Season 2
Episode 2.10 - Dr Mark Holland - The Needy not the Noisy
Dr Mark Holland is Associate Professor at the University of Bolton & formerly a Consultant in geriatric medicine at Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, before moving into Acute Medicine. Formerly President of the Society for Acute Medicine he did so many TV interviews on behalf of his profession he ended up with his own IMDB database!
Episode 2.9 - Professor Dave Slawson - Information Mastery - We are not in Kansas anymore…
We welcome our first guest from the US - Professor Dave Slawson currently serves as the Chair of Family medicines for Atrium Health Carolinas Medicines Center and is a Professor of Family Medicines with the University of North Carolina. He is an international lecturer in evidenced-informed decision making and Information Mastery.
Episode 2.8 - Lelly Oboh - Wicked Problems, Mindlines and the Stripey Zebra.
Lelly began her career in community pharmacy and then worked as a primary care pharmacist, becoming the first UK community based consultant pharmacist in 2007. Her current role is at Guys and St Thomas and involves optimising medicines use in frailty, multimorbidity and polypharmacy.
Episode 2.7 - Fiona Peniston-Bird - Non-Medical Prescribing & Competency frameworks - what's the point?
Fiona, a nurse and founder of nmprescribing which provides the opportunity for NMPs to continue to be safe and effective NMPs through access to Continued Professional Development. We chat to Fiona about the evolution and role of non-medical prescribing and its place in care.
Episode 2.6 Dr Mark Porter MBE - It shouldn't happen to a vet.
Mark is an NHS GP and award winning journalist. He spends half his week working as a GP partner in rural Gloucestershire, and the rest investigating and reporting on the latest developments in medicine. We chat to Mark about his new practice pharmacy professionals, deprescribing, and the six-week wait for hospital discharge communication.
Episode 2.5 - Professor Rachel Elliott - The Empty Chair and Technology Solutionism
Rachel is a pharmacist and Professor of Health Economics at University of Manchester. Rachel has worked with Datalab, NICE and Academic Health Science networks to contribute health economics input of commissioning. We chat to Rachel about ‘having a foot in two camps’, rationing and the over-use of technology to solve problems.
Episode 2.4 - Jill Cruikshank - Advice, Referral, Treatment - The ART of Pharmacy in Scotland
Jill Cruikshank is a community pharmacist who works in Community Pharmacy Development in NHS Lothian. In addition Jill is a coach, trainer & speaker who runs her own consultancy Leading2Solutions. We talk with Jill about ‘Pharmacy First’ - the Scottish Minor Ailments Scheme, writing a book & the importance of hugs.
Episode 2.3 - Dr Tessa Lewis - NO-TEARS, Thinking Fast & Slow and Chronic Kidney Injury
We chat to Dr Tessa Lewis a GP in Blaenavon, Wales and a Therapeutics and Medical Advisor. As well as being the author of the renowned ‘NO-TEARS’ medication review framework Tessa was awarded the ‘Distinguished Contribution to NICE Award’ for her contribution to its work.
Episode 2.2 - Dr Karen Sankey - Fixing the medical model - a squash and squeeze
We chat to Dr Karen Sankey - a GP of 25 years who is currently working at St Werburghs medical practice for the homeless. Karen talks about her frustration with the current medical model and how in her view it does not serve the most vulnerable people. and their needs.
Episode 2.1 - Jonathan Underhill, Shared Decision Making, NICE and POOs - not DOOs.
Welcome back for series 2! We talk to Jonathan Underhill who is a consultant clinical adviser for NICE and has a research interest in Evidence-Informed Decision Making. We discuss the new NICE 5 year strategy, Shared Decision making and what autobiographies can teach us about human behaviour.