📣 #MedSafetyWeek starts today!    You can help us make healthcare products safer for everyone and improve #PatientSafety worldwide.  Please report any suspected side effects to the MHRA 🟨 #Yellowcardscheme 👉 bit.ly/2A6B165    #ReportSideEffects

📣 #MedSafetyWeek starts today! You can help us make healthcare products safer for everyone and improve #PatientSafety worldwide. Please report any suspected side effects to the MHRA 🟨 #Yellowcardscheme 👉yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk #ReportSideEffects

This week is #MedSafetyWeek! Join the Yellow Card centre and help make medicines safer by reporting side effects! Patients, doctors, nurses, and pharmacists all have a key role to play in the cycle of medicines safety. YCC Wales / CCM Cymru yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk/MedSafetyWeek

Seizure in North London of ~150.000 (!) pills reportedly containing a (hitherto unspecified) #nitazene. 🚨☠️ most nitazenes are more potent than fentanyl!☠️🚨 Pfff... are we entering the 'post-heroin era' in Europe by even skipping the 'fentanyl era'? 👇 bbc.com/news/uk-englan…

The irony of holding #COP28 in Dubai…

National, fully funded drug testing & especially in-person #drugchecking are essential a) to understand what is in circulation, & b) to get evidence (not speculation) on what it is sold as. This has been The Loop’s mission for 10 years. We are preparing for the challenge ahead.

NEW: Private jets getting ready to leave for a ‘Climate Change’ conference in Dubai are frozen on the runway in Munich as 60% of Europe is covered in snow. Let me say that again: Rich people getting ready to board their gas guzzling jets to fly to a ‘Climate Change’ (formerly

Happy new year! Our new years resolution this year is to increase our engagement with service users and members of the public through education and training! What would you like to see from the Welsh poisons Service?

As we look forward to the new year ahead, here are some of the units achievements and activities from 2023!

Last week a new research paper was published regarding #Nitazenes. But what are they? 👉Read here: thelancet.com/journals/lanpu… #HarmReduction: ✅Don't use alone ✅Carry #Naloxone ✅Test your drugs ✅#StartLowGoSlow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Live in Wales? Get Naloxone here: barod.cymru/naloxone-click…

The National Crime Agency (NCA) estimates that there are currently 2 drug-related deaths every week in the UK from nitazenes & this is unlikely to reduce anytime soon. #drugchecking identifies adulterants in the illegal drug market & can divert people away from dangerous drugs *before* consumption.

Are you interested in clinical toxicology & research? Have you ever wanted to be a Specialist in Poisons Information? We are recruiting at our Cardiff office! More information about the role available here: jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba… (closing date 08/02/24)

walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-new… Inside the tiny building in Wales where thousands of people send their illegal drugs Tu fewn i'r adeilad bychain yng Nghymru lle fydd pobl yn gyrru eu cyffuriau anghyfreithlon WEDINOS Project

As the National Poisons Information Service (NPIS) looks to increase surveillance of #propranolol use, MIMS speaks to a GP and a prescribing pharmacist to hear what they are seeing in their patient populations. mims.co.uk/propranolol-ov… WalesTox - TocsCymru Kevin Fernando

“The idea people have to wake up (to treat an overdose) is a bit of a misunderstanding. We don't really need people to wake up. We need them to breathe…looking at wakefulness as an endpoint, instead of breathing, can lead to adverse outcomes.” -Lewis Nelson medpagetoday.com/publichealthpo…

Happy #InternationalWomensDay2024 to all our colleagues working in toxicology and healthcare! #DiwrnodRhyngwladolyMenywod2024 hapus i'n cydweithwyr yn gweithio mewn tocsicoleg neu'n gweithio ym maes gofal iechyd! internationalwomensday.com

Our Specialists in Poisons Information from Cardiff - Ella, Eleri and Callum presenting their research at #EAPCCT2024 EAPCCT Ein Arbenigwyr mewn Gwybodaeth Gwenwynnau o Gaerdydd - Ella, Eleri a Callum yn cyflwyno ei ymchwil yn #EAPCCT2024

Did you know we are now on #Linkedin? Follow us to see more of NPIS Cardiff's activities! Oeddwch chi'n gwybod fod ni ar #Linkedin? Dilynnwch i weld fwy o weithgareddau NPIS Caerdydd! linkedin.com/company/walest…

Today we are attending the YCC Wales / CCM Cymru Medicine Safety Day! Heddiw rydym yn mynychu Dydd Diogelwch Meddyginiaethau YCC Wales / CCM Cymru!

Now we hear from Dr Laurence Gray, Consultant Clinical Pharmacologist Cardiff and Vale University Health Board along with Ella Edwards and Nathaniel Keymer, Specialists in Poisons Information, NPIS on Unveiling Medicines Safety Trends. #YCCWalesMedSafetyDay #medicinesafety #patientsafety