National Patient Safety Alert - Shortage of Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT)
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Patient Safety & AI

🔹Serve & safeguard pts
🔹Learn, engage, & listen to clinicians
🔹Evaluate & ensure AI efficacy & freedom from bias.
🔹Establish strict AI governance, oversight, & guidance
🔹Be intentional with the design, implementation, & evaluation
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Important points on NHS workforce pay & conditions from Nuffield Trust
🟣Improve NHS pay
🟣Train enough staff
🟣Safe & efficient deployment
🟣 Eliminate postcode lottery of NHS staff between services, settings & regions
🟣Retain valuable staff currently working in the NHS
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Interesting article which makes me ponder if this could impact students from more professions in the future
#InclusivePharmacyPractice

CP-GP Collaboration
🔸Embedding regular informal & formal dialogue & E@T
🔸Ensuring IT systems support rather than replace human interactions
🔸Impact of space when services are distributed across GP & CP
🔸Patient advocacy & support to engage & move safely between GP-CP ⤵️

How would clinicians use time freed up by technology?

📌Direct pt care
📌Increase care volumes
📌Decrease overtime
📌Research
📌QI
📌Admin work
📌Delivering E&T
📌Receiving E&T
📌Taking a break

#Productivity
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Covid booster jab walk-in clinics to begin bbc.in/3KbkGBN

#RPSConference 2024 - Save the date

Royal Pharmaceutical Society

We're really pleased to share Pregnancy, Baby Loss & the Grief Journey, an illustrated booklet created by University of Bristol researchers in collaboration w parents, medical professionals & Sands - baby loss charity 💙🧡 Twins Trust Bereavement Service ARCantenatal. Rachel Hare Lucy Selman

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Like this idea 💡

“Navigate Your Career Path Like the Road Trip of a Lifetime”
The authors say

“We need a new way to approach our careers, one that allows us to be nimble & resilient.”

“Build an intentional career path that is unique, enjoyable, & adaptive to change.”
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GP pharmacists in Wales to get structured induction programme
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#Core20Plus5 Community Connector Activities
🟣Health Checks
🔴Training & development
🔵Events & sessions
🟢Health & literacy resources
🔵Sustainability
🟣Planning & implementation

#healthinequalities
#Core20plusconnectors

Teamworking : Understanding barriers & enablers to supportive teams
Barriers -⬆️service demands, work pressures, power imbalances. -ve hierarchy, lack of inductions, & poor leadership
Enablers-regular team meeting,culture,communication, approachable leaders, & defined roles⤵️

The building blocks of good Health from The Health Foundation

🔴The food we eat
🟣Family, friends & community
🟠Housing
🟡Money & resources
🔵Education & skills
🟢Our surroundings
🟢Transport
🔵Work

#HealthInequalities
#LevellingUp

Generalism
“I like to think of generalism as “big picture” 🖼️ medicine: our understanding of another person is always going to be partial & provisional rather than “whole”but it may require a gaze that goes beyond the problem & even the pt, to encompass the family & care system”

Made it James 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦 & Lorna Brown .. You inspired me to get back in the pool 🏊🏻‍♀️.. 😎☀️

Thank you Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity
for inviting me to the University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS FT ‘recognising success’ event this evening. So delighted to join colleagues from across the organisation, fly the flag for #pharmacy at this special event and, if I’m totally honest, dancing the night away💃

So true Check-In 💚
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2024

Interesting #NHS workforce stats
🔴The overall NHS workforce has continued to grow 📈
🟢The proportion of (7➡️16%) international staff is increasing
🔵There are 111,000 unfilled posts in #NHS Providers
🟠Number of staff leaving due to health & work-life balance📈
#workforce

You’re not alone. If you’re needing a little support there’s always someone to talk 🗣️ to just pick up the phone ☎️ or text 📱
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek