Head of Medicines Optimisation| Safety, Quality, Governance | MSO | #PJ Women To Watch 21| CPhO Fellow 19-21 | @theQcommunity member. She/Her. Views my own

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🧵NHS Staff Survey Results 2024🧵 (1/6) Today's latest staff survey results show no significant change from recent years in responses to questions on reporting incidents, clinical safety and speaking up on #patientsafety issues pslhub.org/learn/culture/nhs…
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Last night, I hosted an important discussion in Parliament on the ESN scandal & systemic racism in education, with @LeighDay_Law. Titled 'Justice for Educationally Subnormal Survivors – Racism in Education: From Coard and Beyond', we examined past & ongoing injustices. (1/6)
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Help keep antibiotics working for us all by making sure you take these medicines as your doctor and pharmacist has explained you should. Our Chief pharmacist shares why this this is so important in our video. #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek
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Prescribers at your GP practice use tests to diagnose infections. This helps them decide which antibiotics to prescribe. Local north east London GP, Dr Maeve Heaney, explains how these tests help keep antibiotics working. #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek
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Are you allergic to penicillin? Many people think they are, and have this on their medical notes, but they are not truly allergic. Our Chief Medical Officer explains why it is important to know for sure and the risk to antibiotic resistance. #WAAW2023#WorldAMRAwarenessWeek
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Lets keep antibiotics working. Good hand hygiene prevents the spread of infection. Fewer infections means we can reduce how often antibiotics are prescribed. This helps keep antibiotics as effective as possible. #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek
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Prescribed antibiotics? It’s important to finish the course and not to throw any away with your household waste. Pharmacist, Bobby Sandhu explains how this affects our environment and leads to people becoming resistant to antibiotics. #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek
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Medicines are safe and effective, but you could experience a side effect. Report these through the Yellow card scheme to help make medicines safer. Find out more: mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard
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#MedSafetyWeek highlights the importance of reporting side effects and ensuring patient safety. Our Patient Safety Professional Standards have been developed with @APTUK1 and @PharmForumNI to support you when responding to patient safety incidents. ow.ly/smO350U2ujr
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Another reminder to view my new Patient Safety Principles along with an implementation toolkit, poster and postcard at patientsafetycommissioner.or…
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Check out our ⁦@HealthInnovNet⁩ Polypharmacy poster at the ⁦@rpharms⁩ conference. ⁦@amysemple76⁩ Sarah Hafeez ⁦@MrGPrestwich⁩ ⁦@HealthInnovMcr⁩ ⁦@Healthinn_em⁩ 😊
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Not all medicines will be suitable for everyone. Make sure the medicine is suitable for your patient and always report suspected side effects to the MHRA via the yellow card scheme yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk/ or via the app #MedSafetyWeek #patientsafety #yellowcardscheme
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All medicines can cause side effects. #MedSafetyWeek 🧬We've launched a new genetic biobank, the Yellow Card Biobank, in collaboration with @genomicsengland to study if our genes affect the side effects we experience from medicines. To learn more ➡️ yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk/bioba…
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It’s #MedSafetyWeek 💊 Medicines can cause side effects -ASK ur patients if they r experiencing side effects😭 -ASK if their meds r still working well for them😍 -ASK if they r still taking their meds or have unused meds #AvoidOverprescribing #Prescribe #Deprescribe Safely
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Got a sore throat? Minor illnesses like sore throats, coughs or colds can often be treated at home with over-the-counter medication. Ask your pharmacist for advice. 👇 orlo.uk/right_care_xQSjF
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