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The Aural Apothecary

The Three Apothecaries

The Aural Apothecary Podcast. An authentic yet lighthearted take on the world of medicines and healthcare in the UK from Jamie, Gimmo and Steve the Chemist.

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2.10 - Dr Mark Holland - The Needy not the Noisy

The Aural Apothecary ·

2021/07/16

We welcome the final guest for series 2 - Dr Mark Holland. Mark is Associate Professor at the University of Bolton and formerly a Consultant in geriatric medicine at Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, before moving into Acute Medicine. He was formerly President of the Society for Acute Medicine where he did so many TV interviews on behalf of his profession he ended up with his own IMDB database!We chat to Mark about teaching during a pandemic as well as his reflections of his time working in acute

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39:26

2.9 - Professor Dave Slawson - Information Mastery -...

The Aural Apothecary ·

2021/07/09

We welcome our first guest from the United States - Professor Dave Slawson. Dr 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 amongst many other positions. He is an international lecturer in evidenced-informed decision making and Information Mastery.We chat to Dave about the concept of Information Mastery, and his trip to Cardiff in 2005. We talk about the 5 harms of

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37:41

2.8 - Lelly Oboh - Wicked Problems, Mindlines and...

The Aural Apothecary ·

2021/07/02

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 frail older people and she has a keen interest in approaches that consider the complex relationship between frailty, multimorbidity and polypharmacy. As a coach practitioner, Lelly enjoys inspiring people and is part of the NHS #lookingafteryou coaching staff

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39:45

2.7 - Fiona Peniston-Bird - Non-Medical Prescribing &...

The Aural Apothecary ·

2021/06/25

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.Fiona has considerable expertise in all matters related to non-medical prescribing, having been an experienced nurse prescriber, and is now prescribing lead for nurses on the prescribing programme at Medway School of Pharmacy, University of Kent and University of Greenwich. She is also a member of the Nurse Prescribers

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2.6 - Dr Mark Porter MBE - It shouldn't happen to a vet.

The Aural Apothecary ·

2021/06/18

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. As well as a regular column in the Times, Mark is a regular on daytime TV GP and Radio 4.We chat to Mark about his new practice pharmacy professionals, deprescribing, and the six-week wait for hospital discharge communication. We also pick up on the environmental impact of inhalers, giant frusemide

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42:17

2.5 - Professor Rachel Elliott - The Empty Chair and...

The Aural Apothecary ·

2021/06/11

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. She was also one of the first ICU pharmacists ever appointed in the UK. Rachel was also involved in the development and evaluation of the PINCER and the New Medicines Service. We chat to Rachel about ‘having a foot in two camps’, rationing and the over-use of technology to solve problems

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35:15

2.4 - Jill Cruikshank - Advice, Referral, Treatment...

The Aural Apothecary ·

2021/06/04

We chat to Jill Cruikshank - a community pharmacist in Edinburgh who works in Community Pharmacy Development in NHS Lothian. In addition Jill is a coach, trainer and speaker who runs her own consultancy Leading2Solutions. She is currently writing a book inspired by the development work she has done with early years pharmacists. We talk with Jill about ‘Pharmacy First’ - the Scottish Minor Ailments Scheme, writing a book and of course the recent ‘Friends’ reunion and the importance of hugs. Our

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28:59

2.3 - Dr Tessa Lewis - NO-TEARS, Thinking Fast &...

The Aural Apothecary ·

2021/05/28

We chat to Dr Tessa Lewis - Tessa is 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 (https://www.bmj.com/content/329/7463/434) Tessa was awarded the ‘Distinguished Contribution to NICE Award’ for her contribution to its work. Our micro-discussion focuses on the paper ‘potentially inappropriate prescribing of drugs in primary care’ from the British Journal of General Practice

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33:21

2.2 - Dr Karen Sankey - Fixing the medical model - a...

The Aural Apothecary ·

2021/05/21

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. Taking her learnings from the last 5 years she has designed and delivered the award winning Community Support Hub - a multiagency drop-in service for the homeless and rough sleepers. Our micro-discussion focuses on the overprescribing

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35:38

2.1 - Jonathan Underhill, Shared Decision Making,...

The Aural Apothecary ·

2021/05/14

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. Alongside this we discuss his love of The Boss, animals and drug allergies and a toxicology murder-mystery.As with all our guests we ask Jonathan to pick his ‘Desert Island Drug’, a career defining anthem and a

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32:20

Episode 10 - Samantha Quaye, the role of pharmacy...

The Aural Apothecary ·

2021/04/16

Samantha is a pharmacy technician who has worked in community and hospital pharmacy, education and regulation. We chat about Samantha’s role as an elected Governor for Guy’s and St Thomas and how feedback is vital to support staff wellbeing. Sam proves herself a superfan of the podcast in our end of series quiz.As with all our guests we ask Samantha to pick her ‘Desert Island Drug’, a career defining anthem and a book that has influenced her work. Our micro-discussion focuses on ‘Remote Medicines

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34:11

Episode 9 - Angela Carrington - The World Health...

The Aural Apothecary ·

2021/04/09

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 Factors in Healthcare. We get back onto the subject of drug pronunciations and learn something more about Steve the Chemist's early career…As with all our guests we ask Angela to pick her ‘Desert Island Drug’, a career defining anthem and a book that has

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Episode 8 - Ravi Sharma - Pharmacogenomics,...

The Aural Apothecary ·

2021/04/02

Ravi is a pharmacist and graduate of the London School of Pharmacy, holds a Masters in Genomic Medicines and has been awarded fellowship by the Faculty of UK Clinical Informatics. He is currently the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Director for England as well as continuing to work as a GP practice prescribing pharmacist.We chat to Ravi about his passion for pharmacogenomics and how it might revolutionise pharmacy practice alongside the role of a professional body in a pandemic. We ask him to select

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27:57

Episode 7 - Johnathan Laird- What is a Pharmacist and...

The Aural Apothecary ·

2021/03/26

Jonathan is owner of, and a successful pharmacy podcaster and publisher at, Pharmacy in Practice - www.pip.scot. Jonathan has worked in community pharmacy and general practice, using his prescribing qualification in both to run respiratory clinics. We “blether” with Johnathan about Pharmacy in Scotland, his passion for independent prescribing and the risks and benefits posed to medicines supply by the role of Amazon Pharmacy. We ask Johnathan to choose a ‘Desert Island Drug’. Johnathan’s book choice

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40:54

Episode 6 - Prof Mark Taubert, end of life care and a...

The Aural Apothecary ·

2021/03/19

Mark is an NHS palliative care consultant and honorary professor at Cardiff University School of Medicine. He founded TalkCPR.wales and has a national lead role to improve public understanding on topics relevant to care in the last years of life and at the extreme ends of medicine. He has given a Ted Talk on why subtleties in language are critical in modern healthcare and writes for international newspapers like the Washington Post. Mark has also done extensive television, theatre and radio media

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Episode 5 - Lindsay Harper, the treatment of obesity...

The Aural Apothecary ·

2021/03/12

Lindsay is the Director of Pharmacy at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group . Previously she was the lead intestinal failure specialist pharmacist on the national intestinal failure unit at Salford and worked at the University of Manchester as a honorary clinical lecturer and module leader on the postgraduate clinical pharmacy diploma.We talk to Lindsay about the role of clinical pharmacists and their transition from primary tosecondary care. In addition we chat about systems leadership,resilience

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35:13

SIX NATIONS SPECIAL 2021. John Devereux - British...

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2021/03/10

John is an integrated healthcare manager for the Pharmaceutical Industry as well as a former international rugby player, having hugely successful careers in both codes – rugby union and rugby league. Playing for the British Lions and Wales in both Rugby Union and Rugby League, as well as Bridgend RFC, Sale Sharks and Widnes, amongst others.As well as his amazing career we talk to John about transitioning between different careers, the use of NSAIDs in sport and the old Horse and Groom pub in

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31:10

Episode 4. Dr Lawrence Brad, working with pharmacists...

The Aural Apothecary ·

2021/03/05

The Aural Apothecary welcomes Dr Lawrence Brad. A partner and GP prescribing lead at a large GP Practice in Bournemouth. He is also a Fellow of the RCGP and acts as the RCGP representative for clinical pharmacists. He is a clinical teaching fellow at the University of Bath school of Pharmacy and Pharmacology and one of the Wessex LMC GP education programme leads. He has published with both Jamie and STC about the benefits of clinical pharmacists in general practice including how this new cadre of

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Episode 3. Dr Amira Guirguis, supporting the second...

The Aural Apothecary ·

2021/02/26

The Aural Apothecary welcomes Dr Amira Guiguis. Amira is a pharmacist who gained her PhD in the in-field detection of New Psychoactive Substance (NPS) and is currently the MPharm Programme Director at Swansea University Medical School and a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire. We discuss the establishment of the new School of Pharmacy in Swansea, the difficulties with supervised administration during the pandemic and the surprising risks posed by herbal teas…As with all our

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29:44

Episode 2 - Clare Howard and Multimorbidity

The Aural Apothecary ·

2021/02/19

We meet our first guest, Clare Howard. Clare 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 and Sciences Network. We discuss Clare's choice of Desert Island Drug, a book that has influenced her career and a song for the Aural Apothecary playlist. While making fun of Jamie we discuss polypharmacy, PINCER, multimorbidity as well as middle aged

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