Watching the passion on Sheraz Ahmad ❤️ Trieste over the last few months and now this really gives hope in community transformation, bringing things together and to the person. 24/7 is should be the aim for all areas over time. I’m looking forward to seeing how it goes.

Many different services and patients are involved throughout the week. Sessions will be recorded and available online.

Chair Julie Thallon shared what we'd heard from users of the NHS App on BBC Radio 4's You & Yours bank holiday Monday. Users like the App but we've some suggestions for how it can be even more useful. buff.ly/4g2k0Nz

Great overview on Preventing Prescribing Cascades from Team Alice | University at Buffalo & Lisa McCarthy (she/her) 🇨🇦! Read about the many tools available now to help detect prescribing cascades & prevent them from occurring: buff.ly/478Jhle JGNJournal Learn more here: buff.ly/3K8fGOl

Proud to speak at the #ESCCongress for NHS England at the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society stream on current and future plans for delivery CVD prevention in England

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…

Excellent article by Margaret McCartney in The Guardian: "Doctors rarely understand how influence really works. The result: an NHS bowing to the needs of big pharma" bit.ly/4e5Z9Ya As Sid Wolfe said in a DTB article in 2022: "Personal payments from industry reduce the

Jess Plant, Paul Grundy and alf collins were superb on the Patients Association webinar earlier❣️ Such a fascinating discussion about shared decision making. Thank you, all. The recording will be uploaded to our website shortly. #PatientPartnershipWeek

This👇👇👇Increasingly hearing of pharmacists in general practice being asked to start antihypertensives in frail older people. Pls think about the whole person and what’s going on for them and what’s important to them. Frailty score, no of meds,falls risk, patient’s goals -BRAN

"Great to speak about prescribing and Pharmacy First at the 82nd FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Cape Town, South Africa, and reconnect with colleagues and friends from the global pharmacy community. @FIP.org Royal Pharmaceutical Society"

Update to a 2016 systematic review & meta-analysis: the impact of #deprescribing on mortality and health outcomes in older adults 153 new studies were added to the analysis (259 studies total), which found that: - Deprescribing interventions did not significantly reduce

Brilliant interview by Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 and another on BBC Radio 4 Today . Libraries really matter. They’re a gateway to a whole world. Terrible to lose libraries 😬😬😡😡

Delighted two more IP trainees I was privileged to be DPP for are annotated this morning at GPhC Congratulations to Lulu Farwati & Victoria ✍🏻 If you are IP please consider training to be a DPP - free NHS England commissioned DPP training ProPharmace - propharmace.com/est

Kate Ardern Patrick King And if we believe this is true, the kinds of 'prevention' spending we prioritise look very different. Less gimmicks, less data-driven gadgets, more investment in SDOH.

Alzheimer's Society Jelly Drops eargym Sibstar Support and now to Eric Deeson from Alzheimer's Society a volunteer in public involvement. Telling his story and how our perceptions are changing. Diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2012 keeping mentally and physically fit. The difference is how research has made a difference. Dementia through

To coincide with Patient Partnership Week we've created an animated video to share the six principles of patient partnership. buff.ly/3XobgKo

Valuing people and communities and seeing them as partners in improving health and care is a way of offering hope of a better future - a direction for the new govt hsj.co.uk/service-redesi…

Excellent piece of quality improvement work by Health Innovation Wessex 💙 working in collaboration with the NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight medicines optimisation team with Liz Corteville providing leadership and inspiration to the team Nicola Bent Clare Howard

96% of pharmacy technicians (n240) in south west want to undertake further post reg education APTUK - there is a significant registered workforce wanting to deliver more for patients….

The launch of #PharmacyFirst has enabled community #pharmacies to do more ever before – and yet they are still to realise their full potential. Pop along to our parliamentary drop-in event on 10th September and watch the animation below to learn more: youtu.be/RbQqtxD1wZg