CGL Core Mat Update 4th April 2024 youtu.be/0IqCipbEFc0?si… via YouTube If you didn't catch the live event the recording is now available. Thanks to Change Grow Live & Change, Grow, Live (CGL) Cambridgeshire for a great presentation!

I’ve got enough to do and now I’m expected to make art out of returned medication. 😤

(This is amazing!)

Heading back to uni for the new term? Make sure you’re up to date with all the free routine NHS vaccinations, like the #MenACWY vaccine. Check on the NHS App & book in with your GP practice to catch any missed doses 📱 📅

Great to be quoted by Phil Daoust in today's Observer about the importance of building and maintaining muscle mass in middle/older age. It really is a very worthwhile investment in yr future health.
Dr. Ashley Gluchowski, CSEP-CEP, CSPS
Stuart Phillips (he/him) Exercise Works!
theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Useful #DPP discussion piece by The Pharmaceutical Journal highlighting

🔸History of the DPP role
🔸Criteria for DPPs
🔸Current DPP funded programmes
🔸National DPP initiatives - learnings from the devolved nations
🔸Time commitment & remuneration
🔸Preparation for 2025/26
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If you’ve had a cough for three weeks or more, it could be a sign of cancer, so make sure you contact your GP practice.

Finding cancer early makes it more treatable and can save lives. nhs.uk/cancersymptoms

GPs have been slagged off by Govt, media, political parties,🫵🏼
More than 1million extra appts a week compared to 2019
Unsustainable with 20% real terms funding cut £/patient
More GPs leaving & practices closing
Support them or lose them
Daisy Cooper MP 🔶 Victoria Atkins Wes Streeting MP

Reena Barai Ade Williams Bedminster Pharmacy National Pharmacy Association nick kaye Sukhi Basra Sanjay Ganvir Sanjeev Panesar Sehar Shahid Olivier Picard Thanks Reena Barai! Yes, we had some brilliant conversations...about how community pharmacies can play a central role in the prevention agenda (with mental and physical health) and how they continue to play a big part in counteracting health inequalities. 👍

Another example that #benzo #deprescribing is achievable!

QI initiative in the US shows intervention based on the EMPOWER tools was more successful versus control in stopping harmful #benzo s for sleep:

bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/4/e…

Also check out our tools:
deprescribing.org/resources/depr…

Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in England- NHS England are looking for expressions of interest to join their new Pharmacy Research Advisory Group (PRAG) co-chaired by David Webb CPhO for England and Professor Christine Bond. Apply by 17 April >> tinyurl.com/5xpdszbc

The prescription charge in England is just another tax on the sick.

In 21/22 the charge generated nearly £652m in revenue vs the £17.8bn in the cost of drugs.

The true cost to the NHS when people don't get the medicines they need to save £9.90 probably outweighs any benefits.

Good quality SMRs in the right cohorts of people with problematic #polypharmacy are quite simply a must do INVEST to SAVE service (Lives , Quality of Lives, Harms, GP practice workload & ££s ) Anything less is a travesty IMHO 💪👊 AuralApothecary CPPE PrescQIPP CIC

It's #StressAwarenessMonth and whilst we all experience stress at times, for some people stress can be overwhelming. This mood self-assessment test from the NHS can help explore how you're feeling. bit.ly/2USzkDF #MindAndBody Personalised Care Institute Baywide PCN rita bali

Poor sleep increases the risk of #stress #obesity #highBP #heartdisease and more - so, help yourself nod-off by avoiding electronic devices, alcohol and large meals at bedtime. More tips here: bit.ly/3Mg6DNj #StressAwarenessMonth Michelle Moseley COPEScotland rita bali

Call-to-action from CADeN members: why & how pharmacists should lead the way in #deprescribing .

This Sage Journals commentary describes how pharmacists' leadership can create change in schools & care settings with a new deprescribing curricular framework:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

A dosette box/compliance aid isn’t the only answer to the Q “How do we help improve someone’s medicines taking?” They have their place&can be useful but can have negative impacts too eg potential barrier for ppl with impaired vision, sensory disturbances or reading difficulties

Say this louder please.

Successful pharmacy ear health pilot will not be recommissioned - The Pharmacist

We can't build successful services and pay the bills on pilot schemes alone. thepharmacist.co.uk/clinical/ear-n…

Pharmacy technicians also invited to apply via expressions of interest process 👍 APTUK

This week is a grim one for community pharmacy contractors. The rise in minimum wage is undoubtedly a good thing. But, as it's not being funded in community pharmacy by the NHS, it will inevitably break a lot of pharmacies, leading to more closures. We need a new deal. #pharmacy