Sarah Jones
@sarahjpharm.pharmsky.app
Mental Health Pharmacist, UK | PhD student (Bristol) and Lecturer (Bath) but here to share own views
Interests inc: Shared Decision Making; psychotropic deprescribing; Advanced Practice and the South West Pharmacy Research Network #SWPRN
Interests inc: Shared Decision Making; psychotropic deprescribing; Advanced Practice and the South West Pharmacy Research Network #SWPRN
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Today is Candlemas
If you have not cleared all your Christmas decorations by today, a demon hiding behind them will cause dire mischief in your house for the rest of the year.
See my popular post on this: emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
If you have not cleared all your Christmas decorations by today, a demon hiding behind them will cause dire mischief in your house for the rest of the year.
See my popular post on this: emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"
The story of a forty-year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
emptycity.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Today is Candlemas
If you have not cleared all your Christmas decorations by today, a demon hiding behind them will cause dire mischief in your house for the rest of the year.
See my popular post on this: emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
If you have not cleared all your Christmas decorations by today, a demon hiding behind them will cause dire mischief in your house for the rest of the year.
See my popular post on this: emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
#TinyJoys singing this cracker at the #Candlemas carol service this evening (along with lots of other lovely music)
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February 1, 2026 at 9:25 PM
#TinyJoys singing this cracker at the #Candlemas carol service this evening (along with lots of other lovely music)
soundcloud.com/city-of-bris...
soundcloud.com/city-of-bris...
I don't often post about church stuff here, but goodness only knows we all need to light candles against the darkness right now. This beautiful choral service is one of my favourites: looking back to Christmas and forwards to Lent and Easter. If you happen to be in Bath tomorrow you'd be v. welcome.
January 31, 2026 at 11:44 PM
I don't often post about church stuff here, but goodness only knows we all need to light candles against the darkness right now. This beautiful choral service is one of my favourites: looking back to Christmas and forwards to Lent and Easter. If you happen to be in Bath tomorrow you'd be v. welcome.
The scales are kind of lovely, but really sorry this is what you're having to do @intheflowerbeds.bsky.social (and others who responded on this thread).
I'm in the planning stages of a project to gather the experiences of patients *during* their antidepressant reduction to better understand [cont]
I'm in the planning stages of a project to gather the experiences of patients *during* their antidepressant reduction to better understand [cont]
I got myself some drug dealer scales for venlafaxine reduction, and it's a thing of beauty!
January 31, 2026 at 9:21 PM
The scales are kind of lovely, but really sorry this is what you're having to do @intheflowerbeds.bsky.social (and others who responded on this thread).
I'm in the planning stages of a project to gather the experiences of patients *during* their antidepressant reduction to better understand [cont]
I'm in the planning stages of a project to gather the experiences of patients *during* their antidepressant reduction to better understand [cont]
It comes back to the @bengoldacre.bsky.social quote that I think of so often: "I think you'll find it's a little bit more complicated than that". In my experience working in healthcare, many people were looking for quick and simple fixes that just didn't exist. We should be more honest about that.
If we want healthcare to be more:
Compassionate
Collaborative
Trauma informed
Kind
Holistic
(the list goes on)
The solution ISN'T getting everyone to sit through a training session. It just isn't.
We need to invest in workplace conditions & infrastructure that routinely support how we want to be.
Compassionate
Collaborative
Trauma informed
Kind
Holistic
(the list goes on)
The solution ISN'T getting everyone to sit through a training session. It just isn't.
We need to invest in workplace conditions & infrastructure that routinely support how we want to be.
January 31, 2026 at 8:45 AM
It comes back to the @bengoldacre.bsky.social quote that I think of so often: "I think you'll find it's a little bit more complicated than that". In my experience working in healthcare, many people were looking for quick and simple fixes that just didn't exist. We should be more honest about that.
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My friends dog, Ripley, would run on thoughtful, interfaith peacemaking platform. I keep this picture because it cracks me up whenever I see it.
January 27, 2026 at 4:55 PM
My friends dog, Ripley, would run on thoughtful, interfaith peacemaking platform. I keep this picture because it cracks me up whenever I see it.
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There should be a one-month moratorium on new work. Just give everyone the month of February to do the things they are already doing. Nothing new. No additional projects. No new initiatives. No requests. Any email asking someone to do something is automatically rejected and replaced with a cat gif.
January 25, 2026 at 9:23 AM
There should be a one-month moratorium on new work. Just give everyone the month of February to do the things they are already doing. Nothing new. No additional projects. No new initiatives. No requests. Any email asking someone to do something is automatically rejected and replaced with a cat gif.
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We are Christopher Isherwood, watching the increasingly alarming scenes in the Berlin street below from our apartment window above.
"Liam’s teacher, Ella Sullivan, teared up when thinking about Liam. 'He’s a bright young student,' she said, 'and he’s so kind and loving. His classmates miss him.'"
www.startribune.com/preschooler-...
www.startribune.com/preschooler-...
Preschooler and three other students detained by ICE, school district leader says
The detentions of Columbia Heights students come after weeks of heightened concern and enforcement presence near and on Twin Cities school property.
www.startribune.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:10 AM
We are Christopher Isherwood, watching the increasingly alarming scenes in the Berlin street below from our apartment window above.
My copy of this print by @robinfinnart.bsky.social was a brilliant conversation starter at the @bristolhealthp.bsky.social event I attended today (I was chatting about research ideas relevant to people taking psych meds)
Thanks to @luckyerica3.bsky.social who shared it so it appeared on my feed.
Thanks to @luckyerica3.bsky.social who shared it so it appeared on my feed.
January 20, 2026 at 7:31 PM
My copy of this print by @robinfinnart.bsky.social was a brilliant conversation starter at the @bristolhealthp.bsky.social event I attended today (I was chatting about research ideas relevant to people taking psych meds)
Thanks to @luckyerica3.bsky.social who shared it so it appeared on my feed.
Thanks to @luckyerica3.bsky.social who shared it so it appeared on my feed.
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Like so many people I'm increasingly anxious about Reform.
I see posts basically saying why you'd have to be stupid to vote for them, what idiots they are, mocking people.
This makes me more anxious tbh. It was the same approach with brexit, with Tr*mp. It doesnt work, it just strengthens support.
I see posts basically saying why you'd have to be stupid to vote for them, what idiots they are, mocking people.
This makes me more anxious tbh. It was the same approach with brexit, with Tr*mp. It doesnt work, it just strengthens support.
January 19, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Like so many people I'm increasingly anxious about Reform.
I see posts basically saying why you'd have to be stupid to vote for them, what idiots they are, mocking people.
This makes me more anxious tbh. It was the same approach with brexit, with Tr*mp. It doesnt work, it just strengthens support.
I see posts basically saying why you'd have to be stupid to vote for them, what idiots they are, mocking people.
This makes me more anxious tbh. It was the same approach with brexit, with Tr*mp. It doesnt work, it just strengthens support.
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We are Christopher Isherwood, watching the scenes in the Berlin street below from our apartment window above.
There is video of the shooting of a woman by ICE in Minneapolis circulating that shows an ICE agent repeatedly shooting her at point blank range while she tries to drive off. There was no obvious threat to any ICE agent.
January 7, 2026 at 8:33 PM
We are Christopher Isherwood, watching the scenes in the Berlin street below from our apartment window above.
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Happy New Year everyone! 🎉
🚨A reminder that our next webinar, on improving #MentalHealth in #PrimaryCare, is on 26 January, 1-2pm.🚨
For info & to register, see below. ⬇️
See you there!
🚨A reminder that our next webinar, on improving #MentalHealth in #PrimaryCare, is on 26 January, 1-2pm.🚨
For info & to register, see below. ⬇️
See you there!
📢Coming up: Next in our webinar series: 📢
'Improving mental health in primary care: novel psychological and pharmacological interventions'
📆Monday 26 Jan 2026
🕛1-2pm
🌐Online
Contributors: Prof Nicola Wiles, @charlotte-archer.bsky.social & Dr Daniela Strelchuk
👉Register: tinyurl.com/3myjjyb2
'Improving mental health in primary care: novel psychological and pharmacological interventions'
📆Monday 26 Jan 2026
🕛1-2pm
🌐Online
Contributors: Prof Nicola Wiles, @charlotte-archer.bsky.social & Dr Daniela Strelchuk
👉Register: tinyurl.com/3myjjyb2
January 6, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Happy New Year everyone! 🎉
🚨A reminder that our next webinar, on improving #MentalHealth in #PrimaryCare, is on 26 January, 1-2pm.🚨
For info & to register, see below. ⬇️
See you there!
🚨A reminder that our next webinar, on improving #MentalHealth in #PrimaryCare, is on 26 January, 1-2pm.🚨
For info & to register, see below. ⬇️
See you there!
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How do you perceive probability-based phrases? Take the quiz and see how you compare with the 500+ others who've done it so far...
How likely is ‘likely’? Does ‘likely’ have a higher probability than ‘probable’? I put together a quick quiz so you can see how you interpret probability phrases, then see how you compare with others: probability.kucharski.io
January 5, 2026 at 8:07 AM
How do you perceive probability-based phrases? Take the quiz and see how you compare with the 500+ others who've done it so far...
Plenty of #TinyJoys in the embers of 2025 today including a beautiful sunset.
I hope 2026 brings you all many moments of delight, comfort, joy and peace.
I hope 2026 brings you all many moments of delight, comfort, joy and peace.
December 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Plenty of #TinyJoys in the embers of 2025 today including a beautiful sunset.
I hope 2026 brings you all many moments of delight, comfort, joy and peace.
I hope 2026 brings you all many moments of delight, comfort, joy and peace.
Ridiculously pleased with my rocky road Christmas pudding, made to share at my parents' Christmas gathering today #PharmFoods
I also feel very lucky to be able to share time with my mum, dad, sisters, brother-in-law and nephews (as well as my own lovely husband and kids of course)
I also feel very lucky to be able to share time with my mum, dad, sisters, brother-in-law and nephews (as well as my own lovely husband and kids of course)
December 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Ridiculously pleased with my rocky road Christmas pudding, made to share at my parents' Christmas gathering today #PharmFoods
I also feel very lucky to be able to share time with my mum, dad, sisters, brother-in-law and nephews (as well as my own lovely husband and kids of course)
I also feel very lucky to be able to share time with my mum, dad, sisters, brother-in-law and nephews (as well as my own lovely husband and kids of course)
In answer to @charliepsych.bsky.social's question about what gets in the way of true patient centred care, I think Paul makes a great point. There is always a balance between what the system can accommodate and what an individual patient may ask for, but too often we let the system win out (cont.)
A third blind spot is fitting care into what's convenient for the clinician. E.g. the harm caused by abrupt interruptions to established analgesia at admission to hospital. "Yes, I did tell them! But they said they didn't have any/couldn't prescribe it/had wrong colour socks/other excuse"
December 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
In answer to @charliepsych.bsky.social's question about what gets in the way of true patient centred care, I think Paul makes a great point. There is always a balance between what the system can accommodate and what an individual patient may ask for, but too often we let the system win out (cont.)
✨ I hope you had a lovely Christmas with special people and some nice things ✨
December 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
✨ I hope you had a lovely Christmas with special people and some nice things ✨
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Everyone has a favourite edition of the British National Formulary.
How has the the go-to reference point for healthcare professionals in the UK and beyond changed (and grown) over time?
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
How has the the go-to reference point for healthcare professionals in the UK and beyond changed (and grown) over time?
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
December 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Everyone has a favourite edition of the British National Formulary.
How has the the go-to reference point for healthcare professionals in the UK and beyond changed (and grown) over time?
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
How has the the go-to reference point for healthcare professionals in the UK and beyond changed (and grown) over time?
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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"... sometimes the more subtle stuff gets missed ..."
Clinicians and patients welcomed the development of P Risk, a new tool designed to help GPs identify people at risk of developing psychosis doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @katrinaturner.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social @epdsk.bsky.social
Clinicians and patients welcomed the development of P Risk, a new tool designed to help GPs identify people at risk of developing psychosis doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @katrinaturner.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social @epdsk.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
"... sometimes the more subtle stuff gets missed ..."
Clinicians and patients welcomed the development of P Risk, a new tool designed to help GPs identify people at risk of developing psychosis doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @katrinaturner.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social @epdsk.bsky.social
Clinicians and patients welcomed the development of P Risk, a new tool designed to help GPs identify people at risk of developing psychosis doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @katrinaturner.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social @epdsk.bsky.social
Just a few more days for UK #pharmacists to complete the survey to tell us what they think about #AdvancedPractice credentialing.
We've had a great response but would love to hear from more people in community and primary care and more early-career pharmacists. Make your views heard!
#pharmacy
We've had a great response but would love to hear from more people in community and primary care and more early-career pharmacists. Make your views heard!
#pharmacy
Happy #AdvancingPractice2025 week.
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It's the perfect time to launch the survey by my MPharm4 project students. They're investigating factors that help and hinder pharmacists to achieve #AdvancedPractice recognition.
Read more in this thread or go straight to the survey: tinyurl.com/572cwhya
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It's the perfect time to launch the survey by my MPharm4 project students. They're investigating factors that help and hinder pharmacists to achieve #AdvancedPractice recognition.
Read more in this thread or go straight to the survey: tinyurl.com/572cwhya
December 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Just a few more days for UK #pharmacists to complete the survey to tell us what they think about #AdvancedPractice credentialing.
We've had a great response but would love to hear from more people in community and primary care and more early-career pharmacists. Make your views heard!
#pharmacy
We've had a great response but would love to hear from more people in community and primary care and more early-career pharmacists. Make your views heard!
#pharmacy
Singing in a church choir is an important part of my life outside my work. I also love the season of Advent with it's acknowledgement of darkness, uncertainty and waiting. I thought I'd share some pieces of music that resonate with me during this time of year. A moment to pause.
#Advent #Choral
#Advent #Choral
Unborn: A Processional Introit
open.spotify.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
In my view, this cuts to the heart of many of the problems with how the NHS now runs. Benefits of continuity of care are hard to prove in research studies (although I know there are some) but not everything important can be easily measured.
When you're living with a chronic condition, continuity of care helps to contain anxiety- when you know there'll be a reassuring response in the event of inevitable flare ups. The ongoing relationship IS the intervention.
Services can't offer this anymore, & there's increased anxiety throughout.
Services can't offer this anymore, & there's increased anxiety throughout.
November 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
In my view, this cuts to the heart of many of the problems with how the NHS now runs. Benefits of continuity of care are hard to prove in research studies (although I know there are some) but not everything important can be easily measured.
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Brilliant opportunity to get onto the research ladder with your MH pharmacy related ideas. @cmhpcommunity.pharmsky.app @pharmacyresearchuk.bsky.social
Applications are now open! Go to pharmacyresearchuk.org/for-research... to find out more and all the info on how to apply.
November 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Brilliant opportunity to get onto the research ladder with your MH pharmacy related ideas. @cmhpcommunity.pharmsky.app @pharmacyresearchuk.bsky.social
#PharmSky UK pharmacists pls consider taking part in this survey on #AdvancedPractice
You'd be supporting my MPharm4 students and increasing understanding of an important topic.
Could opinion leaders like @pharmrj.pharmsky.app @hpillminster.pharmsky.app and @pharmacistdaz.uk help spread the word?
You'd be supporting my MPharm4 students and increasing understanding of an important topic.
Could opinion leaders like @pharmrj.pharmsky.app @hpillminster.pharmsky.app and @pharmacistdaz.uk help spread the word?
Happy #AdvancingPractice2025 week.
🧵1/5
It's the perfect time to launch the survey by my MPharm4 project students. They're investigating factors that help and hinder pharmacists to achieve #AdvancedPractice recognition.
Read more in this thread or go straight to the survey: tinyurl.com/572cwhya
🧵1/5
It's the perfect time to launch the survey by my MPharm4 project students. They're investigating factors that help and hinder pharmacists to achieve #AdvancedPractice recognition.
Read more in this thread or go straight to the survey: tinyurl.com/572cwhya
November 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
#PharmSky UK pharmacists pls consider taking part in this survey on #AdvancedPractice
You'd be supporting my MPharm4 students and increasing understanding of an important topic.
Could opinion leaders like @pharmrj.pharmsky.app @hpillminster.pharmsky.app and @pharmacistdaz.uk help spread the word?
You'd be supporting my MPharm4 students and increasing understanding of an important topic.
Could opinion leaders like @pharmrj.pharmsky.app @hpillminster.pharmsky.app and @pharmacistdaz.uk help spread the word?
I don't know that she is more powerful, but she has a power he does not have.
I adore Mike and Alison as a couple in BBC Ghosts. So loving, supportive and real. And I think it is abundantly clear he adores her. 💕
I adore Mike and Alison as a couple in BBC Ghosts. So loving, supportive and real. And I think it is abundantly clear he adores her. 💕
November 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I don't know that she is more powerful, but she has a power he does not have.
I adore Mike and Alison as a couple in BBC Ghosts. So loving, supportive and real. And I think it is abundantly clear he adores her. 💕
I adore Mike and Alison as a couple in BBC Ghosts. So loving, supportive and real. And I think it is abundantly clear he adores her. 💕