The Aural Apothecary

Feb 27 2025 77 ep. 47 mins 41
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The Aural Apothecary Podcast. An authentic yet lighthearted take on the world of medicines and healthcare in the UK from Jamie, Gimmo and Steve the Chemist.

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7.7 Diving into the Deep End - The Aural Apothecary Analyses: The Inverse Care Law.

Feb 27 2025 69 mins  
In this special episode we ‘Dive in at the Deep End’ and examine in-depth the Inverse Care Law. What is it, why does it matter to medicines optimisation - and what can we do about it? The Inverse Care Law is a term first defined by the Welsh GP Dr Julian Tudor Hart over 50 years to describe how, perversely, people who most need health care are the least likely to get it. A law

7.6 Professor Lauren Walker - The trials and tribulations of a Clinical Pharmacologist

Jan 30 2025 60 mins  
What is a Clinical Pharmacologist? Who better to tell us than Professor Lauren Walker, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Honorary Consultant in General Internal Medicine at Liverpool University. Lauren is a leading researcher in multimorbidity and AI-driven healthcare and plays a key role in early-phase clinical trials. We chat about her role in ‘First in

7.5 - Deprescribing from Down Under - Dr Emily Reeve

Jan 09 2025 58 mins  
What is Deprescribing? Why is it so important? And the big question... who invented it?! We present a masterclass in deprescribing from pharmacist Dr Emily Reeve from Monash University in Australia who is also Chair of the Australian Deprescribing Network.The need to review, reduce or stop medicines has been a regular topic of conversation here on the Aural Apothecary. But how do w

The Aural Apothecary Almanac 2024. Weight loss drugs, Assisted dying and the Weight of the British National Formulary

Dec 19 2024 67 mins  
Pull up a chair and join the Three Apothecaries around the fire as we wrap up the year with a lively chat featuring friends and colleagues Clare Howard and Jonathan Underhill. Together, we reflect on an exciting and dramatic year in the ever-changing world of healthcare and medicines.From groundbreaking developments like weight-loss drugs and debates around assisted dying to critic

7.4 The Aural Apothecary Analyses! When Guidelines Go Wrong - A Medicines Safety Special with Dr Matthew Jones and Angela Carrington 

Dec 05 2024 58 mins  
Welcome to the second in our series of ‘The Aural Apothecary Analyses’, where we will be delving a bit deeper into some of the recurring themes from our first series. This week we are joined by Dr Matthew Jones and Angela Carrinton to discuss medicines safety and how we can help clinicians & patients make better decisions. Healthcare professionals rely on guidelines to help

7.3 John Seddon - Saving the NHS through system change

Nov 14 2024 64 mins  
Freedom from Command and Control was the very first book choice on the Aural Apothecary and its themes of failure demand, systems thinking and value have featured heavily on the show ever since. It is a real pleasure therefore this week to welcome its author, John Seddon. John Seddon is an occupational psychologist and author, specialising in the service industry. He is the managin

7.2 - Back to the Future! Dr Berwyn Owen and The Evolution of Community Pharmacy.

Oct 24 2024 57 mins  
This week, when we return to our normal format we are joined by Community Pharmacist Dr Berwyn Owen. Berwyn is a pharmacy proprietor and prescriber in North Wales. Formerly a Chief Pharmacist and a member of the General Pharmaceutical Council he is well placed to discuss what the future of medicines management looks like through the lens of community pharmacy. Drawing on his wide r

7.1 The Aural Apothecary Analyses! Statins and Shared Decision Making, with Brian Finney and Dr Sam Finnikin

Oct 03 2024 50 mins  
Welcome back to The Aural Apothecary! For our first episode we bring you an exciting new format, where we’ll be diving deeper into some of the recurring themes from our first six series. The Aural Apothecary Analyses!In this episode, we focus on statins and the importance of shared decision making in healthcare. Inspired by a recent paper in the BMJ by Sam and Brian et al, we exp

6.10 Tommy Whitelaw - Intelligent Kindness & Gentle Honesty - listening is the best medicine

Jun 27 2024 51 mins  
Join us for the last episode of series six and a joyful exploration of the importance and reality of person centred care. For five years Tommy Whitelaw was a full-time carer for his late mother Joan who had Vascular Dementia. In 2011 he undertook a walk around Scotland’s towns and cities to collect hundreds of life stories and letters detailing the experiences of individuals who

6.9 Ann-Marie Goacher. The Eyes: A Window to Our Health

Jun 06 2024 53 mins  
Pain in the eye? It is a red-flag all healthcare professionals are trained to be aware of. But when spotted, who deals with it? We are joined by Specialist Head and Neck Pharmacist Ann Marie Goacher. Ann Marie describes her journey from a local community pharmacist in Ireland to being the lead pharmacist for the head and neck directorate at University Hospitals Sussex. What does an