
Job vacancy: Advanced Specialist Pharmacist - Critical Care and Theatres, Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Luton | trac.jobs
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May 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#pharmsky if you know someone who’d like to come and work in Critical Care, please get them to check out this link! Thanks 🙏🏻
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Are you a pharmacy professional struggling with career progression?
Join Emma Canavan and @hpillminster.pharmsky.app to find out how they became PCN Clinical Directors and how they handle the daily challenges of their roles.
Sign up here: www.prescqipp.info/learning/pra...
@pcpa-uk.bsky.social
Join Emma Canavan and @hpillminster.pharmsky.app to find out how they became PCN Clinical Directors and how they handle the daily challenges of their roles.
Sign up here: www.prescqipp.info/learning/pra...
@pcpa-uk.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Are you a pharmacy professional struggling with career progression?
Join Emma Canavan and @hpillminster.pharmsky.app to find out how they became PCN Clinical Directors and how they handle the daily challenges of their roles.
Sign up here: www.prescqipp.info/learning/pra...
@pcpa-uk.bsky.social
Join Emma Canavan and @hpillminster.pharmsky.app to find out how they became PCN Clinical Directors and how they handle the daily challenges of their roles.
Sign up here: www.prescqipp.info/learning/pra...
@pcpa-uk.bsky.social
First long run done ✔️. Just 7 weeks to the half marathon which I’m running for Cliona’s Foundation. Any donations gratefully received. Please DM me for the link to my fundraising page.
March 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
First long run done ✔️. Just 7 weeks to the half marathon which I’m running for Cliona’s Foundation. Any donations gratefully received. Please DM me for the link to my fundraising page.
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New HSE Health App launched.
This will be so useful for people with diabetes.
Thanks to Ken Barclay for sharing in Diabetes in Ireland Facebook group.
#iredoc #t1d #ireland #t2d #health #healthcare
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This will be so useful for people with diabetes.
Thanks to Ken Barclay for sharing in Diabetes in Ireland Facebook group.
#iredoc #t1d #ireland #t2d #health #healthcare
buff.ly/DLKs6dv
March 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
New HSE Health App launched.
This will be so useful for people with diabetes.
Thanks to Ken Barclay for sharing in Diabetes in Ireland Facebook group.
#iredoc #t1d #ireland #t2d #health #healthcare
buff.ly/DLKs6dv
This will be so useful for people with diabetes.
Thanks to Ken Barclay for sharing in Diabetes in Ireland Facebook group.
#iredoc #t1d #ireland #t2d #health #healthcare
buff.ly/DLKs6dv
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‼️Join #TeamUHLGpharmacy‼️
🧩 Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Acute & Emergency Medicine
8️⃣ Band 8a
📆 Closes 16/03/25
🌈 Join us to lead a high quality, proactive and patient focussed clinical Pharmacy service on the emergency floor
📍Royal Liverpool Hospital
📲 bit.ly/AcuteAEDPhar...
🧩 Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Acute & Emergency Medicine
8️⃣ Band 8a
📆 Closes 16/03/25
🌈 Join us to lead a high quality, proactive and patient focussed clinical Pharmacy service on the emergency floor
📍Royal Liverpool Hospital
📲 bit.ly/AcuteAEDPhar...
March 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
‼️Join #TeamUHLGpharmacy‼️
🧩 Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Acute & Emergency Medicine
8️⃣ Band 8a
📆 Closes 16/03/25
🌈 Join us to lead a high quality, proactive and patient focussed clinical Pharmacy service on the emergency floor
📍Royal Liverpool Hospital
📲 bit.ly/AcuteAEDPhar...
🧩 Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Acute & Emergency Medicine
8️⃣ Band 8a
📆 Closes 16/03/25
🌈 Join us to lead a high quality, proactive and patient focussed clinical Pharmacy service on the emergency floor
📍Royal Liverpool Hospital
📲 bit.ly/AcuteAEDPhar...
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🗞️ Hot off the press! Our first 2025 newsletter showcasing:
- Our new article, Understanding Antidepressants Part 2: When & How to Safely Stop Them
- Recording of the national Sleepwell webinar
- Upcoming events for #deprescribing clinicians & researchers
mailchi.mp/caden-recad/...
- Our new article, Understanding Antidepressants Part 2: When & How to Safely Stop Them
- Recording of the national Sleepwell webinar
- Upcoming events for #deprescribing clinicians & researchers
mailchi.mp/caden-recad/...
February 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🗞️ Hot off the press! Our first 2025 newsletter showcasing:
- Our new article, Understanding Antidepressants Part 2: When & How to Safely Stop Them
- Recording of the national Sleepwell webinar
- Upcoming events for #deprescribing clinicians & researchers
mailchi.mp/caden-recad/...
- Our new article, Understanding Antidepressants Part 2: When & How to Safely Stop Them
- Recording of the national Sleepwell webinar
- Upcoming events for #deprescribing clinicians & researchers
mailchi.mp/caden-recad/...
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How to keep safe when getting medicines or treatment online - an article from the General Pharmaceutical Council available via the hub, our platform to share learning for patient safety www.pslhub.org/learn/improv... #medicationsafety
How to keep safe when getting medicines or treatment online
Check if the online healthcare service and healthcare professionals working there are registered with UK regulators Ask questions about how the service works Answer questions honestly about your healt...
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January 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
How to keep safe when getting medicines or treatment online - an article from the General Pharmaceutical Council available via the hub, our platform to share learning for patient safety www.pslhub.org/learn/improv... #medicationsafety
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News article on the hub today - ‘Fragile’ IT blamed for critical incidents and patient harm (via @hsj.co.uk) www.pslhub.org/blogs/entry/...
‘Fragile’ IT blamed for critical incidents and patient harm
Outdated clinical IT systems at a large Midlands hospital trust are harming patients and causing delayed diagnoses and cancelled appointments, its CEO has admitted. University Hospitals of North Midla...
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January 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM
News article on the hub today - ‘Fragile’ IT blamed for critical incidents and patient harm (via @hsj.co.uk) www.pslhub.org/blogs/entry/...
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🆕#BestEvidence webinar recording
Polypharmacy & rational primary care
ti.ubc.ca/drugevidence24
Dr. Dee Mangin describes vital aspects of primary care in maximizing therapeutic benefit + provides examples & areas of challenge for rational treatment
#DrugEvidence24 #medsky #MedEd
Polypharmacy & rational primary care
ti.ubc.ca/drugevidence24
Dr. Dee Mangin describes vital aspects of primary care in maximizing therapeutic benefit + provides examples & areas of challenge for rational treatment
#DrugEvidence24 #medsky #MedEd
January 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🆕#BestEvidence webinar recording
Polypharmacy & rational primary care
ti.ubc.ca/drugevidence24
Dr. Dee Mangin describes vital aspects of primary care in maximizing therapeutic benefit + provides examples & areas of challenge for rational treatment
#DrugEvidence24 #medsky #MedEd
Polypharmacy & rational primary care
ti.ubc.ca/drugevidence24
Dr. Dee Mangin describes vital aspects of primary care in maximizing therapeutic benefit + provides examples & areas of challenge for rational treatment
#DrugEvidence24 #medsky #MedEd
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Population-based study:
As # of meds ⬆️ , so does the anticholinergic burden, use of inappropriate meds, & presence of drug-drug interactions
https://buff.ly/3WcwVoa
Review med appropriateness using our #deprescribing tools found here:
https://buff.ly/48I6Ph9
As # of meds ⬆️ , so does the anticholinergic burden, use of inappropriate meds, & presence of drug-drug interactions
https://buff.ly/3WcwVoa
Review med appropriateness using our #deprescribing tools found here:
https://buff.ly/48I6Ph9
January 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Population-based study:
As # of meds ⬆️ , so does the anticholinergic burden, use of inappropriate meds, & presence of drug-drug interactions
https://buff.ly/3WcwVoa
Review med appropriateness using our #deprescribing tools found here:
https://buff.ly/48I6Ph9
As # of meds ⬆️ , so does the anticholinergic burden, use of inappropriate meds, & presence of drug-drug interactions
https://buff.ly/3WcwVoa
Review med appropriateness using our #deprescribing tools found here:
https://buff.ly/48I6Ph9
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Barriers to insulin-treated #type2diabetes management using #CGM in UK primary care identified:
🛑Resistance to change among care teams
📉Limited experience with CGM devices
📜Concerns over inconsistent CGM guidelines
🧑🏫Education and workflow updates critical for CGM adoption
via @goggledocs.bsky.social
🛑Resistance to change among care teams
📉Limited experience with CGM devices
📜Concerns over inconsistent CGM guidelines
🧑🏫Education and workflow updates critical for CGM adoption
via @goggledocs.bsky.social
<em>Diabetic Medicine</em> | Diabetes UK Journal | Wiley Online Library
Aims
This expert consensus reviews the reality of primary care clinical management of people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) on non-intensive insulin therapy, with an emphasis on the use of continuous gl.....
ggdocs.co
December 18, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Barriers to insulin-treated #type2diabetes management using #CGM in UK primary care identified:
🛑Resistance to change among care teams
📉Limited experience with CGM devices
📜Concerns over inconsistent CGM guidelines
🧑🏫Education and workflow updates critical for CGM adoption
via @goggledocs.bsky.social
🛑Resistance to change among care teams
📉Limited experience with CGM devices
📜Concerns over inconsistent CGM guidelines
🧑🏫Education and workflow updates critical for CGM adoption
via @goggledocs.bsky.social
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Key points made in our position statement on NHSE's temporary escalation spaces guidance, also referred to as 'Corridor Care'.
Read it in full: tinyurl.com/rcemTES
🔊 Sound on for narration.
#ResuscitateEmergencyCare
Read it in full: tinyurl.com/rcemTES
🔊 Sound on for narration.
#ResuscitateEmergencyCare
December 18, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Key points made in our position statement on NHSE's temporary escalation spaces guidance, also referred to as 'Corridor Care'.
Read it in full: tinyurl.com/rcemTES
🔊 Sound on for narration.
#ResuscitateEmergencyCare
Read it in full: tinyurl.com/rcemTES
🔊 Sound on for narration.
#ResuscitateEmergencyCare
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#BGSConf e-poster display @gerisoc.bsky.social
Thank you to my supervisors @bethfylan.bsky.social, Prof Peter Gardner, Dr Justine Tomlinson & Heather Smith, and all my amazing co-authors for being part of this systematic review ❤️
#OlderPeople #Hospital-to-home #MedicationSelf-Management #PhD
Thank you to my supervisors @bethfylan.bsky.social, Prof Peter Gardner, Dr Justine Tomlinson & Heather Smith, and all my amazing co-authors for being part of this systematic review ❤️
#OlderPeople #Hospital-to-home #MedicationSelf-Management #PhD
November 20, 2024 at 12:57 PM
#BGSConf e-poster display @gerisoc.bsky.social
Thank you to my supervisors @bethfylan.bsky.social, Prof Peter Gardner, Dr Justine Tomlinson & Heather Smith, and all my amazing co-authors for being part of this systematic review ❤️
#OlderPeople #Hospital-to-home #MedicationSelf-Management #PhD
Thank you to my supervisors @bethfylan.bsky.social, Prof Peter Gardner, Dr Justine Tomlinson & Heather Smith, and all my amazing co-authors for being part of this systematic review ❤️
#OlderPeople #Hospital-to-home #MedicationSelf-Management #PhD
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Do you work in a care home for older people in England and are you involved in medication reviews? If so, we really want to hear your views. Please complete our short survey app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/leeds/depp... There’s a prize draw for a chance to win a £50 or £100 voucher.
November 21, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Do you work in a care home for older people in England and are you involved in medication reviews? If so, we really want to hear your views. Please complete our short survey app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/leeds/depp... There’s a prize draw for a chance to win a £50 or £100 voucher.
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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/...
@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
Should the management of people with frailty and heart failure deviate from the guidelines?
@lucypgeridoc.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
@lucypgeridoc.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
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FREE frailty elearning course from @gerisoc.bsky.social
Self paced.
Great for social care providers. Supporting care home nurses.
#Pharmsky #MedSky #NurseSky
🏡❤️
www.bgs.org.uk/elearning/fr...
Self paced.
Great for social care providers. Supporting care home nurses.
#Pharmsky #MedSky #NurseSky
🏡❤️
www.bgs.org.uk/elearning/fr...
Frailty elearning course | British Geriatrics Society
This free frailty elearning course has been revised and updated by expert geriatric medicine clinicians, with insights from health and social care and the voluntary sector. Learners will understand fr...
www.bgs.org.uk
December 8, 2024 at 4:45 PM
FREE frailty elearning course from @gerisoc.bsky.social
Self paced.
Great for social care providers. Supporting care home nurses.
#Pharmsky #MedSky #NurseSky
🏡❤️
www.bgs.org.uk/elearning/fr...
Self paced.
Great for social care providers. Supporting care home nurses.
#Pharmsky #MedSky #NurseSky
🏡❤️
www.bgs.org.uk/elearning/fr...
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Reposted by Louisa Power
WOW! So many ☀️ profiles!
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Thank you for following me. I’ll do my best to help connect you.
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November 16, 2024 at 9:59 PM
WOW! So many ☀️ profiles!
Thank you for following me. I’ll do my best to help connect you.
Here’s my starter pack go.bsky.app/PzopiA9
My tips:
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🦋 Use #Pharmsky in your posts & add to your bio
🦋 Post lots by replies & share content
🦋 Like AND REPOST
🦋 Be kind
Thank you for following me. I’ll do my best to help connect you.
Here’s my starter pack go.bsky.app/PzopiA9
My tips:
🦋 Use starter packs - there’s lots
🦋 Use #Pharmsky in your posts & add to your bio
🦋 Post lots by replies & share content
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This is a great opportunity for pharmacists (or pharmacy technicians) to publish their innovative service models 👇
escpweb.org/escp-best-pr...
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ESCP Best Practice Paper Call - ESCP
ESCP wants your best practice! Deadline for abstract submissions 31 January 2025. We want your best practice! The European Society of Clinical Pharmacy (ESCP) and the International Journal of Clinical...
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December 4, 2024 at 8:37 PM
This is a great opportunity for pharmacists (or pharmacy technicians) to publish their innovative service models 👇
escpweb.org/escp-best-pr...
escpweb.org/escp-best-pr...
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Print edition!! Yey - so happy about this and a huge well done to Henry Woodford and Dan McKenzie and a big thank you to @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/387/... pls comment! Online or here, we need a debate!
December 15, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Print edition!! Yey - so happy about this and a huge well done to Henry Woodford and Dan McKenzie and a big thank you to @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/387/... pls comment! Online or here, we need a debate!
I’ve joined Bluesky. I’m a pharmacist who has worked in Ireland and the UK across many sectors. I’m currently working in the National Med Safety Programme in Ireland but am on maternity leave until early next year. I’m passionate about all things pharmacy!!
December 17, 2024 at 7:54 AM
I’ve joined Bluesky. I’m a pharmacist who has worked in Ireland and the UK across many sectors. I’m currently working in the National Med Safety Programme in Ireland but am on maternity leave until early next year. I’m passionate about all things pharmacy!!