Ian Purcell
@mrianpurcell.bsky.social
Geek. Christian. Husband. Father. Belfast born and bred. Advanced Oncology Pharmacist/Team leader.
Reposted by Ian Purcell
📣 Registration for #ELCC26 is open! Join us in Copenhagen, 25–28 March, for cutting-edge science and global networking.
⏰ Early rates until 21 Jan.
🔗 https://ow.ly/mAHv50XBJQL
Don’t miss your chance to shape the future of #LungCancer care!
⏰ Early rates until 21 Jan.
🔗 https://ow.ly/mAHv50XBJQL
Don’t miss your chance to shape the future of #LungCancer care!
December 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
📣 Registration for #ELCC26 is open! Join us in Copenhagen, 25–28 March, for cutting-edge science and global networking.
⏰ Early rates until 21 Jan.
🔗 https://ow.ly/mAHv50XBJQL
Don’t miss your chance to shape the future of #LungCancer care!
⏰ Early rates until 21 Jan.
🔗 https://ow.ly/mAHv50XBJQL
Don’t miss your chance to shape the future of #LungCancer care!
Reposted by Ian Purcell
while making some tea i remembered a substitute Physics teacher we had at school for a bit who'd end every lesson with a general "do you have any questions?" segment and one person asked why when you forget to boil a kettle you can tell by the sound because hot and cold water sound different
December 4, 2025 at 9:24 AM
while making some tea i remembered a substitute Physics teacher we had at school for a bit who'd end every lesson with a general "do you have any questions?" segment and one person asked why when you forget to boil a kettle you can tell by the sound because hot and cold water sound different
Reposted by Ian Purcell
This is the reasoning from @cancerresearchuk.org for those who haven't read it. Quite important context whether you agree with the conclusion or not.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This is the reasoning from @cancerresearchuk.org for those who haven't read it. Quite important context whether you agree with the conclusion or not.
Reposted by Ian Purcell
Results from the SURMOUNT-4 trial have revealed that stopping #Mounjaro treatment can cause weight regain and reversal of other health benefits
#tirzepatide #weightloss #weightlossmedicine #SURMOUNT
buff.ly/eaNwRgT
#tirzepatide #weightloss #weightlossmedicine #SURMOUNT
buff.ly/eaNwRgT
Mounjaro health benefits found to reverse one year after stopping drug
People who stop using the weight-loss drug Mounjaro (tirzepatide; Eli Lilly) can regain weight and experience reversal of other health benefits, a study has found. Analysis of the SURMOUNT-4 trial,…
pharmaceutical-journal.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Results from the SURMOUNT-4 trial have revealed that stopping #Mounjaro treatment can cause weight regain and reversal of other health benefits
#tirzepatide #weightloss #weightlossmedicine #SURMOUNT
buff.ly/eaNwRgT
#tirzepatide #weightloss #weightlossmedicine #SURMOUNT
buff.ly/eaNwRgT
Reposted by Ian Purcell
Who could possibly have predicted Boris would be an unsuitable PM during Covid?
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Who could possibly have predicted Boris would be an unsuitable PM during Covid?
Reposted by Ian Purcell
An evidence review has found no clear link between #paracetamol use in #pregnancy and #autism or #ADHD in children
Rapid review finds no clear link between autism and paracetamol in pregnancy
An evidence review has found no clear link between paracetamol use in pregnancy and autism or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. In their rapid umbrella review published in…
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
An evidence review has found no clear link between #paracetamol use in #pregnancy and #autism or #ADHD in children
Reposted by Ian Purcell
Aseptic services should be “ringfenced” amid cuts to NHS England trusts, the House of Lords Public Services Committee was told at an inquiry into medicine security
#ukpharmacy #aseptic
#ukpharmacy #aseptic
Chemotherapy for 13,000 patients at risk owing to 'significant' aseptic capacity issue, warns ex-NHS England lead
Aseptic services should be “ringfenced” amid cuts to NHS England trusts, the House of Lords Public Services Committee was told at an inquiry into medicine security. Speaking at the inquiry on 5…
buff.ly
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Aseptic services should be “ringfenced” amid cuts to NHS England trusts, the House of Lords Public Services Committee was told at an inquiry into medicine security
#ukpharmacy #aseptic
#ukpharmacy #aseptic
Reposted by Ian Purcell
Are you thinking about becoming a prescriber?
Follow our four steps to become a safe and confident prescriber.
The guide also covers how to choose your scope of practice and find a DPP, including explaining the role to potential DPPs.
Read now: https://ow.ly/byTo50XkOKn
Follow our four steps to become a safe and confident prescriber.
The guide also covers how to choose your scope of practice and find a DPP, including explaining the role to potential DPPs.
Read now: https://ow.ly/byTo50XkOKn
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Are you thinking about becoming a prescriber?
Follow our four steps to become a safe and confident prescriber.
The guide also covers how to choose your scope of practice and find a DPP, including explaining the role to potential DPPs.
Read now: https://ow.ly/byTo50XkOKn
Follow our four steps to become a safe and confident prescriber.
The guide also covers how to choose your scope of practice and find a DPP, including explaining the role to potential DPPs.
Read now: https://ow.ly/byTo50XkOKn
Reposted by Ian Purcell
This week: Deep Disillusionment with Stewart Lee. Does what it says in the title. And then some. #StrongMessageHere www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Strong Message Here - Deep Disillusionment in This Country (with Stewart Lee) - BBC Sounds
Armando Iannucci and Stewart Lee find the sources of deep disillusionment in this country.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This week: Deep Disillusionment with Stewart Lee. Does what it says in the title. And then some. #StrongMessageHere www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Reposted by Ian Purcell
![1
Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area
2
Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction
3
Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it
Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…
4
Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely
[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over
5
Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat
[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster
Minister:
I understand your concerns…
6
Nurse:
Are you OK love?
Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters
7
Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian
[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]
Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love
8
Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to
[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]
9
Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR
[woman looks baffled]
10
woman:
I just want a bus service
Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG
[produces a St George's flag]
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreicahofq6s4xow7vowj7dx6odw6ejdwr4kwcmzta7qwi4hg2nvywji@jpeg)
Reposted by Ian Purcell
October 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Reposted by Ian Purcell
the all time fave
September 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
the all time fave
Reposted by Ian Purcell
Rather than treating every Trump statement as a papal edict, it might be safer to say the president is making it up as he goes along
September 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Rather than treating every Trump statement as a papal edict, it might be safer to say the president is making it up as he goes along
Reposted by Ian Purcell
UK tells patients to ignore Trump’s advice on paracetamol on.ft.com/46yOmDI
UK tells patients to ignore Donald Trump’s advice on paracetamol
Health secretary Wes Streeting says there is ‘no evidence’ of link between drug and autism
on.ft.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
UK tells patients to ignore Trump’s advice on paracetamol on.ft.com/46yOmDI
Reposted by Ian Purcell
Pre-sale for our UK Tour is now live. You can still access by signing up to our mailing list today at mogwai.scot. If you experience any issues, please contact [email protected]
September 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Pre-sale for our UK Tour is now live. You can still access by signing up to our mailing list today at mogwai.scot. If you experience any issues, please contact [email protected]
Reposted by Ian Purcell
We are looking forward to welcoming everyone to #BOPA2025
📅 3-5th October
🗺️Belfast
📋 Packed agenda
👩🏫Incl. clinical updates, research, paediatrics, pharmacy technicians & lots more!
🏆 Awards dinner
There is still to register & secure your space
bopa.org.uk/latest-confere…
📅 3-5th October
🗺️Belfast
📋 Packed agenda
👩🏫Incl. clinical updates, research, paediatrics, pharmacy technicians & lots more!
🏆 Awards dinner
There is still to register & secure your space
bopa.org.uk/latest-confere…
September 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
We are looking forward to welcoming everyone to #BOPA2025
📅 3-5th October
🗺️Belfast
📋 Packed agenda
👩🏫Incl. clinical updates, research, paediatrics, pharmacy technicians & lots more!
🏆 Awards dinner
There is still to register & secure your space
bopa.org.uk/latest-confere…
📅 3-5th October
🗺️Belfast
📋 Packed agenda
👩🏫Incl. clinical updates, research, paediatrics, pharmacy technicians & lots more!
🏆 Awards dinner
There is still to register & secure your space
bopa.org.uk/latest-confere…
Fair to say that the systems @radiohead.wastehq.social tried to put in place to avoid touts and bots didn't work.
Servers crashing. People erroneously identifed as bots and multiple points of failure in the process.
I appreciate the motivation but the execution was lacking
Servers crashing. People erroneously identifed as bots and multiple points of failure in the process.
I appreciate the motivation but the execution was lacking
September 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Fair to say that the systems @radiohead.wastehq.social tried to put in place to avoid touts and bots didn't work.
Servers crashing. People erroneously identifed as bots and multiple points of failure in the process.
I appreciate the motivation but the execution was lacking
Servers crashing. People erroneously identifed as bots and multiple points of failure in the process.
I appreciate the motivation but the execution was lacking
Reposted by Ian Purcell
The Thai cover band you didn't know you needed in your life.
Crank it! 😀 🎸
Crank it! 😀 🎸
August 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The Thai cover band you didn't know you needed in your life.
Crank it! 😀 🎸
Crank it! 😀 🎸
Reposted by Ian Purcell
August 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Reposted by Ian Purcell
Crankin’ it up on a 3-string shovel guitar.
YT: Justin Johnson
YT: Justin Johnson
August 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Crankin’ it up on a 3-string shovel guitar.
YT: Justin Johnson
YT: Justin Johnson
Reposted by Ian Purcell
📢 BOPA Needs YOU!
🩺 Experienced in oncology? (3+ yrs)
📚 Help review our eLearning modules
💌 Apply: [email protected]
✏️ Include: job title, place of work, module of interest and brief statement (≤300 words) on why you’re suited for the role
🩺 Experienced in oncology? (3+ yrs)
📚 Help review our eLearning modules
💌 Apply: [email protected]
✏️ Include: job title, place of work, module of interest and brief statement (≤300 words) on why you’re suited for the role
August 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
📢 BOPA Needs YOU!
🩺 Experienced in oncology? (3+ yrs)
📚 Help review our eLearning modules
💌 Apply: [email protected]
✏️ Include: job title, place of work, module of interest and brief statement (≤300 words) on why you’re suited for the role
🩺 Experienced in oncology? (3+ yrs)
📚 Help review our eLearning modules
💌 Apply: [email protected]
✏️ Include: job title, place of work, module of interest and brief statement (≤300 words) on why you’re suited for the role
Reposted by Ian Purcell
Reposted by Ian Purcell
Spider-Man
Episode 39: Sports World: One Great Meeting
Episode 39: Sports World: One Great Meeting
July 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Spider-Man
Episode 39: Sports World: One Great Meeting
Episode 39: Sports World: One Great Meeting