Colin Rodden, Senior Pharmacist Clinical Trials, retired from QEUH Clinical Research Facility Pharmacy this week after 38 years NHS service. Piped out the building by Graham Smith, Pharmacist, from GGH to colleagues waiting to wish him luck.
#Legend
@glasgowCRF
We are launching our Pharmacy Twitter account on World Pharmacists Day and delighted to have our
@NHSGGC
Director of Pharmacy Gail Caldwell
@GailCal04970941
to welcome everyone.
Happy retirement to Dr Carole Hunter, lead pharmacist for alcohol and drug recovery service
@NHSGGC
. With international reach and reputation she’s been at the forefront of developing services for this patient group. A well respected and valued colleague, mentor & friend.
Access to clinical Portal becomes reality for community pharmacies in NHS GGC as from today. Exciting times ahead as we work with pharmacy colleagues across all sectors to devise and deliver new services that will make a difference to patients in our communities.
#WeArePharmacy
It’s
#Pharmacy24
and today we want to share with you some of the work our pharmacy teams do to support the 1.2 million people resident in
@NHSGGC
and the others who come to our secondary and tertiary referral centres.
#clapforheroes
There are many talented people in our teams. Fiona McAuley, Senior Pharmacy Technician in
@GCHSCP
with her son Joe, a medical student, playing last night for all key workers, but especially the Glasgow South Prescribing Team. 👏👏👏
End of an era today with the retirement of Steve McGlynn, Lead Clinical Pharmacist Cardiology at GRI. Steve is highly respected across the MDT and made a significant contribution to the pharmacy profession. We all wish you well and you'll definitely be missed!
Busy time for our pharmacist prescribers who are supporting delivery of antivirals to patients with COVID-19 who have a medical condition that puts them at high risk of progressing to severe disease. Thanks to those who have stepped forward to support the new clinics.
#TeamWork
Well done our 14
#NewPharmacists
successfully completing foundation trainee year. Here's Sam, Megan, Neve & James @ GRI. Also successful Chloe @ IRH, Michela &Lucy at RAH, Kajal, Aneeca, Eloise, Abigail & Amy @ QEUH; Rufaro and Abigail at Leverndale. Delighted 12 staying with us
Thank you
@jasonleitch
for the recognition of the fantastic job Scotland’s community pharmacy teams have played in the pandemic as well as the wider pharmacy workforce. Very proud of everything pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and others have done in support of their communities
Professor Jason Leitch - Scotland’s National Clinical Director - pays tribute to people who work in pharmacies and those in the pharmaceutical supply chain for their efforts during the
#coronavirus
pandemic
Follow all the latest -
Congratulations to Betty Humes from us all
@NHSGGC
.
@GailCal04970941
and
@AlanHarrison437
visited today as she celebrates 60 years working in The Avenue Newton Mearns & 67 years with
@BootsUK
. What a woman! A real inspiration dedicated to her community and to pharmacy.
Saying happy retirement virtually and in person for the
#PharmacyTechnician
legend that is Joanne Barton. A long and execptional career with a fantastic legacy far beyond
@NHSGGC
. Someone who put the team central to everything but still cared for the individual. She’ll be missed
Wishing Carl Fenelon a long and happy retirement. Talk about the end of an era! With many thanks for 31 years of service to
@NHSGGC
. It’s obvious from the people speaking today the high regard he is held in by present and former colleagues. He’ll be very much missed.
Wow! More than 150 pharmacy folk from across primary care and acute linked in to hear about cold chain management in support of the forthcoming
#CovidVaccine
community vaccination clinics. Thanks to our expert pharmaceutical public health team for delivering.
#WeArePharmacy
It’s the end of an era! Today we said farewell to Sandra McLintock after 29 years’ pharmacy service (+2 years in catering!) in
@NHSGGC
. A well know and respected
#PharmacyTechnician
and the longest serving controlled drug inspector in Scotland. Happy retirement 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🍾🎁🎉
LOOK-ALIKE PACKAGING; Care required. Please be extra vigilant and read the label carefully rather than rely on visual identification by shape or colour. (click on photo)
Rocuronium bromide 50mg/5ml (Bowmed)
Midazolam 5mg/5ml (Hameln) solutions for injection / infusion
We've had
#WorldPharmacistDay
and
#RxTechDay
but we can't function without Pharmacy Support Workers. The QEUH team want to celebrate them too! So they've decided
#PharmacySupportWorkerDay
is 1st December. Get behind the movement! Share your stories, celebrate your team with us
Here are our fabulous winners Deborah Russell, Pamela Everitt and Lorraine Perry with our Director of Pharmacy
@GailCal04970941
and receiving their award from Chief Executive
@JaneGr01
We are all so proud of your work. Have a great night!
Here are a few of the pharmacists and others from our pharmacy team in
@NHSGGC
who work hard to make medicines safe and effective for all every day, not just on
#WorldPharmacistsDay2019
.
Here’s Steven Kinvig, dad to Megan our admin modern apprentice in his salute this week to essential workers. How talented! Thank you Steven.
#ClapForTheNHS
Socially distanced actual celebration and a virtual send off for Ruth Ford, PA to Director of Pharmacy and valued member of the Clarkston team. We wish her every happiness spending more time with the 2 loves of her life; her motorhome and her husband! No specific order... 🎉 🎉
Excellent news!👏All
@NHSGGC
provisionally registered pharmacists have passed their GPhC assessment and can join the full GPhC register soon. Each has made significant contribution to patient care in a really tough time. Thanks E&T teams and all who have supported this group
Great photo as the GRI team wave farewell to Roy Foot, lead pharmacist for medicines policy and guidance after 18 years. We’ll miss you personally & your knowledge, wisdom and calm pragmatism. You’ll do a grand job at SMC
@online_his
we wish you every success.
#HasteYeBack
Retirement celebration this week for Angela Lindsay, Lead Clinical Pharmacist and Dementia Champion. A respected member of the multidisciplinary team, she has worked in the NHS for 38 years. We will miss her experience & outlook on life. We all wish her a happy retirement
It's the end of an era today with the closure of the
@NHSGGC
Pharmacy Production Unit after 30+years. Thanks to all the staff for your hard work and dedication. Best of luck to everyone moving on to new roles.
#WeArePharmacy
An important message at the start of the first full working week of 2020.
Before you leave, think about what went well.
Are you OK?
Is everyone else OK?
You can't look after our patients if you don't look after yourself and if we don't look after each other.
#wellbeing
#WorldPharmacistsDay
let’s give a shout to all pharmacists in
@NHSGGC
whether in hospital, community pharmacy, addictions services, mental health, GP practices, care homes, research, governance, education, quality assurance, preparative services or any other part of the service.
A very happy retirement to the
#PublicHealth
#PharmacyLegend
Liz McGovern. Great stories and many laughs from her 42 years in pharmacy. A stellar career, success in rowing and a star baker too. You'll leave a big gap. Congratulations and have a fabulous retirement 🥳
We are kicking off
#PharmacyTechnicianDay
with a welcome from two excellent and well respected pharmacy technician leaders from
@NHSGGC
, Gayle Robertson, Lead for Pharmacologistics and Joanne Barton, Lead for Acute
Sharing the pharmacy perspective,
@lindahendersonn
on the work of the team setting up pharmacy services for
@NHSLouisaJordan
. Well done to all the team involved
Today the PDC team wished our fabulous Chief Pharmacy Technician
@cbnetclaire
success in her new leadership role as she leaves
@NHSGGCPharmacy
after 30years. A magnificent 5 years of phenomenal operational change at PDC! Good Luck in your promotion Claire 🙌🏼
Today we said goodbye both virtually & in person to the legend Mary Maclean
@lusrsgan
as she retires! Mary has been Lead Cancer Network pharmacist for WoSCAN for ~18years. We all wish you a long & happy retirement ⭐️
Great to see Chris, one of the
#PharmacyTechnicians
from the South
@GCHSCP
pharmacy team describing how hub working supports delivery of the GP contract. Important that the patient is part of the process and can ask questions about their medicines.
Thank you to
@rosemarieparr
for showing her (socially distanced) support of the work the Pharmacy team has undertaken to make sure everything is ready in terms of medicines and medical gases.
Today we were delighted to welcome Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for
@ScotGov
@Rosemarieparr
to
@NHSLouisaJordan
where she was taken for a tour of the facility, after thanking Pharmacy team for all their efforts to make sure we are operationally ready.
Pharmacy awards leader of the year winner was Michelle Stevenson, Pharmacy technician at the Pharmacy Distribution Centre but known to many across Pharmacy Services.
Impact of a pharmacist intervention at an intensive care rehabilitation clinic - PubMed
Great work from the GRI team
@pamelamactavish
Rakesh Kishore and Carl Fenelon.
Meet our Pharmacy team who came together from health Boards across NHSScotland to make sure that our facility was ready and operational within just a few short weeks.
27th November 8am for 8.30am at QEUH. GGC Pharmacy folk!
Drink coffee, hear Gail Caldwell plus 3 of our senior people talk about their leadership journeys, ask any questions you like! Come and go as you like; 10am finish at the latest.
#LeadGrowInspire
Very proud of all the excellent work undertaken by the expert pharmacy teams to make sure that this complicated and vital vaccination programme can progress safely. Special mention for those working in Quality Assurance, distribution and public health.
#WeArePharmacy
Nurse Paula McMahon was the first person in Greater Glasgow and Clyde to receive a COVID-19 vaccination today. Paula forms part of the team now responsible for the immunising everyone else: via
@heraldscotland
#Pfizer
#Vaccine
A reminder of our fantastic
@NHSGGC
Pharmacy
#StaffAwards
event last week.
Turn up the volume for this; thanks to the excellent
#NHSGGCStaff
Choir for the soundtrack.
Well done to all winners and nominees. Everyone should feel
#proud
.
Great night catching up with old and new friends tonight at
@ScotPharm
awards! And a bonus of taking one home for RAH, winning Hospital Pharmacy Team of the Year!
@NHSGGCPharmacy
@NHSGGC
Today's the day!
#RxTechDay
. Thank you to all of our Pharmacy technicians and our Preregistration Pharmacy technicians who make a massive difference to every part of our service. Exciting times for your profession as practice advances and new roles are developing. 👏👏👏
Robbie Cord, Specialist Clinical Pharmacist in GRI Surgical team talking about the many reasons why his team nominated
@pamelamactavish
for the outstanding leadership category. Not just for her clinical expertise but supporting team develop, being a strong advocate.
On
#WorldPharmacistDay
it’s a great honour to have
@rosemarieparr
the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for Scotland welcome us to the wonderful world of Twitter!
Many congratulations
@Katie7ep
you put yourself forward to take on this role. Your ability to speak directly to these patients must have been a massive help in such difficult circumstances. So proud of you!
NHSGGC CELEBRATING SUCCESS – EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Category: Global Citizenship
Winner: Katie Earle-Payne
Watch the short video to find out more about the winner in this category.
#ggcawards
NHSGGC CELEBRATING SUCCESS - LOCAL STAFF AWARDS
Announced by: Gail Caldwell, Director
Category: Pharmacy Services
Joint Winners: CRITICAL CARE TEAM & COVID VACCINE DELIVERY TEAM
Watch the short video to find out more about the winner in this category.
#ggcawards
It's
#PharmacySupportWorkerDay
and here's a tale about how it started. Thanks to Jasbir and all her colleagues in QEUH and across all our services. It's true they are the backbone of pharmacy.
#ThankYou
Wise advice before you leave work every day. What went well? Is everyone OK?
You can't look after our patients if you don't look after yourself and if we don't look after each other.
#wellbeing
Can’t say better than Gayle Robertson did:
Today PDC team say goodbye to Team Leader Michelle who is moving on to take up Lead Technician role
@JubileeHospital
Michelle will be a fabulous asset to your team
@YvoSemple
we will miss her outstanding leadership, commitment and energy
On the day before
#rxtechday
here's Heather from our Pharmacy Distribution Centre talking about the Pharmacy Technician led service operating from there
We thanks Colin for his many years of service and the way he has supported the Partnership agenda as well as his day job over the years. Wishing him well for the next chapter in his life.
Welcome to Linda Henderson, one of the latest Scottish Pharmacy Clinical Leadership Fellows. Find out more about her project in the video below, and more about the rest of the 2021 fellows at the following link:
@NHS_Education
Congratulations Kirsty Thomson,
#PharmacyTechnician
Team lead
@GCHSCP
NW on 30 years in the NHS. From community pharmacy to acute, aseptic, primary care in Lanarkshire before here. Thank you for all you do for patients & the team.
Praise for
@dr_macbride
and others from the Central Prescribing Team who have developed searches to help GPs identify patients newly suited for shielding due to recent prescribing. Lovely to see this work recognised not just in our area but in other Health Boards too. Well done!
Our Director of Pharmacy and representatives of Executive Team and Pharmacy Technician leaders welcome our Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technicians to
@NHSGGC
The Pharmacy Awards finished with the Director of Pharmacy award. Always a well kept secret. This year the winner was Manpreet Narwan from the community pharmacy development team. Mani has done some great work on diversity and communication with our community pharmacies
Allan Dalziel, Prescribing Support Pharmacy Technician (NW Sector, Glasgow City HSCP), played bagpipes at Woodside Health & Care Centre as staff showed appreciation to NHS colleagues, social care services and all key workers.
#ClapForOurKeyworkers
#ClapForCarers
#ClapForNHS
Delighted to see the Vale of Leven Pharmacy Team in their new pharmacy. Great opportunities to work more closely with ward based clinical teams.
#WeArePharmacy
Saying farewell and thanks for 15 years in prescribing team to Susan Robertson, lead clinical pharmacist
@RenHSCP
as she changes career and leaves her work in human healthcare.
#GoodLuck
Here's Derek Jamieson, Community Pharmacist and Prescribing Support Pharmacist from
@nhsggc
explaining how
#COVID19
has impacted his life at work and at home. Thanks for sharing with everyone
Big congratulations and best wishes to Linda Hillan on her EARLY retirement. Starting in acute care she also worked in medicines information and a variety of acute leadership roles before joining the prescribing team. We will all miss her wisdom, kindness, calmness and optimism!
Delighted to see 3 successful candidates from across different parts of our service; Derek Jamieson, Mairi-Anne McLean and Alison O'Prey. Really exciting opportunity for some excellent projects. Good luck to all six
#WeArePharmacy
We definitely appreciate all our wonderful
@NHSGGC
Pharmacists in settings from community pharmacies to hospitals, care homes, GP practices, hospices and many more. Big shout out to the rest of the pharmacy team too. We couldn’t be effective without them. 👏👏
Some of the RAH pharmacy team have been spreading some
#festivecheer
by having a desk decorating competition. The staff come in on Saturday to decorate their desks & are collecting donations for
@VersusArthritis
Such fantastic efforts!
#joyatwork
So today we are saying “see you later” 👋😢to one of our senior team.
@greenslates
has been with pharmacy services since 1996. Thank you for everything you have done for the pharmacy profession and our wider teams, your legacy lives on.
Mixed emotions on my last day
@NHSGGCPharmacy
. I’m really excited that I’m lucky enough to be leaving the 9-5 behind but 💔 at breaking up the band.
#WeArePharmacy
.
@GailCal04970941
our Director of Pharmacy reinforces that we want to be advancing practice together. That’s for all staff groups, for all branches of pharmacy.
#MovingPharmacyForward
Congratulations Megan Kinvig, Runner up award Modern Apprentice of the Year 2020. Megan has quickly made herself a vital part of the Clarkston Admin Team and certainly deserves the recognition. We are lucky to have her.
#WeArePharmacy
Very proud of one of our team, Alison O'Prey, Critical Care Pharmacist who shares here her experiences of how her job changed during COVID.
#WeArePharmacy
Don't forget our next consultation event on the Pharmacy Strategic Framework is tonight at 7pm. This is open to ALL staff regardless of role / sector. Hope to see you there!
@PharmacistHF
describes some of his work & how this fits with the framework
#weareggcpharmacy
From Mairi-Anne McLean
@Mcleama325
in the Prescribing Team and her talented daughter 💕
Dedicated to the NHS Greater Glasgow Clyde Pharmacy Services Team
@NHSGGCPharmacy
Eilidh took part in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britains Ode to Joy-a-thon.
#NYOdetoJoy
🌈
Excellent work from our pharmacist prescribers here to quickly get going on this important service. Massive MDT effort to develop a new pathway and treatment options with eHealth and admin support to offer treatment to patients at high risk from COVID diagnosis.
Over 120 Molnupiravir Rxs written over last 2 wks (including Christmas Day!) by us
@alisonboyle_1
@laskeyj
@Kimberley_P23
Amazing effort from GGC at implementing this pathway quicker than anything I’ve been involved in & a huge team effort. Every last person went above & beyond.
Great to see two
@NHSGGC
Pharmacists in this group but congratulations to everyone. Such inspirational professionals who are driving forward pharmacy practice in their own specialist areas and now recognised as those exemplary leaders by our professional body 👏👏👏
Here are 3 of our provisionally registered pharmacists
@nhsggcpharmacy
who were successful in completing the GPhC Spring Assessment to become fully registered. Congratulations to those 3 and all our other provreg pharmacists all of whom passed too!
#weareggcpharmacy
Our Director of Pharmacy
@GailCal04970941
reflecting on the diversity of the work and the inclusion of whole
@nhsggc
pharmacy family. Pharmacists, technicians, admin, support workers, data analysts and dieticians
Top tips from our breakfast session today.
@GayleRobertson2
said use the experiences rather than letting them use you
Ruth Forrest said be generous with your time, your praise and opportunities
@greenslates
said never turn down an opportunity to try something new
#LeadGrowInspire
Working up to
#rxtechday
and today we meet David a newly registered pharmacy technician who has completed his two year training in extremely difficult and trying times .