Pharmacy In Practice Podcast

Jan 27 2025 109 ep. 39 mins 30
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Comment, analysis and interviews from UK Pharmacy

  Health & Fitness
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Exploring AI and the evolving role of pharmacists with Steve Smoke

Jan 27 2025 60 mins  
In this episode of the Pharmacy in Practice podcast, host Johnathan Laird sits down with U.S. pharmacist Steve Smoke for an insightful conversation spanning the current political climate in the U.S., the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in pharmacy, and innovative approaches to patient care. We are also joined by our fantastic new editor, Grace Lewis, and we are revealing our n

Breaking the cycle: How pharmacists can lead the fight against Scotland's drug death crisis

Dec 27 2024 60 mins  
Breaking the Cycle: How Pharmacists Can Lead the Fight Against Scotland's Drug Death Crisis Guest: Professor Catriona Matheson Episode Summary:In this thought-provoking episode, we sit down with Professor Catriona Matheson, an accomplished pharmacist, researcher, and advocate for harm reduction in tackling Scotland’s drug-related death crisis. With one of the highest drug-related

Is the collaborative care model the next big thing in pharmacy?

Feb 09 2024 55 mins  
I was very pleased to be joined by Paul Forsyth and Barry Maguire to discuss the application of the collaborative care model in pharmacy. Paul, Barry and I explore how the collaborative care model may be applied to the pharmacy profession. Alienation, detachment general demoralisation and isolation are all consequences of pharmacists not feeling truly empowered to work autonomousl

Will pharmacy ever learn from its mistakes?

Dec 04 2023 44 mins  
Georgia C. Richards DPhil (Oxon), BSc (Hons I) is a research fellow at the University of Oxford. We sat down to discuss fundamentally why healthcare, and specifically pharmacy, appears to be consistently poor at reporting, sharing and learning from significant and fatal incidents involving patients. EBM Special Study Theme (SST) Lead for the undergraduate medical school, CEBM

Will pharmacists be replaced by artificial intelligence?

Nov 02 2023 49 mins  
We were delighted to welcome Yasmin Karsan to the podcast to chat all things artificial intelligence. Episode Synopsis Johnathan and Yasmin discuss the potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning on pharmacy practice. They acknowledged the difficulty in fully understanding this technology and its potential impact on the industry, including the existenti

Janice Perkins on how to lead in pharmacy

Feb 22 2023 53 mins  
We were delighted to be joined by Janice Perkins to chat about the current state of UK pharmacy.  Janice has over 30 years of leadership experience in community pharmacy.  She’s the former Superintendent Pharmacist of Well Pharmacy, responsible for patient safety & well-being, regulatory & professional standards and delivery of the NHS contractual framework and

Scottish community pharmacy prescribes the right medicine

Jan 27 2023 55 mins  
Leadership in Scottish Community pharmacy circles has been alive and kicking for some years now. The policy document 'The Right Medicine' published back in February 2002 was a seminal moment for Scottish community pharmacy and paved the way for the way pharmaceutical care has evolved north of the border. In the heady days just after Scottish devolution Chief Pharmaceutical Officier

It's been a while...

Dec 16 2022 32 mins  
Trevor Gore and I return with an introductory podcast revealing our plans for 2023. We’ll rattle through the UK pharmacy news, catch up on stories beyond pharmacy and discuss our monthly featured interview. It will hopefully be a lot of fun.

Are patient group directions holding pharmacists back?

Nov 17 2021 77 mins  
Patient group directions have traditionally been a ‘stop gap’ option, especially in the era before pharmacist independent prescribing. This debate will explore the future of patient group directions by community pharmacists. Many have lauded patient group directions as an excellent tool to extend the scope of practice of community pharmacists. However, many would say that a tic

Debate: The Future of Community Pharmacy Screening services

Nov 16 2021 46 mins  
The debate based on whether or not screening for atrial fibrillation should be deployed nationally in Scotland has been progressing for some years now. There is precedent for such schemes elsewhere but so far there has been no nod to such a national service in Scotland. Does the evidence stack up in favour of such scheme?  Should pharmacists be involved? If such a screening pr