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Engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Talking Meds is hosted by Jonathan Underhill who, every two weeks, will chat to a fantastic guest about current medical issues and clinical dilemmas. Jonathan has a background as a hospital clinical pharmacist but worked for many years at the National Prescribing Centre (NPC) developing innovative ways of teaching therapeutics, evidence-based medicine and clinical decision making to prescribers and their support teams. Until recently, he worked at NICE as a consultant clinical adviser in their Medicines Optimisation Team. He is now Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP. Jonathan and his guests will discuss topics such as new guidance from NICE on menopause, asthma, depression deprescribing and insomnia; how to tackle penicillin allergy de-labelling. There will also be a series on ’Sensible prescribing in Older people with Jonathan and Lucy’, with consultant geriatrician and author Lucy Pollock. PrescQIPP is a Community Interest Company. We operate on a not-for-profit basis for the benefit of NHS patients and organisations and help NHS organisations to improve medicines-related care to patients. Find out more here: https://www.prescqipp.info/
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Welcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Hadeel Mohammed and Justine Tomlinson about medication discharge planning challenges, particularly for the frail elderly. Hadeel is a senior pharmacist prescriber who began her career as a hospital pharmacist in Manchester before relocating to Yorkshire in 2015, where she transitioned into primary care. She has since held a number of leadership roles, and last year, completed her PhD at the University of Bradford, focusing on medication self-management in older people. Hadeel enjoys working as a portfolio pharmacist, and is currently Lead Pharmacist for Education & Training at Bradford Teaching Hospitals, and a Research Programme Manager for the Yorkshire & Humber Patient Safety Research Collaboration (PSRC). Justine Tomlinson is an Assistant Professor in Physician Associate Studies and Pharmacy Practice at the University of Bradford. She is a pharmacist with a background in community and secondary care practice. Her work explores how patients, carers, and healthcare professionals navigate complex medicines use across healthcare settings, with a particular interest in medicines self-management, transitions of care experience, and reducing medication-related harm. PrescQIPP resources: Supporting medicines self-management webinars Bulletin 371: Polypharmacy and deprescribing Bulletin 373: Medicines safety Bulletin 382: Repeat prescriptions 'Show me your meds please?' campaign materials Other useful resources: BMJ Article - Coping with medicines after hospital discharge—the “belt and braces” approach BMJ Quality and Safety - Patient work self-managing medicines: a skilled job at the sharp end of care Post-discharge medicines management: the experiences, perceptions and roles of older people and their family carers Me and my medicines A new episode of Talking Meds will be available on the first Friday of the month. If you have feedback or suggestions for future topics and guests please submit them to talkingmeds@prescqipp.info PrescQIPP is funded by the NHS for the NHS, and our aim is to improve medicines-related care for patients. We do this by producing high quality evidence-based resources and training, and by facilitating networks between NHS organisations and professionals. The majority of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the UK can access our resources by registering and logging on to our website . If you have any difficulty accessing the website you can email help@prescqipp.info and we’ll aim to sort things out for you. Find out more about PrescQIPP here
Welcome to this episode of Talking Meds where your host, Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, is joined by Beryl Navti to talk about medicines optimisation issues in the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD. Beryl is a Consultant Pharmacist for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) at North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT), where she works closely with pharmacy leads and the wider multidisciplinary team to promote safe prescribing, support medicines governance, and advise on medicines optimisation for children with neurodevelopmental and mental health needs. With over 25 years of experience spanning community, hospital, academic, and mental health sectors, Beryl brings a breadth of clinical expertise to her work. Over the last few years, in addition to her role within children and young people’s services, she has collaborated with service leads to develop services and improve outcomes for people living with ADHD. She is the current Registrar of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy and is dedicated to developing pharmacy professionals fit for the future of healthcare services. PrescQIPP resources: PrescQIPP Masterclass Webinar 18th August 2026 - Safe prescribing in children and young people with mental illness Bulletin 383. ADHD Bulletin 358. Medicine treatment breaks Bulletin 318: Melatonin Other useful resources: NICE NG87 - Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: diagnosis and management NICE Quality standard QS39 - Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder United Kingdom Adult ADHD Network (UKAAN) guidelines ADHD UK - patient group NHS England ADHD taskforce A new episode of Talking Meds will be available on the first Friday of the month. If you have feedback or suggestions for future topics and guests please submit them to talkingmeds@prescqipp.info PrescQIPP is funded by the NHS for the NHS, and our aim is to improve medicines-related care for patients. We do this by producing high quality evidence-based resources and training, and by facilitating networks between NHS organisations and professionals. The majority of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the UK can access our resources by registering and logging on to our website . If you have any difficulty accessing the website you can email help@prescqipp.info and we’ll aim to sort things out for you. Find out more about PrescQIPP here
Welcome to this episode of Talking Meds where your host, Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Prof Sailesh Mishra and we are going to talk about the vexing topic of pain management. Sailesh is a Consultant in Pain Management & anaesthesia at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle Upon Tyne. He started his medical career in 1991, qualified as a doctor in 1997 and started his journey as an anaesthetic and pain management doctor in 1998. His interests in pain management includes acute & perioperative pain, neuropathic pain, and rational safe prescribing of opioids. He works on many national pain groups, including the British Pain Society . Beyond his role as a doctor, he is a Radio Presenter as RJ Sailesh on a weekly live radio show from Spice FM, called Bollywood & Beyond with RJ Sailesh – 7pm every Friday evening! PrescQIPP resources mentioned in this episode: Bulletin 370. Chronic pain Bulletin 336. Reducing opioid prescribing in chronic pain Bulletin 353. Dependence forming medicines Clinical masterclasses Other resources mentioned: Opioids Aware from the Faculty of Pain Management Clinical Masterclass - Managing Cancer as a Long Term Condition in Primary Care A new episode of Talking Meds will be available on the first Friday of the month. If you have feedback or suggestions for future topics and guests please submit them to talkingmeds@prescqipp.info PrescQIPP is funded by the NHS for the NHS, and our aim is to improve medicines-related care for patients. We do this by producing high quality evidence-based resources and training, and by facilitating networks between NHS organisations and professionals. The majority of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the UK can access our resources by registering and logging on to our website . If you have any difficulty accessing the website you can email help@prescqipp.info and we’ll aim to sort things out for you. Find out more about PrescQIPP here
Welcome to this episode of Talking Meds where your host, Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Monica Boulton about the role of social prescribing. Social prescribing involves connecting people to activities, groups and support to improve their health and wellbeing. Many things that affect our health, like loneliness, debt, stress or poor housing, can't be treated by medicine alone. Social prescribing connects people to non-medical support to address these issues and other unmet need. This may involve helping someone join a befriending group, an art class or choir, take up exercise or even help them connect with services to help them manage debt. In short, it can help people to connect and to grow in confidence. Monica is the Strategic Lead for Healthcare Integration & Neighbourhood Health at the National Academy for Social Prescribing (NASP) . With over a decade of experience in social prescribing, Monica initially worked on local implementation before moving into strategic planning and programme delivery on both local and national scales. She now leads NASP’s Social Prescribing Workforce Programme with a role seeking to promote clinical engagement, drive integration of social prescribing across healthcare systems, and championing workforce development. PrescQIPP have hosted a series of webinars to raise awareness of social prescribing. Attendees who complete all seven webinars (including watched the recordings), will be awarded 'Social Prescribing Champion' status as part of the NASP clinical champion programme A new episode of Talking Meds will be available on the first Friday of the month. If you have feedback or suggestions for future topics and guests please submit them to talkingmeds@prescqipp.info PrescQIPP is funded by the NHS for the NHS, and our aim is to improve medicines-related care for patients. We do this by producing high quality evidence-based resources and training, and by facilitating networks between NHS organisations and professionals. The majority of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the UK can access our resources by registering and logging on to our website . If you have any difficulty accessing the website you can email help@prescqipp.info and we’ll aim to sort things out for you. Find out more about PrescQIPP here
Welcome to this episode of Talking Meds where your host, Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Emma Kirk who is the Medication Safety Officer Network Lead for the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service (SPS). Emma and Jonathan explore the thorny issue of medication safety and some of the initiatives to improve this. We will look at the role of medication safety Officers or MSOs and some of the commonly seen errors such as look alike sound alike errors – LASA errors. Emma is a nationally recognised leader in medication safety. As the MSO Network Lead, she provides strategic support to MSOs across England, driving forward the national medication safety agenda. Her work focuses on advancing safer use of medicines through education, collaboration and system level improvement. This shapes safer practices and strengthens professional networks to promote a culture of continuous learning and patient safety across the NHS. PrescQIPP resources mentioned: Look Alike Sound-Alike error awareness and prevention E-learning Medicines safety webkit Bulletin 336. Reducing opioid prescribing in chronic pain Bulletin 349. Look-alike sound-alike prescribing errors Bulletin 351. Insulin Bulletin 356. Stopping overmedication of psychotropic drugs Bulletin 360. Anticholinergic burden Bulletin 361. Medicines without harm Bulletin 373. Medicines safety Other resourced mentioned: Specialist Pharmacy Service - The Medication Safety Officer (MSO) role Centre for Pharmacy PostGraduate Education (CPPE) Patient safety eLearning Health Innovation North West Coast - Medicines Safety Programme A new episode of Talking Meds will be available on the first Friday of the month. If you have feedback or suggestions for future topics and guests please submit them to talkingmeds@prescqipp.info PrescQIPP is funded by the NHS for the NHS, and our aim is to improve medicines-related care for patients. We do this by producing high quality evidence-based resources and training, and by facilitating networks between NHS organisations and professionals. The majority of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the UK can access our resources by registering and logging on to our website . If you have any difficulty accessing the website you can email help@prescqipp.info and we’ll aim to sort things out for you. Find out more about PrescQIPP here
Welcome to this episode of Talking Meds, discussing medicines optimisation challenges for people in secure settings such as prisons. Your host, Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Denise Farmer. Denise is Pharmaceutical Adviser for Health and Justice Commissioning at NHS England. She has a longstanding interest in pharmacy services and medicines pathways in health and justice settings from local to national levels. She first entered a prison in Norfolk while working in a Primary Care Trust (PCT) in 2002 and never really left! Denise’s role provides strategic support for commissioners and service providers. She leads delivery of national H&J medicines policy and strategy to improve medicines optimisation in secure custodial environments. Further information about NHS England's commissioned services for people in prisons, immigration removal centres and secure environments for children and young people is available here: NHS commissioning » Health and justice Resources mentioned in this episode: PrescQIPP resources with recommendations about health and justice and contact details. Shared resources awards project 2025 https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/news/what-i-do-as-a-pharmacist-in-the-prison-service Providing pharmacy services for secure environments (2026) : CPPE RPS professional standards: Optimising Medicines in Secure Environments RCGPSEG: Safer prescribing in Prisons and other useful resources: Secure environments group and the affiliated UK Health and Justice Network Health and Justice Medicines Optimisation Network - Futures (NHS Login required) HEE/NHS WTE Careers map has a HJ area and an example in their case studies: Health & Justice - Pharmacy Careers SPS run webinars/events for secure environments teams and stakeholders: Latest developments in Health and Justice Medicines Optimisation – NHS SPS - Specialist Pharmacy Service – The first stop for professional medicines advice A new episode of Talking Meds will be available on the first Friday of the month. If you have feedback or suggestions for future topics and guests please submit them to talkingmeds@prescqipp.info PrescQIPP is funded by the NHS for the NHS, and our aim is to improve medicines-related care for patients. We do this by producing high quality evidence-based resources and training, and by facilitating networks between NHS organisations and professionals. The majority of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the UK can access our resources by registering and logging on to our website . If you have any difficulty accessing the website you can email help@prescqipp.info and we’ll aim to sort things out for you. Find out more about PrescQIPP here
Welcome to the second of our two episodes of Talking Meds about Genomics-informed medicines optimisation! We are again joined by Vicky Chaplin and Paul Selby. Vicky is the Senior Clinical Lead for the Genomics Unit at NHS England, while Paul is a Consultant Pharmacist in Genomics, working at East Genomics. Again, Paul and Vicky have many qualifications in genomics and its great to have them both here to give both a National and Local view of what’s happening in this area. In this second episode we delve deeper into what the Ten Year NHS Plan says about genomics as well as the latest developments around genomics-informed medicines optimisation, and discuss what might be coming over the horizon very soon! PrescQIPP resources mentioned in this episode: Pharmacogenomics webinar series Clinical Masterclass - November 2023 - Pharmacogenomics: Is it time for implementation into clinical practice? Other resources: Genomics in Pharmacy - Genomics Education Programme Spotlight: PROGRESS project Pharmacy genomics workforce, education and training strategic framework UKCPA Genomics community UKCPA Handbook of Pharmacogenomics CERSI-PGx - ADVANCING PHARMACOGENOMICS IN THE UK Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England PrescQIPP Annual Awards 2026 - Entries are now open for the 2026 PrescQIPP Awards - deadline: 15th May 2026 Now is the time to share all the good work you have done over the past year and be in for a chance to win a prestigious PrescQIPP award - open to all teams working with the NHS across all sectors! Categories for 2026: Addressing health inequalities Care homes/domiciliary care/carer medicines optimisation Data tools and technology to support medicines optimisation Enhanced productivity, sustainability and value for money Patient safety and address overprescribing A new episode of Talking Meds will be available on the first Friday of the month. If you have feedback or suggestions for future topics and guests please submit them to talkingmeds@prescqipp.info PrescQIPP is funded by the NHS for the NHS, and our aim is to improve medicines-related care for patients. We do this by producing high quality evidence-based resources and training, and by facilitating networks between NHS organisations and professionals. The majority of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the UK can access our resources by registering and logging on to our website . If you have any difficulty accessing the website you can email help@prescqipp.info and we’ll aim to sort things out for you. Find out more about PrescQIPP here
Welcome to this episode of Talking Meds where we are going to be talking about taking medicines during periods of fasting. This is particularly relevant at times of the year like this during Ramadan or during Lent for some Christians who observe that. And of course intermittent fasting is very popular as a way of losing or maintaining weight. To discuss this I'm joined by Dr Salman Waqar . Salman is a GP with a background in academia, policy, medical leadership, public health, and education & training. He also has a strong background in community organising and advocacy. He has vast experience of teaching and training for organisations such as the Royal College of GPs and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and has an honorary academic position at Imperial College London having published over 40 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters ( see google scholar list here ) We think there is a significant learning need around medicines issues during periods of fasting, as well as an opportunity to engage with patients who may not otherwise access healthcare services. The resources linked below can help address this. Resources mentioned in this episode; Ramadan Compendium, with risk stratification table Pharmaceutical Journal Article: Case-based learning: medicines management during Ramadan - How pharmacists can support patients in safely and effectively managing medications while fasting. Fasting during Ramadan and fitness for work implications | Occupational Medicine | Oxford Academic Ramadan and Diabetes: A Narrative Review and Practice Update | Diabetes Therapy | Springer Nature Link PrescQIPP Annual Awards 2026 - Entries are now open for the 2026 PrescQIPP Awards - deadline: 15th May 2026 Now is the time to share all the good work you have done over the past year and be in for a chance to win a prestigious PrescQIPP award - open to all teams working with the NHS across all sectors! Categories for 2026: Addressing health inequalities Care homes/domiciliary care/carer medicines optimisation Data tools and technology to support medicines optimisation Enhanced productivity, sustainability and value for money Patient safety and address overprescribing A new episode of Talking Meds will be available on the first Friday of the month. If you have feedback or suggestions for future topics and guests please submit them to talkingmeds@prescqipp.info PrescQIPP is funded by the NHS for the NHS, and our aim is to improve medicines-related care for patients. We do this by producing high quality evidence-based resources and training, and by facilitating networks between NHS organisations and professionals. The majority of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the UK can access our resources by registering and logging on to our website . If you have any difficulty accessing the website you can email help@prescqipp.info and we’ll aim to sort things out for you. Find out more about PrescQIPP here
Welcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Prof Philip Howard about penicillin allergy de-labelling, colloquially known as PADL. Philip is a leading expert in antimicrobial stewardship, he currently serves as Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Regional Antimicrobial Stewardship Lead for NHS England North-East & Yorkshire. He is also a Past President of the British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, a member of the DHSA advisory group on AMR and healthcare-acquired infections, and supports NICE in developing infectious disease guidance. He has published widely on antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) and antibiotic shortages, and has delivered AMS education and training globally. Among his many honours, I know he was especially proud to receive an OBE for services to healthcare. Patients with a recorded penicillin allergy cannot receive many first-line antibiotics and may need second or third-line agents, increasing antimicrobial resistance. Although true penicillin allergy can be life-threatening due to anaphylaxis, 6–8% of the UK population (4–5 million people) carry a label, and up to 95% are inaccurate. Careful penicillin allergy de-labelling (PADL) therefore benefits both individuals and public health. PrescQIPP resources mentioned in this episode; Bulletin 313: Antimicrobial stewardship Clinical Masterclass - July 2024 - Antimicrobial Stewardship; NAP for success in AMS Antimicrobial stewardship NHS Oversight Framework 2025-2026 - ICB performance dashboard: Children prescribed antibiotics in primary care Other resources mentioned in this episode; Summary of antimicrobial prescribing guidance - managing common infections Start smart then focus: toolkit summary ALABAMA study National patient safety alert – harm from incorrect recording of penicillin allergy as penicillamine allergy A new episode of Talking Meds will be available on the first Friday of the month. If you have feedback or suggestions for future topics and guests please submit them to talkingmeds@prescqipp.info PrescQIPP is funded by the NHS for the NHS, and our aim is to improve medicines-related care for patients. We do this by producing high quality evidence-based resources and training, and by facilitating networks between NHS organisations and professionals. The majority of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the UK can access our resources by registering and logging on to our website . If you have any difficulty accessing the website you can email help@prescqipp.info and we’ll aim to sort things out for you. Find out more about PrescQIPP here
Welcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Dr Dimitri Gavriloff about sleep disorders and the use of non-medicine interventions to help with this. There has been an issue for some time with the overprescribing of medicines for insomnia with many high profile campaigns to help us reduce the inappropriate use of hypnotics like benzodiazepines and 'z-drugs'. One intervention that has gained prominence in the past few years is the use of CBTI – cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia. Dimitri is a Clinical Psychologist and Sleep Medicine Specialist with extensive experience in assessing and treating a wide range of sleep disorders. He has experience of running an NHS tertiary care sleep medicine service and now works at the University of Oxford’s Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute , dividing his time between academic and research roles. Alongside his academic work, he is the director of Sleep Well Oxford, a sleep clinic and sleep medicine consultancy, and is a consultant in sleep medicine for Big Health Ltd. PrescQIPP resources mentioned in this episode; Bulletin 352. Insomnia Clinical webinar - Digital CBT for Insomnia - February 2024 Clinical Masterclass - March 2024 - Insomnia: getting back to better sleep Other resources mentioned in this episode; NICE Decision Aid - should I stop my benzodiazepine or z-drug? Spielman's 3 Ps model of insomnia The Sleep Charity The ‘5 principles’ of good sleep health A new episode of Talking Meds will be available on the first Friday of the month. If you have feedback or suggestions for future topics and guests please submit them to talkingmeds@prescqipp.info PrescQIPP is funded by the NHS for the NHS, and our aim is to improve medicines-related care for patients. We do this by producing high quality evidence-based resources and training, and by facilitating networks between NHS organisations and professionals. The majority of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the UK can access our resources by registering and logging on to our website . If you have any difficulty accessing the website you can email help@prescqipp.info and we’ll aim to sort things out for you. Find out more about PrescQIPP here
Welcome to the first of two episodes of Talking Meds where we are going to be talking about Genomics-informed medicines optimisation! As this may well be a phrase that is as unfamiliar to you as it was to me until recently, we have two guests to help explain what it is and why it is of great importance to us all, either as clinicians or patients. Our first guest, Vicky Chaplin, is the Senior Clinical Lead for the Genomics Unit at NHS England, overseeing the multidisciplinary healthcare professional team and their associated workstreams. She is part of the Chief Pharmacist In England, David Webb’s Senior Leadership Team and Pharmacy Advisory Group – to ensure the work is coordinated across pharmacy and medicines developments across the NHS and government. Vicky has worked in various sectors of pharmacy in the NHS and has also worked as a Medical Advisor in the pharmaceutical industry. She is qualified as an independent prescriber, specialising in diabetes care. Joining Vicky is Paul Selby, a Consultant Pharmacist in Genomics, working at East Genomics. Paul has worked in several trusts, but developed his interest in genomics whilst looking after patients with rare and inherited diseases at Cambridge University Hospital Foundation Trust. In this first episode we introduce the concept of genomics-informed medicines optimisation, and discuss what is happening at both National and Local level in the NHS on this. PrescQIPP resources mentioned in this episode; Pharmacogenomics webinar series Clinical Masterclass - November 2023 - Pharmacogenomics: Is it time for implementation into clinical practice? Other resources mentioned in this episode; Genomics in Pharmacy - Genomics Education Programme Spotlight: Clopidogrel pilot project UKCPA Genomics community CERSI-PGx - ADVANCING PHARMACOGENOMICS IN THE UK Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency - NHS England GeNotes NICE Early Value Assessment - Genedrive MT-RNR1 ID Kit for detecting a genetic variant to guide antibiotic use and prevent hearing loss in babies A new episode of Talking Meds will be available on the first Friday of the month. If you have feedback or suggestions for future topics and guests please submit them to talkingmeds@prescqipp.info PrescQIPP is funded by the NHS for the NHS, and our aim is to improve medicines-related care for patients. We do this by producing high quality evidence-based resources and training, and by facilitating networks between NHS organisations and professionals. The majority of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the UK can access our resources by registering and logging on to our website . If you have any difficulty accessing the website you can email help@prescqipp.info and we’ll aim to sort things out for you. Find out more about PrescQIPP here
Welcome to this episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. In this, the first episode for 2026, we welcome back three former guests to look ahead to 2026 and they give us their thoughts on what might happen in terms of medicines and prescribing. Philip Newland-Jones joined us back in April 2025 for Episode 16 where we discussed the management of obesity . Philip is a Consultant Pharmacist in Diabetes and Endocrinology and is the Clinical Director of the Diabetes and Endocrine service at University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Minna Eii joined us in May 2025 for Episode 18 to tell us about her work tackling the sustainability challenges in medicines . Minna is a hospital pharmacist based in the northeast of England. She is the co-founder of Pharmacy Declares and the lead author of the RPS Greener pharmacy toolkit . And who could ever forget when the fantastic Dr Lucy Pollock joined us for the Talking Meds series on sensible prescribing in older people with Jonathan and Lucy? If you haven't listened then you have missed a trick ! Lucy is a consultant in care of older people in Somerset and an acclaimed author of two fabulous books! We hope you enjoy this episode and have a fantastic 2026! Once again, thanks to all of you for listening and for your suggestions and feedback. Please keep that coming! PrescQIPP resources mentioned in this episode; Bulletin 340. Sustainability in medicines optimisation Bulletin 375. Inhaler carbon footprint Polypharmacy and deprescribing Other resources mentioned in this episode; Pragmatic prescribing to reduce harm for older people with moderate to severe frailty | British Geriatrics Society Obesity Medicines; evidence, implementation and practicalities - Philip Newland-Jones A new episode of Talking Meds will be available on the first Friday of the month. If you have feedback or suggestions for future topics and guests please submit them to talkingmeds@prescqipp.info PrescQIPP is funded by the NHS for the NHS, and our aim is to improve medicines-related care for patients. We do this by producing high quality evidence-based resources and training, and by facilitating networks between NHS organisations and professionals. The majority of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the UK can access our resources by registering and logging on to our website . If you have any difficulty accessing the website you can email help@prescqipp.info and we’ll aim to sort things out for you. Find out more about PrescQIPP here
Welcome to this episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. In this last episode for 2025, we welcome back three former guests to look back on the year in terms of medicines and prescribing. Prof Adam Todd joined us in July 2025 for episode 23 where we discussed his work on how community pharmacy can buck the inverse care law. Dr Deb Gompertz joined us back in June 2025 for episode 21 to talk about her 'Show me your medicines' campaign. Hadeel Mohammed joined us in March 2025 for episode 14 where we discussed the importance of mentoring to encourage personal progress and, specifically, the ENIGMA scheme that she helped set up. We have a had a very successful year at PrescQIPP and particularly with the Talking Meds podcast. This will be our 34th episode and bearing in mind most podcasts only last around 3 months before they stop, we're pleased to have had over 13,000 downloads since we started. Thanks to all of you for listening and for your suggestions and feedback. Please keep that coming! Resources mentioned in this episode: Pragmatic prescribing to reduce harm for older people with moderate to severe frailty Core20PLUS5 Framework: Reducing healthcare inequalities among older people The Positive Pharmacy Care Law Revisited ENIGMA Mentoring Initiative - ENhancing leadershIp amonGst ethnically diverse feMale phArmacy professionals [ENIGMA] 'Show me your meds please?' campaign materials Previous episodes with the guests interviewed today: Episode 14. The importance of mentoring to encourage personal progress with Hadeel Mohamed Episode 21. Show me your medicines with Dr Deb Gompertz Episode 23. How community pharmacy can buck the inverse care law with Prof Adam Todd A new episode of Talking Meds will be available on the first Friday of the month. If you have feedback or suggestions for future topics and guests please submit them to talkingmeds@prescqipp.info PrescQIPP is funded by the NHS for the NHS, and our aim is to improve medicines-related care for patients. We do this by producing high quality evidence-based resources and training, and by facilitating networks between NHS organisations and professionals. The majority of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the UK can access our resources by registering and logging on to our website . If you have any difficulty accessing the website you can email help@prescqipp.info and we’ll aim to sort things out for you. Find out more about PrescQIPP here
Welcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Katie Smith about the PrescQIPP IMPACT Tool. Katie is the Director of Clinical Quality at PrescQIPP and is responsible for quality assuring all the PrescQIPP resources before publication. Katie has worked for 29 years as a pharmacist in community pharmacy, as a GP practice pharmacist and medicines information pharmacist. She has worked with PrescQIPP since their inception in 2010 and joined the team substantively in April 2018. Outside of work she enjoys reading, cooking and watching sport, particularly the trials and tribulations of Ipswich Town FC, as well as being mum to her 9 year old adopted son. PrescQIPP resources mentioned in this episode: Bulletin 268: IMPACT IMPACT webinar Using IMPACT for a medication review Other resources mentioned in this episode: GP Evidence STOPP-START v3 - CGA Toolkit Plus A new episode of Talking Meds will be available on the first Friday of the month. If you have feedback or suggestions for future topics and guests please submit them to talkingmeds@prescqipp.info PrescQIPP is funded by the NHS for the NHS, and our aim is to improve medicines-related care for patients. We do this by producing high quality evidence-based resources and training, and by facilitating networks between NHS organisations and professionals. The majority of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the UK can access our resources by registering and logging on to our website . If you have any difficulty accessing the website you can email help@prescqipp.info and we’ll aim to sort things out for you. Find out more about PrescQIPP here
Welcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, continues the series of podcasts called 'Caring about medicines in Care Homes with Jonathan and Sundus'. In today's episode, Jonathan and Sundus are joined by Jane Shanahan who is a Pharmacy Technician with over four decades of experience. Currently, Jane works for the Specialist Medicines Optimisation Care Home Team at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS, where they provide expert support to numerous care homes through comprehensive medicines optimisation, crisis turnaround, staff education and training, and detailed medication reviews. Jane has collaborated on many projects looking at anticholinergic burden and won the PrescQIPP gold award for their project on reducing anticholinergic burden as well as the APTUK Pharmacy Education and Development Award. She is currently working on a collaborative national campaign called #FindYourEvelyn , which has resulted in significant improvement in quality of life for a 101 year old lady. The challenge from Jane is for others to find your Evelyn and make an impact on their lives. PrescQIPP resources mentioned in this episode: PrescQIPP Care Homes Webkit PrescQIPP Care homes VPG PrescQIPP gold award for their project on reducing anticholinergic burden PrescQIPP eLearning course on anticholinergic burden PrescQIPP Bulletin 360. Anticholinergic burden Other resources mentioned in this episode: #FindYourEvelyn National Pharmacy Care Home Faculty in partnership with PCPA NICE Guideline on Managing medicines in care homes Care Quality Commission Medicines information for adult social care services A new episode of Talking Meds will be available on the first Friday of the month. If you have feedback or suggestions for future topics and guests please submit them to talkingmeds@prescqipp.info PrescQIPP is funded by the NHS for the NHS, and our aim is to improve medicines-related care for patients. We do this by producing high quality evidence-based resources and training, and by facilitating networks between NHS organisations and professionals. The majority of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the UK can access our resources by registering and logging on to our website . If you have any difficulty accessing the website you can email help@prescqipp.info and we’ll aim to sort things out for you. Find out more about PrescQIPP here
Welcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Zoe Girdis about recent prescribing hot topics. This is an opportunity to update your mindline with some of the recent changes from NICE and MHRA that impact medicines. Zoe Girdis is a pharmacist prescriber who works as an independent consultant for primary care and as a trainer and educator. Her career as a pharmacist spans over 27 years working in England, Ireland and Australia. She was one of the first pharmacist prescribers in the UK and has worked for NICE as well as being the National Director for Practice, Policy and Regulation in Australia. Zoe co-founded and delivered the National Polypharmacy Action Learning set 3 day course honing in on many of Zoe’s passions – shared decision making, person centred care and educating/mentoring colleagues to create successful communities of practice and, frankly, be the best clinicians they can be. Click here to access the slides that accompany the hour long webinar that covered these topics in more detail. Today's episode covers the following topics: MHRA Drug Safety Update on Topical steroids: introduction of new labelling and a reminder of the possibility of severe side effects, including Topical Steroid Withdrawal Reactions NICE Type 2 diabetes in adults: management (medicines update) NICE NG 106: Chronic heart failure in adults: diagnosis and management (updated Sept 2025 ) Other useful links GP Evidence decision tool on Heart Failure with reduced ejection fraction GP Evidence on type-2 diabetes NICE PDA on type 2 diabetes A new episode of Talking Meds will be available on the first Friday of the month. If you have feedback or suggestions for future topics and guests please submit them to talkingmeds@prescqipp.info PrescQIPP is funded by the NHS for the NHS, and our aim is to improve medicines-related care for patients. We do this by producing high quality evidence-based resources and training, and by facilitating networks between NHS organisations and professionals. The majority of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the UK can access our resources by registering and logging on to our website . If you have any difficulty accessing the website you can email help@prescqipp.info and we’ll aim to sort things out for you. Find out more about PrescQIPP here
Welcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Laura Kearney about the use of medicines in breast feeding. Laura is the Clinical Lead pharmacist for the team at the UK Drugs in Lactation Advisory Service, an NHS service advising on the use of medicines in breastfeeding. Laura is a Medicines Advice pharmacist with a clinical background in hospital pharmacy. She previously worked at the BNF, where she gained her MSc. She specialises in medicines use in breastfeeding, and in 2022 was the first UK pharmacist to become a UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative Qualified Advocate. Last year she also became the first consultant pharmacist specialising in lactation and medicines advice. She has a passion for ensuring all babies and families are supported to breastfeed, providing evidence-based holistic care, and advocating for change. Resources mentioned in this episode: The Breastfeeding Network | Independent Breastfeeding Support e-lactancia. Is this compatible with breastfeeding? Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed®) - NCBI Bookshelf Pharmaceutical Journal - Some women stop breastfeeding following ‘overly cautious’ medication advice A new episode of Talking Meds will be available on the first Friday of the month. If you have feedback or suggestions for future topics and guests please submit them to talkingmeds@prescqipp.info PrescQIPP is funded by the NHS for the NHS, and our aim is to improve medicines-related care for patients. We do this by producing high quality evidence-based resources and training, and by facilitating networks between NHS organisations and professionals. The majority of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the UK can access our resources by registering and logging on to our website . If you have any difficulty accessing the website you can email help@prescqipp.info and we’ll aim to sort things out for you. Find out more about PrescQIPP here
Welcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Alison Smith about the role of prescribing support dietitians and the sensible prescribing of nutritional products. Alison has been qualified as a Registered Dietitian for more than 25 years, and since 2013 has worked as a Prescribing Support Dietitian within Clinical Commissioning Groups and latterly an Integrated Care Board. Her role focusses on appropriate prescribing of nutrition products, with a particular remit for prevention, identification and appropriate management of malnutrition using a food-based approach. Alison is chair of both the Department of Health and Social Care Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances (ACBS) and the PrescQIPP Nutrition Virtual Professional Group . Alison is also a committee member of both the Older People Specialist Group and the Optimising Nutrition Prescribing Specialist Group of the British Dietetic Association (BDA) . In 2021 Alison was made a Fellow of the BDA for her services to the profession and in 2024 was awarded the inaugural Chief Allied Health Professions Officer (CAHPO) Gold Award for Excellence . In this episode of Talking Meds, Jonathan and Alison talk about the positive impact of having a registered dietitian within a medicines team and some of the particular challenges associated with prescribing of nutritional products. PrescQIPP and other resources: Nutrition webkit Bulletin 261: Oral Nutritional Supplements Nutrition VPG Creating a fortified diet recipe book for care home caterers - joint publication with PrescQIPP, BDA and NACC A new episode of Talking Meds will be available on the first Friday of the month. If you have feedback or suggestions for future topics and guests please submit them to talkingmeds@prescqipp.info PrescQIPP is funded by the NHS for the NHS, and our aim is to improve medicines-related care for patients. We do this by producing high quality evidence-based resources and training, and by facilitating networks between NHS organisations and professionals. The majority of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the UK can access our resources by registering and logging on to our website . If you have any difficulty accessing the website you can email help@prescqipp.info and we’ll aim to sort things out for you. Find out more about PrescQIPP here
Welcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Dr Janine Barnes and Stephanie Bancroft about the challenges with medicines use in people with Parkinson's Disease Stephanie is a community pharmacist, Chair of the Parkinson’s Disease Specialist Pharmacy Network (PDSPN) and Co-Chair of the Pharmacists Consortium London North West (PCLNW). As Co-Chair the PCLNW, Stephanie provides educational events and organises projects for local community pharmacists with the aim to improve patient outcomes and support CPD. She also helped develop the accredited pharmacist training programme for the Parkinson’s Excellence Network . Stephanie has also starred in the excellent Movers and Shakers podcast with Rory Cellan-Jones and Jeremy Paxmen et al - you can listen to her episode here . Janine is Specialist Pharmacist at the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust. She completed her PhD in Neuropharmacology, then became a researcher and clinical lecturer, before becoming an independent prescriber in 2007. Janine was the first UK accredited Pharmacist with Special Interest in Neurology and was awarded the RPS Clinical Pharmacist of the year in 2012. She was a member of the NICE Parkinson’s guideline update committee (NG-71) . In 2018 Janine founded the PDSPN and is currently Deputy Chair. She received an MBE for Services to Pharmacy and people with Parkinson’s in 2019. Upcoming PrescQIPP Webinar series on Parkinson's Disease: Parkinson's webinar series Resources mentioned in this episode: Parkinson’s Disease Specialist Pharmacy Network (PDSPN) Accredited pharmacist training programme for the Parkinson’s Excellence Network . Movers and Shakers podcast episode with Stephanie talking with with Rory Cellan-Jones and Jeremy Paxmen et al. NICE Parkinson’s guideline NG-71 . A new episode of Talking Meds will be available on the first Friday of the month. If you have feedback or suggestions for future topics and guests please submit them to talkingmeds@prescqipp.info PrescQIPP is funded by the NHS for the NHS, and our aim is to improve medicines-related care for patients. We do this by producing high quality evidence-based resources and training, and by facilitating networks between NHS organisations and professionals. The majority of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the UK can access our resources by registering and logging on to our website . If you have any difficulty accessing the website you can email help@prescqipp.info and we’ll aim to sort things out for you. Find out more about PrescQIPP here
Welcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Lisa McCarthy about the Canadian experience with person-centred deprescribing. Lisa is a pharmacist and Associate Professor working with the University of Toronto as well as Trillium Health Partners, one of Canada's largest hospitals. She has more than 20 years of practice experience across acute, primary, and ambulatory care settings. In her research, she aims to explore the people, processes and resources needed to optimize care models in partnership with those they are intended to serve. She is Co-Director of the internationally known deprescribing.org team and serves on the executive of the Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network . She has many collaborations across the world studying prescribing cascades and is also leading a nationally funded study exploring overtreatment of diabetes in Canada's long-term care homes. Lisa also has her personal time governed by Ozzie (a schnauzer poodle rescue) and 3 pre teen/teens. In this episode of Talking Meds, Jonathan and Lisa talk about how pharmacy teams work in Canada, what we mean by person-centred deprescribing and medication appropriateness and what networks there are for those interested in getting in touch with others interested in deprescribing. They also discuss the ICOD2026 conference to be held in Montreal, Canada from April 27-29 2026. Time to get your abstracts for oral and poster presenations as well as workshops, panels and seminar in, open from Sept 1 - Oct 15! PrescQIPP resources mentioned in this episode: PrescQIPP deprescribing resources PrescQIPP IMPACT tool Other resources mentioned in this episode: DEPOT (Deprescribing Guidelines Repository) International Journal Club on Deprescribing (free for everyone) Next one is Sept 25, hosted by the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy A new episode of Talking Meds will be available on the first Friday of the month. If you have feedback or suggestions for future topics and guests please submit them to talkingmeds@prescqipp.info PrescQIPP is funded by the NHS for the NHS, and our aim is to improve medicines-related care for patients. We do this by producing high quality evidence-based resources and training, and by facilitating networks between NHS organisations and professionals. The majority of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the UK can access our resources by registering and logging on to our website . If you have any difficulty accessing the website you can email help@prescqipp.info and we’ll aim to sort things out for you. Find out more about PrescQIPP here
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