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43 Search results for: medication safety
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Episodes

Episode 9 - Angela Carrington - The World Health Organisation's Medicines Safety Challenge

April 9, 2021
Angela leads the Northern Ireland Medicines Safety Team supporting health and social care trusts in preventing avoidable medicines related harm. We discuss the World Health Organisations ‘Medicines Safety Challenge’ and the importance of Human Facto…
Episode 9 - Angela Carrington - The World Health Organisation's Medicines Safety Challenge

7.4 The Aural Apothecary Analyses! When Guidelines Go Wrong - A Medicines Safety Special with Dr Matthew Jones and Angela Carrington

Dec. 6, 2024
Healthcare professionals rely on guidelines to help them make the right choices. But do they work? Is the way we write and use guidance in practice actually harming patients?
7.4 The Aural Apothecary Analyses! When Guidelines Go Wrong - A Medicines Safety Special with Dr Matthew Jones and Angela Carrington

4.1 - Getting Older and how to deal with it - with bestselling author Dr Lucy Pollock

May 6, 2022
We are joined by Consultant Geriatrician and bestselling author Dr Lucy Pollock. As Lucy tells us - we all become old if we are lucky. But how do we deal with it - as people and as health professionals? We chat about Lucy’s experience in working wit…
4.1 - Getting Older and how to deal with it - with bestselling author Dr Lucy Pollock

2.3 - Dr Tessa Lewis - NO-TEARS, Thinking Fast & Slow and Chronic Kidney Injury

May 28, 2021
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 co…
2.3  - Dr Tessa Lewis - NO-TEARS, Thinking Fast & Slow and Chronic Kidney Injury

3.4 Professor James McCormack - Bohemian Polypharmacy

Nov. 5, 2021
This week we are joined from Canada by Professor James McCormack, a pharmacist and co-host of the Best Science Medicine Podcast and is world renowned for his entertaining take on shared decision making and using evidence based information. James als…
3.4 Professor James McCormack - Bohemian Polypharmacy

3.7 - Lisa Green - Getting the Job Done - Mental Health, Veterinary Pharmacy and making people laugh at work

Jan. 14, 2022
Lisa Green, a medicines safety specialist was named as one of the Pharmaceutical Journal's ‘Women to Watch’ in 2020. Aside from being Head of Pharmacy Operations for one of Europe’s largest mental health charities, Lisa is a farm and animal health c…
3.7 - Lisa Green - Getting the Job Done - Mental Health, Veterinary Pharmacy and making people laugh at work

5.10 Professor Neal Maskrey - Rebalancing Medicine

July 21, 2023
A retired GP and former director of the National Prescribing Centre Professor Neal Maskrey was a pivotal figure in the in the way clinical evidence is presented and used in practice, and an inspiration to many.
5.10 Professor Neal Maskrey - Rebalancing Medicine

5.3 - Professor Alf Collins: No decision about me, without me

Feb. 24, 2023
The Godfather of Shared Decision Making (SDM) has spoken, so listen up! Professor Alf Collins is currently NHS England’s Clinical Director for personalised care but he was a community consultant in pain management for many years and worked with the …
5.3 - Professor Alf Collins: No decision about me, without me

4.2 – Rebecca Hunter – Medicines behind Bars

May 20, 2022
In this week’s episode we talk about Prescribing in Prison. We are joined by Rebecca Hunter who, as well as being a prison pharmacist is a clinical leadership fellow working in Health Education and Improvement Wales ,is passionate about the role th…
4.2 – Rebecca Hunter – Medicines behind Bars

4.3 – Professor Delyth James – Applying behavioural change - to yourself

June 1, 2022
In this week’s episode we are thrilled to be joined by Delyth James, Professor of Health Psychology in Pharmacy Practice at Cardiff Metropolitan University. Delyth is a pharmacist with experience of training and education and working as a renal phar…
4.3 – Professor Delyth James – Applying behavioural change - to yourself

5.1 - Graham Prestwich - The Patient as a Project Manager

Jan. 20, 2023
We’re back! This series we are focussing on the patient and their experiences of medicines and we start with a cracker! Graham brings his expertise working for the pharmaceutical industry and as a pharmacologist to helping people understand and use …
5.1 - Graham Prestwich - The Patient as a Project Manager

5.2 - Deborah Duval. Let me live! Life as a transplant recipient

Feb. 3, 2023
What is more important? Quality of life or length of life? A question that our guest, Deborah Duval, faces on a daily basis and she shares with us her experiences of being a recipient of multiple transplants and how she balances a busy lifestyle wit…
5.2 - Deborah Duval. Let me live! Life as a transplant recipient

5.4 - Rachel Power - Communication, Communication, Communication.

April 6, 2023
We are joined in this episode by Rachel Power, Chief Executive of the Patients Association - an independent patient charity campaigning for improvements in health and social care for patients. We discuss the concerns that patients are bringing to th…
5.4 - Rachel Power - Communication, Communication, Communication.

5.5 - Trevor Silvester. Turn on, Tune in, (Don’t) Drop Out - Psychedelics & Cognitive Hypnotherapy

April 21, 2023
We are joined today by former police officer and creator of cognitive hypnotherapy Trevor Silvester. But what is Cognitive Hypnotherapy and how does it work? We discuss the role of alternative therapies such as this in holistic models of care. Trevo…
5.5 - Trevor Silvester. Turn on, Tune in, (Don’t) Drop Out - Psychedelics & Cognitive Hypnotherapy

6.4 Professor Tony Avery OBE - The Problem with Prescribing?

March 8, 2024
How do you influence the prescribing habits of an entire country? This is the task of NHS England’s National Clinical Director of Prescribing Professor Tony Avery.
6.4 Professor Tony Avery OBE - The Problem with Prescribing?

7.6 Professor Lauren Walker - The trials and tribulations of a Clinical Pharmacologist

Jan. 31, 2025
What is a Clinical Pharmacologist? Who better to tell us than Professor Lauren Walker, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Honorary Consultant in General Internal Medicine at Liverpool University.
7.6 Professor Lauren Walker - The trials and tribulations of a Clinical Pharmacologist

Episode 2 - Clare Howard and Multimorbidity

Feb. 19, 2021
We meet our first guest, Clare Howard who has worked in pharmacy since she was 16 and in the past was Deputy Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for NHS England. She is now the Medicines Optimisation Clinical Director for the Wessex Academic Health & we di…
Episode 2 - Clare Howard and Multimorbidity

2.4 - Jill Cruikshank - Advice, Referral, Treatment - The ART of Pharmacy in Scotland

June 4, 2021
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 Scott…
2.4  - Jill Cruikshank - Advice, Referral, Treatment - The ART of Pharmacy in Scotland

3.1 - Dr Louise Newson - The Menopause Doctor. Prescription charges - fair or a tax on the sick?

Sept. 24, 2021
We are back for Series 3 and it is our great pleasure to chat to Dr Louise Newson. As well as a GP & menopause specialist Louise is also host of the popular podcast ‘My Menopause Doctor’. We chat about how the Menopause & the prescribing of HRT in…
3.1 - Dr Louise Newson - The Menopause Doctor. Prescription charges - fair or a tax on the sick?

3.3 - Professor Sally Lewis - Value Based Rock, PROMS and Goldilocks Healthcare

Oct. 22, 2021
Ever heard the term Value Based Healthcare and wondered what it meant? Well wonder no more. This week's guest, Dr Sally Lewis explains all. Sally is the National Clinical Director for Value Based Healthcare and Prudent Health in Wales as well as a …
3.3 - Professor Sally Lewis - Value Based Rock, PROMS and Goldilocks Healthcare

Videos

7.4 The Aural Apothecary Analyses! When Guidelines Go Wrong - A Medicines Safety Special with Dr ...

Jan. 14, 2025
Welcome to the second in our series of ‘The Aural Apothecary Analyses’, where we will be delving a bit deeper into some of the recurring themes from our first series. This week we are joined by Dr Matthew Jones and Angela Carrinton to discuss medici…
7.4 The Aural Apothecary Analyses! When Guidelines Go Wrong - A Medicines Safety Special with Dr ...

Episode 9 - Angela Carrington - The World Health Organisation's Medicines Safety Challenge (part 1 o

April 8, 2021
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/episode9-aural-apothocary-youngest-of-7 Angela leads the Northern Ireland Medicines Safety Team supporting health and social care trusts in preventing avoidable medicines related harm. We discuss the W…
Episode 9 - Angela Carrington - The World Health Organisation's Medicines Safety Challenge (part 1 o

Episode 9 - Angela Carrington - The World Health Organisation's Medicines Safety Challenge (part 2 o

April 8, 2021
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/episode9-aural-apothocary-youngest-of-7 Angela leads the Northern Ireland Medicines Safety Team supporting health and social care trusts in preventing avoidable medicines related harm. We discuss the W…
Episode 9 - Angela Carrington - The World Health Organisation's Medicines Safety Challenge (part 2 o

Episode 9 - Angela Carrington - The World Health Organisation's Medicines Safety Challenge (part 3 o

April 8, 2021
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/episode9-aural-apothocary-youngest-of-7 Angela leads the Northern Ireland Medicines Safety Team supporting health and social care trusts in preventing avoidable medicines related harm. We discuss the W…
Episode 9 - Angela Carrington - The World Health Organisation's Medicines Safety Challenge (part 3 o

4.1 - Getting Older and how to deal with it - with bestselling author Dr Lucy Pollock

May 5, 2022
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/episode-1-aural-apothocary-season-4-1 Welcome back for Series 4. We are joined by Consultant Geriatrician and bestselling author Dr Lucy Pollock. As Lucy tells us - we all become old if we are lucky. B…
4.1 - Getting Older and how to deal with it - with bestselling author Dr Lucy Pollock

4.3 – Professor Delyth James – Applying behavioural change - to yourself

May 31, 2022
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/episode-3-aural-apothocary-season-4 In this week’s episode we are thrilled to be joined by Delyth James. Professor James is Professor of Health Psychology in Pharmacy Practice at Cardiff Metropolitan U…
4.3 – Professor Delyth James – Applying behavioural change - to yourself

7.6 Professor Lauren Walker - The trials and tribulations of a Clinical Pharmacologist

Jan. 30, 2025
What is a Clinical Pharmacologist? Who better to tell us than Professor Lauren Walker, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Honorary Consultant in General Internal Medicine at Liverpool University.  Lauren is a leading researcher i…
7.6 Professor Lauren Walker - The trials and tribulations of a Clinical Pharmacologist

Lisa McCarthy - live from the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists Conference 2022 in Vienna

March 25, 2022
Our roving Apothékér , Jonathan Underhill , in Vienna, talks to a Canadian #deprescribing legend about her Desert Island Drug (DID) choice. Lisa McCarthy is both a Clinical Scientist and Pharmacist and has a very honest personal story explaining wh…
Lisa McCarthy - live from the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists Conference 2022 in Vienna

3.3 - Dr Sally Lewis - Value Based Rock, PROMS and Goldilocks Healthcare (part 1 of 3)

Oct. 21, 2021
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/episode-3-aural-apothocary-season-3-exte Ever heard the term Value Based Healthcare and wondered what it meant? Well wonder no more. This week's guest, Dr Sally Lewis explains all. Sally is the Nation…
3.3 - Dr Sally Lewis - Value Based Rock, PROMS and Goldilocks Healthcare (part 1 of 3)

3.3 - Dr Sally Lewis - Value Based Rock, PROMS and Goldilocks Healthcare (part 2 of 3)

Oct. 21, 2021
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/episode-3-aural-apothocary-season-3-exte Ever heard the term Value Based Healthcare and wondered what it meant? Well wonder no more. This week's guest, Dr Sally Lewis explains all. Sally is the Nation…
3.3 - Dr Sally Lewis - Value Based Rock, PROMS and Goldilocks Healthcare (part 2 of 3)

3.3 - Dr Sally Lewis - Value Based Rock, PROMS and Goldilocks Healthcare (part 3 of 3)

Oct. 21, 2021
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/episode-3-aural-apothocary-season-3-exte Ever heard the term Value Based Healthcare and wondered what it meant? Well wonder no more. This week's guest, Dr Sally Lewis explains all. Sally is the Nation…
3.3 - Dr Sally Lewis - Value Based Rock, PROMS and Goldilocks Healthcare (part 3 of 3)

3.4 Professor James McComack - Bohemian Polypharmacy (part 1 of 3)

Nov. 4, 2021
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/episode-4-aural-apothocary-season-3 This week we are joined from Canada by Professor James McCormack. James is a pharmacist and co-host of the Best Science Medicine Podcast and is world renowned for hi…
3.4 Professor James McComack - Bohemian Polypharmacy (part 1 of 3)

3.4 Professor James McComack - Bohemian Polypharmacy (part 2 of 3)

Nov. 4, 2021
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/episode-4-aural-apothocary-season-3 This week we are joined from Canada by Professor James McCormack. James is a pharmacist and co-host of the Best Science Medicine Podcast and is world renowned for hi…
3.4 Professor James McComack - Bohemian Polypharmacy (part 2 of 3)

3.4 Professor James McComack - Bohemian Polypharmacy (part 3 of 3)

Nov. 4, 2021
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/episode-4-aural-apothocary-season-3 This week we are joined from Canada by Professor James McCormack. James is a pharmacist and co-host of the Best Science Medicine Podcast and is world renowned for hi…
3.4 Professor James McComack - Bohemian Polypharmacy (part 3 of 3)

3.8 - Stephen Webber - Clinical Negligence and the perils of a no-fault compensation system. (part 1

Jan. 27, 2022
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/episode-8-aural-apothocary-season3 We go slightly left of field in this week's episode when we talk to award winning clinical negligence lawyer Stephen Webber. Stephen has been involved in many medic…
3.8 - Stephen Webber - Clinical Negligence and the perils of a no-fault compensation system. (part 1

3.8 - Stephen Webber - Clinical Negligence and the perils of a no-fault compensation system. (part 2

Jan. 27, 2022
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/episode-8-aural-apothocary-season3 We go slightly left of field in this week's episode when we talk to award winning clinical negligence lawyer Stephen Webber. Stephen has been involved in many medic…
3.8 - Stephen Webber - Clinical Negligence and the perils of a no-fault compensation system. (part 2

3.8 - Stephen Webber - Clinical Negligence and the perils of a no-fault compensation system. (part 3

Jan. 27, 2022
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/episode-8-aural-apothocary-season3 We go slightly left of field in this week's episode when we talk to award winning clinical negligence lawyer Stephen Webber. Stephen has been involved in many medic…
3.8 - Stephen Webber - Clinical Negligence and the perils of a no-fault compensation system. (part 3

3.8 - Stephen Webber - Clinical Negligence and the perils of a no-fault compensation system. (part 4

Jan. 27, 2022
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/episode-8-aural-apothocary-season3 We go slightly left of field in this week's episode when we talk to award winning clinical negligence lawyer Stephen Webber. Stephen has been involved in many medic…
3.8 - Stephen Webber - Clinical Negligence and the perils of a no-fault compensation system. (part 4

4.5 Professor Mahendra Patel OBE - Health Inequalities and the Bradford Polo Mint

June 30, 2022
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/episode-5-aural-apothocary-season-4 This week we welcome Pharmacy's own National Treasure Professor Mahendra Patel OBE. Mahendra is a multi-award winning pharmacist and academic with professorial roles…
4.5 Professor Mahendra Patel OBE - Health Inequalities and the Bradford Polo Mint

4.6 Dr Wasim Baqir – Shine On - Changing lives through improved medicines use in Care Homes.

July 28, 2022
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/episode-6-aural-apothocary-season-4-reco We chat to Dr Wasim Baqir - a senior pharmacist from the Pharmacy Integration Programme at NHS England. Prior to this he led the national Medicines Optimisation…
4.6 Dr Wasim Baqir – Shine On - Changing lives through improved medicines use in Care Homes.

Blog Posts

Person-Centred Care: Lessons for Pharmacy from the Aural Apothecary Podcast - An "Aural Apothecary" Abstraction by Gimmo

Oct. 3, 2023
In the busy and difficult world of healthcare, the concept of shared decision-making is something we've all heard about. Yet, delving into conversations with patients on the Aural Apothecary podcast has revealed a gap in practice that demands our at…
Person-Centred Care: Lessons for Pharmacy from the Aural Apothecary Podcast - An "Aural Apothecary" Abstraction by Gimmo

New Blockbuster: STC meets Professor Green !

Jan. 26, 2025
I know what you are thinking … Did they meet in the billiard room, was there lead piping involved, and was Miss Scarlett there too?? So, no, it was more exciting than that, it was for a BBC film about Polypharmacy and the benefits of medicat…
New Blockbuster: STC meets Professor Green !

The 3 Apothecaries Live at RPS Conference 2023

Nov. 19, 2023
Once again the 3 Apothecaries provided the "edutainment" at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's (RPS) 2023 Conference in London, ahead of the RPS Fellows Award ceremony.  Huge thanks to the RPS for inviting us back , and especially to our two g…
The 3 Apothecaries Live at RPS Conference 2023
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