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Laura Angus #PharmSky 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @lauraangus.pharmsky.app · 2d

When are we going to learn that #medicines are not the answer to everything. It’s like tightening a screw to fix a collapsing bridge & spending most of our £ on the screw. Some are life changing (very rarely), some help but only if we address other issues, some do nothing & at worst some cause harm

Alf Collins @alfcollins.bsky.social · 2d

A 2025 review in the Lancet (www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... shows that our current spending on new medicines skews overall health spend away from more effective interventions. But it looks like we are about to spend more on meds, thus depriving our population of more effective healthcare.

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Laura Angus #PharmSky 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @lauraangus.pharmsky.app · 6d

This has tickled me more than it probably should 🤭😂

@privateeyenews.bsky.social

#Ozempic #StarWars #PharmSky

A cartoon showing Jabber the Hutt thin because he has been on Ozempic

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Laura Angus #PharmSky 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @lauraangus.pharmsky.app · 7d

Very cute! 🥰

Laura Angus #PharmSky 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @lauraangus.pharmsky.app · 7d

@bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk @bengoldacre.bsky.social @brianmackenna.bsky.social @bopa.org.uk

👇🏻 👏🏻😊

ShinyBlackShoe (Calum Polwart) @shinyblackshoe.bsky.social · 7d

Didn't get a chance to mention it at yesterday's #BOPA2025 SC #Nivolumab session...

The amazing guys at #OpenPrescribing have built a SC Nivo tracker. Want to know if you are ahead of the cure - check this out:

hospitals.openprescribing.net/measures/niv...

Measures · Uptake of nivolumab subcutaneous | OpenPrescribing Hospitals

What is this measure?

hospitals.openprescribing.net

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Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 8d

If you're not sure how far the country still needs to go on fixing misogyny, this is one good indicator for you:

Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 8d

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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Laura Angus #PharmSky 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @lauraangus.pharmsky.app · 7d

@grahamstretch.pharmsky.app @drmahendrapatel.bsky.social @rpharms.com @aptuk.bsky.social @ukcpa.bsky.social @pcpa-uk.bsky.social @joewilliams4689.bsky.social @clairewynn.bsky.social

👇🏻 Feedback for us #UKPPLAB

ShinyBlackShoe (Calum Polwart) @shinyblackshoe.bsky.social · 8d

Wowza. I feel less clear about what #UKPPLAB and @BOPA.org.uk @rpharms.com is trying to achieve having been to the leadership session.

Someone somewhere has a plan in their head surely? So maybe someone needs to pitch that plan rather than jabber words about co-creation? You don't start...

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PharmacistDaz (He/Him) @pharmacistdaz.uk · 18d

I feel I shouldn't need to share this, but JIC...

MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children www.gov.uk/government/n...

MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children

Paracetamol should be taken as directed in the patient information leaflet

www.gov.uk

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The Pharmaceutical Journal @pharmaj.bsky.social · 18d

#ClaireAnderson, president of #rpharms, has urged patients to seek medicines advice from trusted sources following #DonaldTrump claims that #paracetamol use is linked with #autism
buff.ly/8cwAW8u

RPS urges patients to seek medicines information from ‘trusted source’ after Trump links paracetamol and autism

Claire Anderson, president of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS), has said that pharmacists and other healthcare professionals will give patients ‘sound advice’ on medicines use, following claims…

pharmaceutical-journal.com

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Laura Angus #PharmSky 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @lauraangus.pharmsky.app · 22d

One is hoping that NHS app will provide high quality advice only. I hope ChatGPT covered BRAN and shared decision making with you!! 😉

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Man develops rare condition after ChatGPT query over stopping eating salt

US medical journal article about 60-year-old with bromism warns against using AI app for health information

www.theguardian.com

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UK Clinical Pharmacy Association @ukcpa.bsky.social · 22d

Curious about getting started in research as a clinical pharmacist?
Join us online on 12 Nov 2025, 1:00–2:00pm for a FREE webinar exploring how research can drive real change in pharmacy practice.

Open to all pharmacy professionals, from early career to advanced level.

Getting started in research within clinical pharmacy practice - UKCPA

Curious about how to engage with research alongside clinical practice? Whichever sector you work in, research is an essential driver of improvement in pharmacy practice and patient outcomes.

ukclinicalpharmacy.org

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Euan Reid @euanreid.pharmsky.app · 24d

MHRA and Department for Education embed medicine safety into school curriculum to empower young people.

The importance of medicine safety and how to report side effects of medicines via the Yellow Card scheme is now part of the statutory guidance for schools in England

www.gov.uk/government/n...

MHRA and Department for Education embed medicine safety into school curriculum to empower young people

The importance of medicine safety and how to report side effects of medicines via the Yellow Card scheme is now part of the statutory guidance for schools in England.

www.gov.uk

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Laura Angus #PharmSky 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @lauraangus.pharmsky.app · 24d

Lucky enough to be able to try it on my work phone first and see how it goes. So far, it adds functionality that is over my head and the screen looks a bit weird. I’m sure that’s just the technical review you were after! 😂

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Laura Angus #PharmSky 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @lauraangus.pharmsky.app · 24d

I feel like someone needs to shout ‘Service!’ at the end.

‘Yes, chef!’

www.linkedin.com/posts/nhseng...

Hear how the NHS is preparing for winter from Professor Julian Redhead, our National Director for Urgent and Emergency Care. ℹ️ https://lnkd.in/esg_C_AZ | NHS England

Hear how the NHS is preparing for winter from Professor Julian Redhead, our National Director for Urgent and Emergency Care. ℹ️ https://lnkd.in/esg_C_AZ

www.linkedin.com

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Create the Ripple @createtheripple.bsky.social · 25d

“You don’t have to believe everything you think.” Byron Katie

Thoughts can spiral before we even realise.

We are not our thoughts.

We’re allowed to pause, soften, and gently challenge the story.

🧡

#learning #thinking #kindness

Picture by @anxiety.positive

Illustration with a rainbow background titled “Challenge Cognitive Distortions” by @anxiety.positive. It features nine black circles, each containing a question to help challenge unhelpful thoughts:
1. Is there truth to this thought?
2. Will this matter tomorrow?
3. Are there other possibilities?
4. Is this thought helpful?
5. Is this situation in my control?
6. What would a loved one say?
7. Am I assuming anything?
8. What is the worst outcome?
9. What is healthy for me?

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Royal Pharmaceutical Society @rpharms.com · Sep 11

Help shape the future of inclusion and diversity in pharmacy.

Share your experiences of recognition, discrimination, representation and belonging to shape our future I&D strategy.

Open until 15 September: bit.ly/3I2nPWX #RPSIandD

RPS Inclusion, Diversity & Equity consultation
Open from Tuesday 26 August until Monday 15 September
#RPSIandD

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Clinical Pharmacy Congress @cpcongress.bsky.social · Sep 10

🚨The wait is over. The full #CPCNorth 2025 programme is live🚨

Two days of cutting-edge education, case studies and strategic updates showcasing how clinical pharmacy is evolving to meet national priorities and local challenges.

View the programme: www.pharmacycongress.co.uk/north-progra...

#CPCN

The full Conference Programme is Live , Join us on the 21-22 November 2025 at Manchester Central . Register now on our website or Visit www.pharmacycongress.co.uk/North to view the programme. It is free to attend for health care professionals

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Laura Angus #PharmSky 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @lauraangus.pharmsky.app · Sep 7

Why is the #Pharmacist character creepy & a drug dealer?

Why are all #pharmacy characters in books & tv shows portrayed as weird drug dealers? #HappyValley #Casualty #DesperateHousewives

& is called Dave Webb…🤔🤨😂 I suspect the real DW will think it’s funny 🤞🏻

#PharmSky #MedSky #BookSky

Adam Kay @amateuradam.bsky.social · Sep 2

Just had the rather fun news that A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE will debut in the Sunday Times bestseller list at #2, and is the fastest-selling crime book of the year so far. Thank you to everyone who has bought, sold or stolen a copy!

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Laura Angus #PharmSky 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @lauraangus.pharmsky.app · Sep 1

Spotted in the ‘Disgusting Food Museum’, Malmö, Sweden. I thought it was quite tasty!

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Royal Pharmaceutical Society @rpharms.com · Aug 22

Congratulations to RPS Fellow Dr Raliat Onatade, who has been awarded Pharmacist of the Year at the Black Healthcare Awards for her outstanding contributions to patient care, research and pharmacy practice.

Read more: bit.ly/4oP1Tiu

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Laura Angus #PharmSky 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @lauraangus.pharmsky.app · Aug 21

If you’re not hearing ‘badger’ and immediately thinking ‘loves mash potato’, what did you even do with your youth?! 🤨

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Laura Angus #PharmSky 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @lauraangus.pharmsky.app · Aug 21

Why on earth would he use that when he had this at his fingertips?
<whilst singing the theme tune>

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Laura Angus #PharmSky 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @lauraangus.pharmsky.app · Aug 19

*take

Laura Angus #PharmSky 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @lauraangus.pharmsky.app · Aug 19

Of course not. It did that me a while to learn that responding and on such comments with facts is futile, maybe it should be included in a definition of becoming wiser! 😂

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Laura Angus #PharmSky 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @lauraangus.pharmsky.app · Aug 18

Oh 😩 I regret taking the bait!! 🤦🏼‍♀️

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Robin Conibere @pharmrj.pharmsky.app · Aug 17

"Approved by GP" hey🧐 The NHS really needs to move away from the mindset that doctors and nurses do *all* the work🤣😂

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