Are you thinking of becoming an independent prescriber, but unsure of the route to take? Try this new interactive ‘quest’ to find everything you need to start your journey! Article by senior features editor Dawn Connelly and artwork by Wes Mountain buff.ly/3yoWZDI

It will take collaboration, goodwill & resources to bring about a prescribing future for the pharmacist profession. I have every confidence this aspiration will be realised. By 2029 it will be business as usual, a truly transformative pharmacy innovation. pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/news/p…

Ealing Beaver 🦫 News First baby beavers born in urban London for 400 years bbc.com/news/articles/…

So we are off.. have opened the virtual environment today for Sept cohorts. A few already online with 3/4 weeks to familiarise with materials enabling planning which we know reduces attrition and increases pass rates...a few to fully register & then onto Jan 25 cohorts 😃

We are delighted to announce that BGS has received further funding from NHS England therefore our #Frailty elearning course will remain FREE to health and social care professionals until 30 June 2026. bgs.org.uk/2023F-IF

Primary care staff with #prescribing roles are invited to take part in a brief survey to help NHS England understand how #digital #signatures are applied to prescriptions in different IT systems. Vital in helping to make improvements to #NHS services. feedback.digital.nhs.uk/jfe/form/SV_1Z…

Five things to know about #deprescribing diabetes medications in frail older adults. Check out this useful summary for a refresher on optimal diabetes treatment in this population, and how to conduct safe deprescribing. A great tool developed by Iliana C. Lega & CADeN members

Registrations are now open for the PCPA Primary Care Leadership Conference: pcpa.co/LeadershipConf… #pcpaevents

The commoditisation of medications with potential for significant harm, & abdication of pharmaceutical responsibility by pharmacists, is not only creating risk to often vulnerable patients, but putting pressure on supply chains,colleagues & risks diversion. Decisive action needed

Been saying this for years... Clare Howard Tony Avery Lelly Oboh Vanessa Burgess sotiris antoniou academic.oup.com/eurheartj/arti…

🥳Editor’s Choice Paper "CRIDECO Anticholinergic Load Scale: An Updated #Anticholinergic Burden Scale. Comparison with the ACB Scale in Spanish Individuals with Subjective Memory Complaints" 👨‍🔬Hernán Ramos et al. Central European University 👍Article Views 8545; Citations 33 🔗mdpi.com/1482692

New ESC guidelines for hypertension also including clinical frailty scale -highlighting tailor made care♥️ European Society of Cardiology #ESCCongress #frailty #geriatricmedicine #cardiology

Antidepressants for treating depression among older adults with dementia “This review did not find evidence of a clinical effect of antidepressants for treating depression in older adults with dementia” sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🎉 Our team has published yet another paper on real-world better implementation of cardiology clinical guidelines using an MDT innovative approach. Our post MI MDT virtual reviews enhanced appropriate uptake of extended DAPT Full paper 👇 frontiersin.org/journals/cardi… #CardioTwitter

Join our next Practice Plus webinar on 11 September, when Eleanor Barnes, Noma Al-Ahmad and Graham Stretch will discuss supporting IP pharmacists to become DPPs. 👉 prescqipp.info/learning/pract… @Propharmace stevethechemist 💙