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Graham Stretch @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app · 13d

A huge tribute to all my wonderful friends and colleagues on this #WorldPharmacistDay 2025 💚

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National Pharmacy Care Home Faculty @npchf.bsky.social · 13d

On World Pharmacists Day 2025, we extend our heartfelt thanks to all our incredible care home pharmacists! Your dedication, smiles and lasting impact makes a real difference every day.
National Pharmacy Care Homes Faculty (NPCHF)
www.pcpa.org.uk/articles/pcp...

#ThinkPharmacist

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Primary Care Pharmacy Association @pcpa-uk.bsky.social · 18d

Congrats Abbie, our PCPA Pharmacy Technician Chair on winning APTUK Advancing Cinical Practice Award tonight

@aptuk.bsky.social @abbiestirling.bsky.social @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jul 30

Motherfucking wind farms…

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Helen Hương Kilminster @hpillminster.pharmsky.app · Jul 2

🎉 PCPA CPIP FORUM - launched today!!!!
If you follow @pcpa-uk.bsky.social on LinkedIn you can watch our President @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app introducing this new forum to support community pharmacy colleagues with prescribing practice.
www.pcpa.org.uk/articles/cpi...
#PCPAevents #PharmSky

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Graham Stretch @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app · Jun 23

Delighted to complete final DPP sign off for local Community Pharmacist Petya Bletsova today for her IP ✍🏻 ⭐

Petya bought donuts 🍩 for everyone- forgetting the 12 trainees are off for their exam tomorrow, luckily teenage boys at home will ensure no wastage - & me, GPs & nurses etc

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Graham Stretch @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app · Jun 17

❗️MPharm3 Students - ORIEL Deadline Wed 18th June - Register Now❗️

And of course - preference our unique 4️⃣ sector award winning training program, entering our 13th year - search ‘Argyle’

DPP in all four sectors

GP - Hospital - Care Home - Community

www.oriel.nhs.uk/Web/Home

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Graham Stretch @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app · Jun 9

Today ✅Foundation sign off & ✍🏻 Nurse / Pharmacist prescribing training

Final sign off for foundation trainees Tarq & Arshida - thanks to Jade Pharmacy for further community / GP / Care Home collaborations

Also Linda, Petya & Mericia nurse ACP & community pharmacist IP prescribing training

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Julian Winn @winn-on-health.bsky.social · Jun 3

More evidence that structured approaches to drug management reduces the medicines 'burden' on individuals

"our intervention nudged prescribers to regularly reassess [potentially inappropriate medications], which is important as people age and goals of care shift"

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Deprescribing Electronic Decision Support for Adults Living in Long-Term Care

This stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial of long-term care home residents assesses the efficacy of an evidence-based electronic decision support tool for deprescribing potentially inappropriate med...

jamanetwork.com

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Graham Stretch @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app · Jun 3

💡 I’m delighted to be chairing & speaking at the inaugural GP Pharmacy Virtual Event

💻 24 June

🤝 Fantastic line-up of Speakers

📃 Agenda: events.cogora.com/gp-pharmacy-...

Join us!

@thepharmacistnews.bsky.social

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Graham Stretch @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app · May 31

Part of my postdoc was on Olive 🫒 Oil’s health giving properties so I’d happily collaborate - who wants to sponsor our work?

@cathedralcity.bsky.social ?

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Graham Stretch @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app · May 31

I feel cheese has a great benefit vs risk ratio

- indeed should we be able to prescribe cheese in preference to MAOIs for mood disorders - are there head to head clinical trials? Although blinding a Gorgonzola vs Phenelzine trial would be a challenge

(Checked openprescribing 373 items 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 March 25)

a cartoon character in a suit and tie is pointing at the camera and saying cheese .

ALT: a cartoon character in a suit and tie is pointing at the camera and saying cheese .

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Robin Conibere @pharmrj.pharmsky.app · May 30

Listen to @pcpa-uk.bsky.social's very own @hpillminster.pharmsky.app on the @prescqipp.info Talking Meds Podcast with @jonathanunderhill.pharmsky.app here➡️ pcpa.co/HelenPOD #PharmSky #MedSky

19. The importance of generalism in pharmacy with Helen Kilminster

Talking Meds - A PrescQIPP podcast · Episode

pcpa.co

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Graham Stretch @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app · May 27

Managing to keep
mine under 6 figures for a while now with tenacity and long hours…

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Graham Stretch @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app · May 24

Congratulations 🎉and thanks to @hfxamanda.bsky.social on 30 years NHS service at Heath Pharmacy, Halifax - mind boggling to think of the hundreds of thousands of consultations, prescriptions & patient interactions you must of had during that time 😮
@pcpa-uk.bsky.social @lauraangus.pharmsky.app

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Graham Stretch @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app · May 19

The venues for the GPhC @gphc.bsky.social registration assessment and further details have been released www.pharmacyregulation.org/students-and...

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PrescQIPP CIC @prescqipp.info · May 15

If your project's improved medicines optimisation for older people, you could win a #PrescQIPP2025 Award.

Enter the 'Care homes/domiciliary care/carer medicines optimisation' category: www.prescqipp.info/community-re...

@grahamstretch.pharmsky.app @coachingchemist.pharmsky.app @pcpa-uk.bsky.social

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Graham Stretch @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app · May 11

Hero of mine, Ealing boy. Went to my eldest school. (More accurately Acton) Very jealous

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Graham Stretch @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app · May 11

My commitment to equity:

Through education & proactive patient care, I aim to foster a culture of awareness & equity in pain management. By promoting regular patient reviews, we can help close the gender pain gap & provide compassionate, unbiased care.

www.hcp.nurofen.co.uk/static/see-m...

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Graham Stretch @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app · May 11

Gender inequalities exist in pain management arising from unconscious biases amongst health care professionals - the ‘gender pain gap’

youtu.be/v4O27X2pAyQ?...

With thanks to Reckitt for the opportunity to explore and highlight this under recognised area

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Graham Stretch @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app · May 10

I have hair back

a man with long hair and a beard is sitting at a desk with his eyes closed .

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media.tenor.com

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Graham Stretch @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app · May 8

Can confirm

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Graham Stretch @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app · May 8

Join me to talk about all things DPP and Prescribing Training

@cpcongress.bsky.social
🗓️ 10 May 2025
🕰️ 13:00 - 13:30
📍 Integrated & Primary Care Theatre

#cpcongress #PCPAevents
@pcpa-uk.bsky.social @noma1.bsky.social

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Graham Stretch @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app · May 8

Great to see this sign at King’s Cross has gone fully multi - lingual and is welcoming folks from Yorkshire like @laulok.bsky.social @lauraangus.pharmsky.app @hadeelmohamed.bsky.social @suealldred.bsky.social

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Graham Stretch @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app · May 7

How can we optimise our primary care workforce?

Opening keynote panel- at Primary Care Partnership Network (PCPN)

Looking forward to participating in morning pcpn-uk.com/agenda/2025/

@fhussain73.bsky.social Sonia Kumar @victoriatb.bsky.social Rachel Power Estefania Costa @pcpa-uk.bsky.social

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