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kbaillie.bsky.social @kbaillie.bsky.social · 3d

‼️Exciting Band 8a Job Opportunity to join our cancer care pharmacy team in NHS Lanarkshire
🔗 apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetai...
🗓️Closing date is 22nd October
📲📧 Happy to chat to anyone interested / looking to find out more

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kbaillie.bsky.social @kbaillie.bsky.social · 8d

Great session on endocrine from Dr Neil Black #BOPA2025
Lots of endocrine complications from cancer & cancer therapies

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kbaillie.bsky.social @kbaillie.bsky.social · 8d

Great to hear about the detect cancer early pilot with community pharmacies in Cornwall #BOPA2025

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British Oncology Pharmacy Association @bopa.org.uk · 8d

The #BOPA executive committee look forward welcoming everyone to #BOPA2025 in Belfast

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British Oncology Pharmacy Association @bopa.org.uk · 8d

#BOPA2025 5km 🏃🏃‍♀️ in Belfast this morning! Well done team. Great way to start the conference weekend 🤩

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kbaillie.bsky.social @kbaillie.bsky.social · Jul 19

Super proud of Ben 🤩
A brilliant 4th in the 3000m at the #SIAB Track & Field International at Derby
@duncanrigsecondary.org @duncanrigpe.duncanrigsecondary.org 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏃👏🏻 #SIAB2025

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British Oncology Pharmacy Association @bopa.org.uk · Jun 2

📢 📢 BOPA 2025 Conference update ...

🔔 BOPA’s ‘Grant for the 2025 Conference’ and BOPA’s ‘Above and Beyond’ Awards are now open!

🗓️ Deadline for applications are on 31st July 2025.

💷 Gilead - www.bopa.org.uk/the-bopa-tra...

🥇 BOPA’s ‘Above and Beyond’ Award - www.bopa.org.uk/aboveandbeyo...

The BOPA Training and Development Grant - BOPA Conference BOPA 2025 Conference Funding - BOPA

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British Oncology Pharmacy Association @bopa.org.uk · Jun 3

📢 📢 27th Annual BOPA Conference October 2024 - Abstracts now published.

Congratulations to all authors.
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Please contact the research sub-committee for support.

Abstracts presented: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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British Oncology Pharmacy Association @bopa.org.uk · Jun 3

📢 📢 2025 BOPA Conference: Registration NOW OPEN!

For MEMBERS click here: www.bopa.org.uk/bopa-2025-me...
BOPA members receive a reduced conference fee of £300 (including VAT) if booked by Monday 8th September. Preferential rates at hotels nearby.

For NON-MEMBERS click here: eur.cvent.me/OKgO4O

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British Oncology Pharmacy Association @bopa.org.uk · May 10

SOPPG conference
📆 Saturday 31st May
📍 Dunblane Hydro
💰FREE to attend

The agenda includes:
🔴Bispecifics in Haematology
🔵Cardio-oncology
⚪️Frailty
🟢Chair Joseph Williams

Register now:
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British Oncology Pharmacy Association @bopa.org.uk · May 3

The E&T subcommittee are pleased to announce that our new e-learning module for myeloma is now live on the BOPA website.
The module can be accessed under Haematology in the Courses & E-learning section.
www.bopa.org.uk/new-elearnin...
#BOPA #Myeloma #elearning #Haematology

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kbaillie.bsky.social @kbaillie.bsky.social · May 1

Well done @bopa.org.uk 👏🏻
I have two pharmacy technicians attending this course and they have really enjoyed day 1 & are looking forward to tomorrow #BOPA #BOPAITC

British Oncology Pharmacy Association @bopa.org.uk · May 1

Today is the day!
BOPA Introduction to Cancer Course 2025 is at Leeds.
Join us, Catherine Parbutt, Tasneem Ganijee and our excellent speakers today and tomorrow.
Plenty of high-quality teaching and learning over the next two days.
#BOPA #BOPAITC #cancerpharmacy #cancer #pharmsky #oncsky #haemsky

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updates.chemo.org.uk @updates.chemo.org.uk · Apr 20

🔉 Pleased to share a beta version of our updated tracker.

🔻Cancer Drug Fund List updates
🔻@cancerresearchuk.org consent form updates
🔻Summary of Product Characteristics updates.

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Chemotherapy Updates

Providing automated updates about changes to chemotherapy commissioning, consent, and licenses.

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British Oncology Pharmacy Association @bopa.org.uk · Apr 9

One of the Community Pharmacy Primary Care Subcommittee Members is producing a series videos for BOPA to help promote ways Community & Primary Care colleagues can support patients with cancer

Video 1-The Patient Journey is out NOW

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTg_...

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Cancer Care Part 1: The Patient Journey

YouTube video by Pete’s Prescribing Tips

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kbaillie.bsky.social @kbaillie.bsky.social · Apr 2

Opportunity to join NHS Lanarkshire as Lead Haematology Clinical Nurse Specialist & SACT Lead Nurse 👇

apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetai...

211332 - Lead Haematology Clinical Nurse Specialist and SACT Lead Nurse:University Hospital Monklands

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kbaillie.bsky.social @kbaillie.bsky.social · Mar 4

‼️Looking for a new role? ‼️
Fabulous opportunity to join the Cancer Pharmacy team in NHS Lanarkshire
📝Post: Clinical Pharmacist, Cancer care
📑Band: 7 1.0 WTE, Fixed term for 1 year (maternity cover)
📆Job closes 14/03/2025
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208147 - Clinical Pharmacist :University Hospital Wishaw

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British Oncology Pharmacy Association @bopa.org.uk · Feb 28

🪫 SAVE THE DATE 🪫
BOPA Introduction to Cancer Two Day Course
📅Date: 1st & 2nd May, in Leeds
💰Cost: £50 as a contribution to the running of the course
🧑‍🏫Registration: Opens 9am on Thursday 6th March
#BOPAITC #ITC2025
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British Oncology Pharmacy Association @bopa.org.uk · Jan 22

The #BOPA #Immunotherapy Specialist Interest Group has been working on producing quality information to support the use of subsequent line immunosupressants for patients with irAEs in whom steroids are not enough. The first 4 monographs are now available
www.bopa.org.uk/monographs-f...

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British Oncology Pharmacy Association @bopa.org.uk · Jan 19

SAVE THE DATE: The 28th BOPA Annual Conference #BOPA2025
Date: 3rd-5th October
Location: ICC Belfast
Cost: #BOPA members receive a reduced conference fee of £300 (including VAT) if booked by Monday 8th September
For more info www.bopa.org.uk/save-the-dat...

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kbaillie.bsky.social @kbaillie.bsky.social · Jan 16

There is an exciting opportunity to join the pharmacy team at Hairmyres working with the NHS Lanarkshire Pharmacy Cancer Care team as a Clinical Pharmacy Technician - Cancer Services.

Happy to speak to anyone interested

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204099 - Clinical Pharmacy Technician - Cancer Services:University Hospital Hairmyres

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kbaillie.bsky.social @kbaillie.bsky.social · Jan 10

A great #BOPA subcommittee to be part of👇🏻
Please get in touch if interested

British Oncology Pharmacy Association @bopa.org.uk · Jan 10

📢The BOPA digital subcommittee are looking for new members! We are looking for members who have a passion for getting information to people in different ways & who are willing to get involved 💻📝📧📱
To find out more, click the link
www.bopa.org.uk/bopa-digital...

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Alison Strath @alisonstrath.bsky.social · Nov 22

My UK chief pharmaceutical officers colleagues & I have provided advice to help pharmacy professionals wanting to take part in the debate on assisted dying. This follows similar advice recently issued to doctors and nurses: www.gov.uk/government/p...

Assisted dying bill debate: advice to pharmacy professionals

The UK chief pharmaceutical officers have given advice to help pharmacists and pharmacy technicians wanting to take part in the assisted dying debate.

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British Oncology Pharmacy Association @bopa.org.uk · Nov 21

Thrilled to be here! We are verified! 🦋
So nice to see so many familiar faces from the medical and healthcare world, can’t wait for more to join!
Follow us for all things cancer pharmacy.
#OncoPharm #PharmSky #MedSky #skyisthelimit

ShinyBlackShoe (Calum Polwart) @shinyblackshoe.bsky.social · Nov 20

Good work to see BOPA has made it's account (@bopa.org.uk) verified. 🙏🏻 @claytonkcwong.bsky.social .

Also nice to see @pinkiechambers.bsky.social and @kbaillie.bsky.social have arrived on the scene.

Who do we think is missing #OncoPharm?

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