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Talking Meds - A PrescQIPP podcast17. Caring about medicines in care homes with Jonathan and Sundus: Medicines safety issuesWelcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, continues the series of podcasts called 'Caring about medicines in Care Homes with Jonathan and Sundus'. Here, Jonathan talks to Sundus Jawad who works for NHS Frimley, and has over 25 years' experience working closely with GP practices, care homes and other providers. Sundus was recently elected Chair of the National Pharmacy Care Home Faculty and is a NICE Medicines and Prescribing Associate. Her professional and research interests focus on medicine o...2025-05-0223 minTalking Meds - A PrescQIPP podcast16. Management of obesity with Philip Newland-JonesWelcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Philip Newland-Jones about new treatments for obesity and the updated NICE guideline from January 2025.Philip is a Consultant Pharmacist in Diabetes and Endocrinology and leads a large dynamic team at University Hospital Southampton. He works at a National level on various committees including being the lead pharmacist for the NHS England Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinical Reference Group.Jonathan and Philip discuss various challenging and sometimes controversial...2025-04-1839 minTalking Meds - A PrescQIPP podcast15. Caring about medicines in care homes with Jonathan and Sundus; Introduction to the seriesWelcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, introduces the first episode of a new series called 'Caring about medicines in Care Homes with Jonathan and Sundus'. We meet Sundus Jawad, who works for NHS Frimley, and has over 25 years' experience working closely with GP practices, care homes and other providers. In this episode, our hosts discuss some of issues she comes across commonly in her everyday work in care settings, which will be covered in mo...2025-04-0424 minTalking Meds - A PrescQIPP podcast14. The importance of mentoring to encourage personal progress with Hadeel MohamedWelcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Hadeel Mohamed about a fantastic programme she co-leads to provide mentorship for female pharmacists from an ethnically diverse background – ENIGMA.Hadeel is a senior pharmacist prescriber with a background in hospital and general practice. She is currently Deputy Head of Clinical Pharmacy and Education Lead for a GP Federation in Leeds and Polypharmacy Clinical Lead for Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber. Hadeel is also in her final year of a...2025-03-2130 minTalking Meds - A PrescQIPP podcast13. Using the GP Evidence website with Dr Julian TreadwellWelcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Dr Julian Treadwell, an academic GP who has developed the absolutely fabulous resource GP Evidence.Julian has worked for many years in UK General Practice and is keenly interested in polypharmacy, multiple long-term conditions and evidence-based practice. He developed the website GP Evidence which provides easily accessible and understandable information on the benefits and harms of treatments for long-term conditions. He has additional roles with NICE as a...2025-03-0737 minTalking Meds - A PrescQIPP podcast12. Sensible prescribing in older people with Jonathan and Lucy; StatinsIn this episode of Talking Meds we continue the series ‘Sensible prescribing in Older people with Jonathan and Lucy' with a discussion between Jonathan Underhill and Dr Lucy Pollock about the prescribing of statins.So we meet Mrs Evans, an 87 year old lady who lives with her daughter in a ‘granny flat’ annex of her house. She has several co-morbidites including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and has recently had a stroke. Her daughter is concerned about her mum who she says ‘the sparkle has gone from her eyes’. Mrs Evans often looks at her dai...2025-02-2118 minTalking Meds - A PrescQIPP podcast11. Updates to the NICE/BTS/SIGN asthma guideline with Prof. Anna Murphy and Ravijyot SagguWelcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Prof Anna Murphy and Rajijyot Saggu – two talented and eminent pharmacists who work in the field of respiratory disease. We discuss the latest update the asthma guideline from NICE - a milestone as for the first time, this integrates NICE, BTS and SIGN guideline as a collaboration between the three organisations.Anna, is Professor of Pharmacy Practice at DeMontfort University, and a Consultant Respiratory Pharmacist for University Hospitals of...2025-02-0731 minTalking Meds - A PrescQIPP podcast10. Sensible prescribing in older people with Jonathan and Lucy; Heart failure with reduced ejection fractionWelcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the Presqipp podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, continues the series within the Talking Meds podcast called ‘Sensible prescribing in Older people with Jonathan and Lucy. Today Jonathan and Lucy talk about the sensible management of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. They discuss the so-called ‘Four Pillars’ of heart failure, remembering that the key is to consider what matters most to people and tailor our approach accordingly. The important words in the NICE Quality Standard on Heart Failure...2025-01-2421 minTalking Meds - A PrescQIPP podcast9. Rebalancing medicine with Neal MaskreyWelcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the Presqipp podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at Presqipp, talks to Professor Neal Maskrey about his new book, Rebalancing Medicine. Neal was a GP in Yorkshire for 20 years and continues to work extensively supporting postgraduate training with GP Trainers and their registrars. He then worked for North Yorkshire Health Authority developing primary care, was an early editor of Clinical Evidence (BMJ Publications), and then spent 14 years as a director of the National Prescribing Centre and Programme Director of the...2025-01-1039 minTalking Meds - A PrescQIPP podcast8. Festive prescribing in older people with Jonathan and Lucy; Treatment breaksWelcome to this special festive edition of Talking Meds and the Presqipp podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at Presqipp, and Dr Lucy Pollock, consultant geriatrician and author, talk about drug holidays, often known as treatment breaks. Sometimes it can be helpful to consider temporarily stopping a person’s medicines in order to take into account what really matters to them at a particular point of their lives. Jonathan and Lucy discuss when this might be appropriate, particularly around the festive period where everyday life might be slightly different for...2024-12-2718 minTalking Meds - A PrescQIPP podcast7. Update to the NICE guideline on menopause with Hayley BerryWelcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Hayley Berry about the update to the NICE Guideline on the identification and management of the menopause, published in November 2024. Hayley has a background in community pharmacy and general practice and now works for CPPE at the University of Manchester as a Lead learning development pharmacist. As a pharmacist independent prescriber, she works at a private menopause clinic and was a member of the NICE Menopause guideline development c...2024-12-1330 minTalking Meds - A PrescQIPP podcast6. Sensible prescribing in older people with Jonathan and Lucy; Heart failure with preserved ejection fractionWelcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds on the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, continues the series within the Talking Meds podcast called ‘Sensible prescribing in Older people with Jonathan and Lucy’. Today, Jonathan and Lucy talk about the identification AND sensible management of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. They discuss how we need to have a different approach than that for heart failure where the ejection fraction is reduced by a significant amount. But that the key is to consider what matters most...2024-11-2922 minTalking Meds - A PrescQIPP podcast5. The new repeat prescribing toolkit from RPS/RCGP with Clare HowardWelcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds on the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill talks to Clare Howard, Clinical Lead for Medicines Optimisation at Health Innovation Wessex, about the development of the Repeat Prescribing Toolkit she led on behalf of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Royal College of General Practitioners. The toolkit was commissioned by NHS England in answer to recommendation 7 of the National Overprescribing Review, to help practices improve the consistency of their repeat prescribing processes. There are 1.18 billion medicines prescribed and dispensed in Primary Care in...2024-11-1526 minTalking Meds - A PrescQIPP podcast4. Sensible prescribing in older people with Jonathan and Lucy; Weighing up the benefits and harms of treatmentsWelcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, continues the series within the Talking Meds podcast called ‘Sensible prescribing in Older people with Jonathan and Lucy’.Jonathan and Lucy discuss Brenda, an older lady who has become frail and has significant dementia that is affecting her ability to cope with everyday life and living. She has been taking aspirin, originally intended to reduce her risk of a further heart attack, but which hasn’t been thought about f...2024-11-0114 minTalking Meds - A PrescQIPP podcast3. Safely stopping antidepressants with Dr Mark HorowitzWelcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Dr Mark Horowitz about how to safely stop antidepressants and the importance of tapering dose reduction slowly to reduce the risk of withdrawal symptoms.Dr Mark Horowitz is a training psychiatrist and Visiting Lecturer in London, and the lead author of the Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines (see below). Mark co-authored the recent Royal College of Psychiatrists’ guidance on ‘Stopping Antidepressants’, and has been commissioned by Health Education England to prepare a teachin...2024-10-1837 min
La TournéeÉpisode 7: Les impacts environnementaux du système de santéDans ce tout nouvel épisode du balado La Tournée, nous avons la chance de nous entretenir avec Dr Bernard Mathieu, médecin d'urgence à l'hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont et président de l'éco-CMDP. Nous abordons les impacts environnementaux du système de santé en révisant la littérature disponible notamment via l'initiative Cascades, la campagne Choisir avec soin et l'énoncé de position de la société thoracique canadienne concernant les changements climatiques et le choix d'inhalateurs. Nous présentons également quelques données concernant notre hôpital et les initiatives à venir pour minimiser notre empreinte carbone et nos émissions de gaz...2024-10-101h 01Talking Meds - A PrescQIPP podcast2. Sensible prescribing in older people with Jonathan and Lucy; Prescribing cascadesWelcome to the 2nd episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, introduces a new series within the Talking Meds podcast called ‘Sensible prescribing in Older people with Jonathan and Lucy’. Jonathan and Dr Lucy Pollock outline their plan to share some real patient stories that may help us think about how to ensure we consider what really matters to patients when we are reviewing their medicines. Lucy grew up in Northern Ireland, read medicine at Cambridge University and St Bartho...2024-10-0415 minTalking Meds - A PrescQIPP podcast1. A day in the life of a primary care based clinical pharmacist with Magnus HirdWelcome to the first episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Magnus Hird about his role, how he prioritises people for medication review as well as two current safety issues that have recently been in the news.Magnus is a pioneer of clinical pharmacists working in General Practice and one of the first ever pharmacist independent prescribers. He was one of the first cohort of NPC Trainers, running educational events in the North West. He now works 2 days per...2024-09-2029 minTalking Meds - A PrescQIPP podcastTalking Meds - Engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmasWe are excited to share a clip of our new podcast, 'Talking Meds' with our host Jonathan Underhill and guests, which launces on 20 September.Talking Meds will be available to listen to via your usual podcast system and a new episode will come out every fortnight, on the first and third Friday of each month.Jonathan Underhill has a background as a hospital clinical pharmacist but worked for many, many years at the National Prescribing Centre (NPC) developing innovative ways of teaching therapeutics, evidence-based medicine and clinical decision making to prescribers and their...2024-08-2901 min
The Aural ApothecaryAural Apothecary Archives: Tracy Brown – What is Analgesic StewardshipAs 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 ‘Optimising personalised care for adults prescribing medicines associated with dependence or withdrawal symptoms’ has been issued in England. We will pick up on this guidance next time. In the meantime enjoy this prelude…This was a fascinating episode where we talked to Tracy Brown – an award winning pharmacist working in Glasgow. As well as running primary care pain clinics...2023-03-1043 min
JournalSpotting#49 ClimateZone6// Dr Alex Wilkinson: Sustainable inhalers- what YOU can doWant to do more to combat climate change but current events and your state of Weltshmerz is holding you back? Do you need some positive practice-changing, actionable advice? Your ears are in the right place!LJ and Katia interview the brilliant Dr Alex Wilkinson.We cover:The huge carbon cost of inhalers.The key stats and evidence.Why change is needed and how to make it.Barriers to change and how to overcome them.With Barney & Jon we discuss our latest climate challenge- contacting MP...2022-03-201h 01The Aural Apothecary3.9 – Tracy Brown – What is Analgesic Stewardship?A fascinating episode this week where we talk to Tracy Brown – an award winning pharmacist working in Glasgow. As well as running primary care pain clinics Tracy runs the Pain Teach and Treat Programme. We chat about the difficulties of supporting people with chronic pain along with the concept of Analgesic Stewardship. As ever we throw a bit of behaviour change into the mix.Our micro-discussion focuses on General Practice responses to opioid prescribing feedback – a paper which examines how detailed feedback to prescribers can improve patient care https://bjgp.org/content/71/711/e788.As with all our gues...2022-02-1140 min