I made interventions on the following drugs today:
Clozapine
Tacrolimus
Mycophenolate
Cyclosporin
IV caffeine
Insulin pump
Iloprost
Darbepoetin
Phenytoin
Alteplase
Pharmacists do make a difference every day of the week!
Thrilled to be nominated as Education Lead and founding member for the new Emergency Care Committee for
@UKCPA
. Exciting time to be an acute/emergency care pharmacist. Watch this space!!
Today marks the last day of my 12-week diet plan and I’ve lost a whopping 8.5kg (18.7 lbs). Will need a new wardrobe 😅 looking forward to the next 12-weeks
Creating content for undergraduate MPharm students and thanks to
@minna_eii
for inspiring me, I have included environmental considerations when optimising patient medications especially around inhalers
#pharmacy
#climateemergency
#greenNHS
So proud of the entire team for all their amazing effort. Such a hard working and friendly team. Well done all 👏🏼
Stepping Hill Hospital praised for A&E improvements - BBC News
Emotional sad last day. Thank you
@ED_SteppingHill
and
@SHH_Pharmacy
for the amazing past 3 years meeting amazing people. Thank you for your hard work and to the NHS. Onto new challenges
It’s been 12 months of me waking up consistently around 4.30am, starting off with a gym workout. I can’t recommend it enough for people to sleep early and wake up early. Your productivity and wellbeing will improve so much.
Thrilled that our electronic COVID-19 treatment algorithm is live. This will help clinicians make management of COVID-19 patients much clearer and easier
@rajs17
Great talk on creating the role of the Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner. The shift needs to be made to pharmacists making clinical decisions
#CPCongress
Lost another 1.1kg (2.4 lbs) this week. The best way to clear my head and have a mental health break is to exercise. Never underestimate the power of exercise on your physical AND mental health.
Come and join our amazing, supportive and close-knit pharmacy family. Band 6 and Band 7 pharmacist jobs available as well as Chief Technician and other technician jobs 👍🏼
🚨NEW
#SAFETYFLASH
🚨Time Critical Medication (TCM): The Safer Care Committee has highlighted that a MISSED dose can harm your patients.
Credit to
@UKCPA
for poster production - available at:
For more ℹ️
Phenytoin 15mg/kg dose but heard 50mg/kg leading to dose of 3.5g dose (max 2g). Let’s learn from this and make sure it doesn’t happen again
#hatephenytoin
Masks 'aggravated' fatal dosage miscommunication at Watford Hospital - BBC News
Wow amazing resource for ACPs and clinicians alike. Thank you to
@philbroadhurst2
and
@EsDeeEf
for the opportunity to co-author this chapter. Has been a blast 🎉🎉🎉🎉
The NHS is facing a shortage of drugs, including anti-depressants and penicillin.
The number of drugs in short supply has risen by 200% in the last 12 months to 152, according to figures seen by Channel 4 News.
Happy New Year everyone. Let’s hope 2022 brings us happiness, wisdom and courage. Lots of love especially to our NHS colleagues. Let’s make 2022 our year 🎉🎊
Spending evening marking assessments for
@Aston_Pharmacy
and I have to say I’m impressed and proud of their work. Future of pharmacy looks bright 🌟 credit to
@__EmmaSmith
and
@degun_gagan
Spent the morning talking to college students about the role of pharmacists (specifically A&E) and pharmacy technicians with
@Zahel
representing
@StockportNHS
It’s interesting to see what people think pharmacists and pharmacy technicians actually do
#careersday
ED is the best area to work and specialise in, in my opinion 😊. Pharmacists play a key role in ensuring patients receive safe and optimal medicines during their stay.
Today, we turn our attention towards
#pharmacy
and the role of senior emergency and urgent care clinical pharmacist, Maz. Here he tells us a bit more about his role and why it’s so important
@NCAlliance_NHS
We are really pleased to introduce you to an incredible list of 12 women selected for breaking boundaries and improving care. Yes, its the
#PJWomen2Watch
for 2022!!
*Amazing news!* The
@RCollEM
and
@UKCPA
have released a position statement recommending dedicated ED pharmacists & pharmacy technicians as part of the MDT, with specified staffing numbers. Our
@UKCPAEmergency
Committee wrote the paper with
@RCollEM
.
Medicine reconciliation, sorting complex pharmaceutical queries, prescribing critical medications, ensure supply of medicines, provide support and training to staff and patients. Yes just another day as an ED Pharmacist.
Lost 1.3kg this week. Commitment, consistency and diet are most important factors in losing weight. There’s always time to exercise as long as you make it one of your priorities and not another chore.
In my opinion dosette boxes, when used inappropriately, limit patient’s ability to take charge of their own health and medicines because they often just rely on what the pharmacy put in them but don’t know what they actually take. I see this regularly when doing meds recs.
"Hospital discharge prescriptions are complex & present significant risk of medication errors." This study highlights why pharmacist medication review is vital BEFORE discharge. Very hard to verify/correct prescribing discrepancies/errors after discharge!
We're pleased to announce that the Government has published their response to advice from the ACMD on the prescribing of controlled drugs by
#paramedics
.
Our Specialist Medicines Advisor, David Rovardi, has provided an update 👉
#paramedic
#ParamedicsUK
Medicines associated with dependence or withdrawal symptoms: safe prescribing and withdrawal management for adults
NICE guideline [NG215] Published: 20 April 2022
Excellent article.
“A patient and understanding team leader who exemplifies the standards expected of all pharmacists ensures that newly qualified pharmacists have a role model to look up to, and someone to turn to should they need that”
☝🏼 Favourite part. Something to aim for
Very pleased my first article has been published in the pharmaceutical journal! Looking at ways to support newly qualified pharmacists in hospital pharmacy! Hopefully the first of many!
Mind over matter! Lost 4.2kg (9.3 lbs) in 5 weeks. Let’s see if I can reach my target at 8 weeks. It’s all about commitment and persistence. Most people want the fruit as soon as they plant the seed 💪🏼
Ideal for junior pharmacists wanting to start their hospital career in a friendly department 😊
Job vacancy: Band 6 Clinical Pharmacist, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, Stockport |
Following the work of an Expert Advisory Group our position statement on the use of the SNAP Regimen for the treatment of paracetamol toxicity has been revised to include adults & children
@TOXBASE
@basl_events
.
See the statement here:
I have to say
@MKHospital
is the hospital to work at. They’ve installed 24 new electric charging points, with another 60+ planned. They provide free parking for staff, and now allow staff to charge for free. Thank You
@JoeHMK
10 reasons why your pharmacist might be speedwalking:
1. They’re late for their disp slot
2. Pod tube station is about to be switched off
3. Pod tube station is broken down so now they have to run to disp
4. They have late TTOs in their hand and pharmacy is about to close
@mspharm_
100% agree, which is why I love being an ED pharmacist. Most interventions are prospective and the high acuity makes it more challenging but rewarding at same time. There are many roles that still need to happen on back end wards eg meds op, ED/AMU are necessarily best place
This story actually brought tears to my eyes, couldn’t even watch the videos
Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: Emma Tustin and Thomas Hughes jailed over killing - BBC News
@Gill_Cameron23
Good summary although NICE has slightly tweaked the guidelines to state to now use ORBIT tool instead of HASBLED and to initiate DOACs first line (ie don’t give patients a choice) and only give VKAs when DOACs are contraindicated
Umm so I got the page below. Called back and heard the lady yell “ANYONE PAGE PETER FROM GI” and some people yelled back - but didn’t sound like a nursing station.
I asked her where she was at.
She said Taco Bell.
WHO DID THIS
It's
#InsulinSafetyWeek2022
and here's to illustrate the importance of acute med pharmacist input at the front door to ensure ✅ Right insulin at the ✅ Right time - Fortunately I was able to pick this up 1st thing Sat morning and resolve ASAP before the next dose was due.