Thrilled that our survey on Barriers and Facilitators to primary care staff conducting research has been published. The largest facilitator was clear patient benefit and the largest barrier was the inability to fit in extra work in. See paper for recommendations journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Demand for weight loss drugs is soaring but what does the future hold for these medicines and will demand outstrip supply? @lizbreen.bsky.social @jonsilcock.bsky.social theconversation.com/weight-loss-...

Pallets are unassuming but mighty! Businesses depend on these products to move stock but they are found being used in so many other ways. Globally pallet circulation is constrained and costs are incurred. Kamran Mahroof and I discuss this in our latest article here 👇 @uniofbradford.bsky.social

Lost pallets come at a cost to both businesses and consumers.

Today GPs can prescribe Mounjaro for weight loss in England. In our article (Oct 2024), we discussed the supply & demand concerns, and the need for dedicated resources to support patients. @zoeed1.bsky.social @jonsilcock.bsky.social @theconversation.com theconversation.com/mounjaro-wil...

'Green Purchasing Intentions' - Colleagues with a 'Green' specialism/interest, can you please support this undergraduate study by completion of this survey? Thank you🙏 ljmu.questionpro.eu/a/TakeSurvey...

Are we in a quad-demic now? Lots of reporting of symptoms of flu, Covid, RSV or norovirus and overwhelmed healthcare providers 🤢😷🤒 More thoughts on the impact of the quad-demic in the UK and support available here 👇 @zoeed1.bsky.social @jonsilcock.bsky.social theconversation.com/the-uk-could...

Congratulations to our colleagues at Bradford Teaching Hospitals- leading NHS Trust in England for research study recruitment in 23-34! Bradford living up to our claim to be a City of Research. #MedSky @nihr.bsky.social

How would Canada's health-care system respond in another world war? Operation Trillium Cura brings emergency preparedness experts together, by @brucearthur.bsky.social www.thestar.com/news/canada/... via @thestar.com

@zoeed1.bsky.social @jonsilcock.bsky.social

Our NHS is facing the cyclical winter pressures and higher than expected cases of four respiratory viruses COVID, flu, RSV and norovirus. In @theconversation.com we comment on symptom self-management, vaccinations and the role of Pharmacy teams. Our article is 👇 theconversation.com/the-uk-could...

Our latest article for the conversation with info about the four viruses currently circulating widely @proflizbreen14.bsky.social @jonsilcock.bsky.social

Mounjaro - the new weight loss medicine soon to start being rolled out across the NHS. Here is a piece we did for The Conversation about it recently theconversation.com/mounjaro-wil... @uniofbradford.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com

Antiviral use ‘authorised’ from today for Flu www.cas.mhra.gov.uk/ViewAndAckno...

Jeff has the right idea. Bunker down and ride out the cold snap! 🥶❤️

Do you work in a care home for older people in England and are you involved in medication reviews? If so, we really want to hear your views. Please complete our short survey app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/leeds/depp... There’s a prize draw for a chance to win a £50 or £100 voucher.

We want to hear from primary care health professionals working in England who are involved in structured medication reviews for older people living in care homes-via this this short survey app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/leeds/depp... There's a prize draw for the chance of a £50 or £100 voucher.

Waiting patiently (ish) to hear who has won the coveted awards! A lovely evening celebrating our research success and mesmerised by the quality of the research on display. With my amazing team colleagues @davidalldred.bsky.social Jon Silcock

Insights from our Access to Medicines (AtM) event Nov 15th 2024. Securing continuity of medicines supplies is challenging. Collaborative efforts are key to progression. @suealldred.bsky.social @zoeed1.bsky.social @hadeelmohamed.bsky.social @davidalldred.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...