I'm speaking at The Pharmacy Show 2025 on the 12-13 October at the NEC Birmingham! Register today to join my session! #PS25UK #PharmacyShow invt.io/1bxbglf9lgs

Chill mode on.

11sies, lunch and dinner. All meals are important 😋

Learning from #NRAD. good turnout from GPs, nurses, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians to learn about #NG245 and how much asthma management has changed. Salbutamol no longer has a place in managing adult asthma. Let's treat the disease, not the symptoms. @asthmaandlung.org.uk

Thank you for taking the time to say this.

Since I started seeing patients presenting with RTIs, I have had about 4 chest infections over the winter period, despite wiping things down and wearing masks. But I admit not as often as I should have.

Our research about health in the UK after #Brexit shows troubling levels of medicine shortages are continuing. Companies are warning DHSC about potential shortages more often. 💊 We also look at what's happened to the #NHS workforce and #AI in healthcare since Brexit. Read it here: buff.ly/ckpciZc

Vietnamese food. #pharmfood #phó #summerroll #BúnbòHuế @hpillminster.pharmsky.app

How do GLP-1 drugs affect cognitive and mental health disorders? A comprehensive review www.nature.com/articles/s44...

@pharmagoraplus.bsky.social @pharmagoraplus.bsky.social @cpcongress.bsky.social @thepharmacyshow.bsky.social Come say hello and catch up over a coffee.

Come say hello if you're in Paris!

New hat 👒

My 3 spirits 😋

www.bmj.com/content/387/... Just in time for Xmas.

I always feel privileged when a GP asks me to have a joint consultation to help with a patient with complex conditions. Young patient in his 20s with FM and mixed depression/anxiety. Drug therapy choices limited because of intolerance and side-effects.

NICE Asthma update a few days ago, now the 2025 GOLD Report, Pocket Guide and Teaching Slides. This year's update includes content on:

The new BTS/NICE/SIGN asthma guideline is out, recommending a SABA-free pathway. Asthma is a chronic airway disease. Any treatment should include drugs to reduce the underlying inflammation. Salbutamol has no anti-inflammatory properties. So why use it? 2 main emerging pathways: AIR and SMART

There are lots of nasty bugs going around … make sure to mask up if you’re traveling for Thanksgiving. Your lungs will thank you!

It's Margarita time!

🧵on Everything You Need to Know About RSV 1/ What is RSV? 🦠 Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a common virus causing respiratory infections. 👶 It’s a leading cause of severe lung infections (bronchiolitis, pneumonia) in infants. 🌍 It’s a global issue with 30M+ infections annually in kids < 5.🧪

Takeaways from Hot Topics in Respiratory Medicine webinar this morning: - Joint BTS/SIGN/NICE asthma guidelines end out Nov - new shift in diagnosis: FeNO/EOS/Spiro to support diagnosis. - recognition of obesity as a treatment trait of asthma - roles of GLP1 and Metformin in asthma

On this world #COPD day, I had a meeting with #ILD consultant and @ActionPFcharity www.actionpf.org (not on here yet) to discuss how we can raise awareness of this 'rare disease', and support patients better:

Users of incretin-mimetics in obesity trials lost ≥10% of muscle mass during the 68 -72 week interventions, approx equivalent to 20 yrs of age-related muscle loss. Strategies for minimizing muscle loss during use of IMs drugs for treatment of obesity onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Breakfast with a view #torquay

Was going to sweep these away but decided to leave them be. Quite like the warm feeling they generate. #autumn #leaves

Thank you to @grahamstretch.bsky.social and @pcpa-uk.bsky.social for the fantastic work done to promote the value of #pharmacists and #pharmacytechnicians to the #NHS. I've learned so much from my colleagues and the educational sessions made available to us. This has inspired me to become a leader.

It was a good night.

Saw #JohnBarrowman yesterday and #swanlake from #matthewbourne today. What a fabulous show. Forgot how music makes me happy.

| @bjgpopen.bsky.social This review of 25 studies found that 92% provided strong evidence of an association between unexpected weight loss and undiagnosed cancer, and calls for updated guidelines reflecting recommendations tailored to age, sex and probability of diagnosis ➡️ doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...

Writing an essay on #CDM and cognitive bias. Beware of the amygdala hijack! Have you experienced this?

Here's the primary care one, growing every day #QISky go.bsky.app/Kay62RZ

Hey BlueSky 🦋 Please welcome & follow @pcpa-uk.bsky.social Lots of events coming up follow #PCPAevents for posts I’ve added to my starter pack and all new joiners from UK & IRL: 🔗 go.bsky.app/PzopiA9 Let me know if I’ve missed anyone! #PharmSky

I have no clue what I’ve done but in true Kilmo style I’ve given it a go and create a starter pack for UK based pharmtweeps! Please let me know who I’ve stupidly missed… Here’s one I made earlier… #PharmSky 🦋 go.bsky.app/PzopiA9

Let's talk about Tetracyclines and how awesome they are! 🧵 #IDSky #IDsky #IDX #podcast #ID #infection #infectiousdisease #antibiotics

Today was all about GIT and abdominal pain. My heart sinks whenever I see this booked with me. After today's lecture, it sinks a bit less 😅. Liver Functions test: never had someone making LFTs look so simple. It all makes sense now. Next time: breathlessness.

New post. First post. Looking ahead. # It's a new dawn, it's a new day. It's a new life for me, ooh And I'm feeling good #