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We are live from the EAHP Congress in Bordeaux! We chat to Minna Eii - Chief Sustainability Officer’s Clinical Fellow and co-founder of Pharmacy Declares.

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/6-4-professor-tony-avery-obe-the-problem-with-prescribing--58963996 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. We chat to Tony about this new, groundbreaking leadership role and techniques used to influence and improve prescribing practice across a whole…

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/6-3-sally-kneath-let-s-talk-about-sex-living-with-hiv--58789720 A lively chat as we are joined by sexual health pharmacist Sally Kneath. Sally busts the myths that often surround people living with HIV and details how it is managed today - perhaps not how you would imagine. We reflect on the impact of the stigma caused by…

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/6-1-rory-cellan-jones-life-as-a-mover-and-shaker-living-with-parkinsons-disease--58449468 For our first episode of series 6 we are delighted to be joined by former BBC reporter Rory Cellen-Jones. As well as a successful career in journalism, Rory is also part of “Movers and Shakers’ - the hit podcast about life with Parkinsons. Rory was diagnosed with Parkinsons…

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/aural-apothocary-season-final-edit Pull up a chair and join the Three Apothecaries around the fire for our end-of-year chat with friends and colleagues Clare Howard and Jonathan Underhill to discuss another dramatic year.What will 2023 be remembered for? Was it the Year of Community Pharmacy or of Artificial Intelligence? Who would…

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/aural-apothocary-season-5-episode-10-ste A pivotal figure in the development of Evidence Based Practice and an inspiration to many, it was our real pleasure this week to chat to Professor Neal Maskrey. A retired GP and former director of the National Prescribing Centre, Neal has been a key figure in the way…

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/aural-apothocary-season-5-episode-9 Our new website is now live - www.theauralapothecary.com How do we manage Chronic Pain? This week we talk to Louise Trewern of Living Well with Pain, who has herself lived with chronic pain since childhood. After years of strange illnesses, infections and persistent pain Louise was diagnosed with…

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/aural-apothocary-season-5-episode-8 Our new website is now live - http://www.theauralapothecary.com A fantastic chat this week we talk to Paul Woodgate who as well as having Type II Diabetes and Parkinson’s disease is an advocate for patients in the design of healthcare services. We hear how this important role has evolved…

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/5-7louise-jenkins-cystic-fibrosis A truly joyful patient story this week when we chat to Louise Jenkins. Cystic Fibrosis is a condition that encompasses your whole life. Louise talks to us about growing up with the condition, balancing the constant need for treatment with trying to grow up normally. Louise describes being…

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/main-advert-start-or-mid-podcast Our new website is now live - http://www.theauralapothecary.com 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.…

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/aural-apothocary-season-5-episode-4-no-b Our new website is now live - http://www.theauralapothecary.com 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. Are patient information leaflets best used as wallpaper? We discuss…

The Apothecaries are at EAHP Congress 2023 in Lisbon. We talk to living pharmacy Legend Ron Pate who has been a central figure in, as he describes it, taking hospital pharmacists ‘out of the basement’.

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/3-9-r As a prelude to our next episode, where we discuss the issue of pain and opioid dependency, we are replaying a classic from the Aural Apothecary Archive. This is particularly timely as this is also the month that guidance on ‘https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/optimising-personalised-care-for-adults-prescribed-medicines-associated-with-dependence-or-withdrawal-symptoms/’ has been issued in England. We will…

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/aural-apothecary-season-5-episode-3-fina The Godfather of Shared Decision Making (SDM) has spoken, so listen up! (apologies for his microphone quality though) 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 Health Foundation…

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/deborahduvaL What is more important? Quality of life or length of life? A question that our guest, Deborah Duval, faces on a daily basis. Deborah is Managing Editor at Kidney Care UK and lead for http://www.kidneykitchen.org - a place where eating is de-medicalised and where celebrity chefs cook kidney-patient…

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/aural-apothocary-season-5-episode-1-edit 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 (and one of the people behind the superdrug Tamoxifen) to helping people understand and…

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/aural-apothocary-almanac-xmas-5 Join the Three Apothecaries and some old friends as they gather around the fire and reflect on the year gone by. Jamie, Gimmo and Steve the Chemist are joined by friends of the show Clare Howard and Jonathan Underhill to discuss the highs and lows of 2022. Starting…

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/antimicrobialspecial For this special episode the Apothecaries are joined by Phil Howard to discuss Antimicrobial Resistance and what we can all do to tackle it. Phil is well placed to discuss this with us as the Antimicrobial Stewardship Lead for the North-East & Yorkshire region of England and the…

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/epsiode-4-10-prof-claire-thompson Episode 4.10 – Professor Claire Thompson – Badly Behaved Molecules What do football and pharmaceutical science have in common?! In this, our final episode of series four, we go out on a high chatting to multi-award winning scientist, entrepreneur and philanthropist Professor Claire Thompson. Not only is Claire…

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/4-9-dr-ben-allen-failure-demand-in-gener In this episode we talk to Dr Ben Allen. A GP partner and Clinical Director for Primary Care in Sheffield, Ben is passionate about empowering patients to understand the health system in order to improve their experience of care. His main area of interest is exploring how people…

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/episode-8-aural-apothocary-season-4no-re Something different again this episode - we chat to Dave Murdoch - an Advanced Paramedic Practitioner with over 28 years of experience. Dave has worked in a wide variety of prehospital settings; ambulances, cars, helicopters as well as Urgent Care Centres, Emergency Departments and General Practice surgeries, and…

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/episode-7-aural-apothocary-season-4 We chat to Professor Debi Bhattacharya - Professor of Behavioural Medicine at the University of Leicester and a primary care pharmacist. Debi led on research into a behaviour change toolkit designed to reduce opioid prescribing and is now actively involved in a programme designed to implement this at…

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 in Care Homes scheme for NHS England. He currently works across a number of areas (primary care networks, health inequalities, community…

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/13841341/cpc-live-audio We have a special treat for you this week as we share the recording of our live show at this year’s Clinical Pharmacy Congress. And as an added bonus you get two guests for the price of one! Our first guest is Kulpna Daya. Kulpna is a pharmacy…