Our latest study in The Lancet Public Health examined the extent to which opioid-agonist therapy (OAT) in Scotland is protective against drug-related deaths (DRD) and how this effect has varied over time thelancet.com/journals/lanpu… THREAD on key findings 👇

Embedding cultural competency within undergraduate MPharm curricula. Recommendations: *how and when* this can be delivered within current initial education & training. Read open access 👉🏼 researchgate.net/publication/37… Newcastle Pharmacy Royal Pharmaceutical Society GPhC Wing Man Lau Hayley Chan

Delighted to have been selected as RSAP Journal Best Paper 2023 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Thank you! Collaborative Care was a labour of love & I'm glad it resonated with external international pharmacy readers Thanks to all my wonderful coauthors for all their input & support ❤️

���� Heads Up! NHS Pharmacy First launches in England on Jan 31, 2024! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿💊 While Scotland's service has thrived since 2020, note they're not the same and are not interchangeable between home nations. Stay informed! #communitypharmacy #NHSPharmacyFirst cps.scot/news/nhs-pfs-e…

Really excited about this!

Our health economic analysis of a deprescribing RCT in residential aged care finds it could save between $1m and $16m annually if rolled out across the country jamda.com/article/S1525-…

One million have undiagnosed type 2 diabetes in England. bbc.co.uk/news/health-68…

New paper! 🚨Viral hepatitis testing and treatment in community pharmacies: a systematic review and meta-analysis just published in the Lancet's eClinicalMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science. Exciting for pharmacy to expand access to hep C testing/TM Burnet Institute Monash Addiction Research Centre authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S25…

Systematic review - Pharmacies as sites for community-based testing and treatment of Hepatitis C. In many countries pharmacies have become centres for decentralised care. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecli… John Dillon Joseph Doyle Margaret Hellard

Darren visits a pharmacy that’s doing things a little differently to the norm. Watch Darren McGarvey #TheStateWereIn on #BBCiPlayer bbc.in/3TcFhL7 Darren McGarvey

As we try to deliver healthcare values, excellence, collaboration, and solidarity in healthcare it’s important that we learn from all cultures & heritages 👇🌍 ‘Realizing Ubuntu in Global Health: An African Approach to Global Health Justice’ Nancy S. Jecker, Ph.D. academic.oup.com/phe/article-ab…

The Kate Middleton Photo Scandal has now got me seriously questioning this. 😒

Really important letter for Scottish Pharmacists documenting new recruitment guidance for all future senior pharmacists, including endorsing the concept of Consultant Pharmacists for the first time 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💊👏

Really exciting to see the 1st Consultant Pharmacist in Scotland appointed ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💊 Congratulations Jennifer Laskey, MRPharmS (Consultant) 🍾🥳 rpharms.com/about-us/news/…

Tobacco and Vapes Bill moves to Committee Stage with overwhelming support from MPs backed by tobacco retailers, the public, including smokers, and health leaders #BacktheBill to create a #SmokefreeGeneration

⁦Open Research, University of Dundee⁩ ⁦Caitlin MacLeod⁩

Andrew Radley Open Research, University of Dundee sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The implementation of hepatitis- c testing in community pharmacies. A consensus statement. I-Coptic Collaboration doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe… Community pharmacies can successfully deliver services to improve the health of drug users

At #BAP2024 presenting students work on comm pharmacy culture towards people w substance dependency: observations of discrimination & stigma, alongside some exemplary practice. How do we educate & intervene to prevent stigma towards this population, to truly support recovery?

Although prescription rates for ADHD have increased, analysis suggests that some groups may still have unmet need doi.org/10.1192/bjo.20…