If you are coming to #BOPA2025 to the Journal Club on Sunday morning you should have an email with some links for some homework! I promise we aren't asking you to do tons of work... But for the session to work well... Please bring a copy of one of the papers on your📱 or 🖨️...

Delighted to be sharing some work we have been working on for sometime: Cetuximab Vs Pantitumumab - we found no efficacy difference but did find different side effect profile. Presenting at #ESMOGI25 this week doi.org/10.6084/m9.f... I'll be near the poster Friday PM if anyone wants to talk

The RPS membership now includes Professional Liability Insurance. It provides you with cover for your professional liabilities, access to expert legal advice, allowing you to focus on patient care. Find out more including policy coverage and exclusions: ow.ly/GNgj50WfZr6

Understating the influence of exercise in preventing recurrences/improving survival for Colorectal cancer. #UKOF25 7% OS gain at 8y Vs 5% Oxaliplatin...

📢 📢 2025 BOPA Conference: Registration NOW OPEN! For MEMBERS click here: www.bopa.org.uk/bopa-2025-me... BOPA members receive a reduced conference fee of £300 (including VAT) if booked by Monday 8th September. Preferential rates at hotels nearby. For NON-MEMBERS click here: eur.cvent.me/OKgO4O

📢 📢 27th Annual BOPA Conference October 2024 - Abstracts now published. Congratulations to all authors. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... Please contact the research sub-committee for support. Abstracts presented: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I have written many healthcare stories, but never before have I written about my own health. I decided to do so after learning one of my drugs costs nearly $1,000 a pill and just 25 cents to make. What I found was an incredible story of discovery and exploitation. www.propublica.org/article/revl...

KEYNOTE-991 Trial Results: Pembrolizumab Plus Enzalutamide and ADT in mHSPC oncodaily.com/oncolibrary/... #OncoDaily #Oncology #Cancer #Health #Medicine #MedEd #MedOnc #MedNews #KEYNOTE-991 #IO #ADT #Pembrolizumab #Enzalutamide #mHSPC #ProstateCancer

Controlled medicines such as pain relievers and sedatives are essential for managing and treating numerous health conditions. Yet, millions of people in need can’t access them. 🔗 WHO's new guideline to support urgent, safe & rational access to life-improving controlled medicines: bit.ly/4ktyVBV

Colleagues working with Cancer Drugs Fund are trying to assess how helpful a horizon scanning tool is. If you work in SACT services in UK they want your views.. forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... We also want to know if you haven’t heard of it or haven’t used it too

A small but momentous change to the OpenPrescribing homepage this evening. Hospital medicines data now OPEN for everyone hospitals.openprescribing.net

TRAVEL INSURANCE: OVER 65s OR GOT PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. I said on @itvMLshow yesterday I'd do videos to explain as we ran out of time. I now realise I'll struggle to get 'em done quickly. So here's a link to all the info you should need www.moneysavingexpert.com/tips/2025/05... #MartinLewis

Use of #SSRI #antidepressants are associated with a “statistically substantial increased risk” of #posturalhypotension in patients aged over 60 years during the first 28 days of use, according to study results #mentalhealth #sideeffects buff.ly/DtleGq2

#pharmsky if you know someone who’d like to come and work in Critical Care, please get them to check out this link! Thanks 🙏🏻

Interested in a drug and what hospitals are prescribing it? Behold our new analysis page! Tool: hospitals.openprescribing.net/analyse/ Blog: www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/05... Check the data for yourself! Tell your mates!

Ribociclib SHELF LIFE OF TABLETS REDUCED Storage shelf life drops from 3 years to 1 year - this will need some careful stock management @bopa.org.uk as stock will inevitably arrive with less than this ALSO MOVES TO FRIDGE STORAGE ❄️ updates.chemo.org.uk/SPC_News/pro...

So what's the point of credentialling? It strengthens the profession. I hear far too many people say there's no point, they're already being paid at that level. But how do patients know a title means something? Employers need to be better at ensuring pharmacists are working at the right level

One of the most excitable presenters I've ever seen! Plee for help testing the new openprescribing for hospitals. Can't wait to start nosying #CPCongress hospitals.openprescribing.net/analyse/

It may be 5pm, but @brianmackenna.bsky.social is giving us a very energetic introduction to Open Prescribing for hospitals from @bennettoxford.bsky.social #CPCongress

CPhO Keynote: -great savings have been and can be made with efficient bio similar switches -Meds optimisation essential for patient safety, reduce waste and prevent hospitalisation -aseptics services expansion with hub creation -standardisation of aseptics products starting with chemo ongoing

Feel lucky to have joined the queue early enough to get a spot for CPhO Keynote. Didn't manage last year! #cpcongress

We are proud to announce a new professional liability insurance policy, exclusive to RPS members. Find out more including policy coverage and exclusions: bit.ly/3RSjyqA

Consultant pharmacist journey some of my take homes: -start collecting evidence early, it is a JOURNEY. Doesn't happen overnight. -have confidence in yourself. -Advocate for others & find people who will advocate & believe in you to open doors in places you might never expect. -->

MAJOR new benefit announced for RPS members. Comprehensive Pharmacy Insurance. www.rpharms.com/insurance @rpharms.com

Number of med supply issues only ever increasing. Lots of work goes into protecting patient supply beforehand that I certainly never think about at the other end when I finally get the message that something is unavailable #cpcongress

En route to London for #cpcongress. Busy two days ahead!

Because I want good news in my life… New cancer centre approved at Brighton hospital www.bbc.com/news/article...

Addition of zoledronic acid to enzalutamide and ADT in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer: BONENZA www.nature.com/articles/s41... Study confirmed that ZA did not enhance treatment efficacy in this setting, though WB-DW-MRI proved a reliable tool for monitoring bone metastasis response

My patient’s cancer was curable but for years she endured painful sex as a result. This story is all too familiar | Ranjana Srivastava

Patients sometimes don't start their new box immediately. And in the adjuvant setting 1 box might last 6 weeks. This is going to require planning and discussions to minimise waste and avoid panic. Surprisingly slow comms from Novartis regarding this. Change to SmPC was back in Feb

We're well into hay fever season folks. This excellent video from @londonallergy.bsky.social and advice from a twitter thread she made a couple of years ago still worth everyone knowing ➡️ bmg.link/HayFeverAllergy

And we will continue to post updates here. I'm which case you might find @bluenotify.app helpful to be told about changes.

🔉 Pleased to share a beta version of our updated tracker. 🔻Cancer Drug Fund List updates 🔻@cancerresearchuk.org consent form updates 🔻Summary of Product Characteristics updates. updates.chemo.org.uk

Impt paper from @npca-natcan.bsky.social-geographic variation in prostate cancer diagnosis bmjoncology.bmj.com/content/4/1/... Areas with the HIGHEST risk of metastatic disease have the LOWEST incidence of all prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is curable if caught early @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social

We are delighted to announce that Members have voted in favour by way of a Special Resolution Vote in support of proposed changes to the RPS’ Royal Charter and our transition to Royal College. Find out more: bit.ly/4c4pJkC

2 days left to take part in the Special Resolution Vote and help shape the future of pharmacy. #RPSVote closes at 5pm on Monday, 24 March 2025. Vote now: ow.ly/MVSu50ViU5m Find out more about the proposals for change: ow.ly/hIbb50ViU5l

And zero consequences will result...

6 days left to take part in the Special Resolution Vote and help shape the future of pharmacy. #RPSVote closes at 5pm on Monday, 24 March 2025. Vote now: ow.ly/MVSu50ViU5m Find out more about the proposals for change: ow.ly/hIbb50ViU5l

I know this isn't top of the priority list of questions at the minute, but is the awful neon green in use by the RPS at the minute here to stay? I do hope not. It isn't really screaming "professional body" to me

We're adding hospital prescribing data to our hugely popular openprescribing data platform. So... What does NHS hospital prescribing data look like? As ever, our team culture is to build, but also to document, all in the open. Here is a deep deep dive... www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/03...

Pharmacists do something amazing today, and use the power of your RPS vote. Voting is open for the Special Resolution Vote for progression to a Royal College. Vote and use your voice

Don't forget to vote for the Royal College Special Resolution. You should have received voting details via email. Please use your vote.

📢Abstract submission for #BOPA2025 in Belfast opens on the 31st March 🥇Prize Oral Plenary: £1500 (to attend an international conference or pay towards research funding including open access publishing fees). 🥈Prize Oral Plenary: £500 For further info 🔗 www.bopa.org.uk/abstract-sub...

www.theguardian.com/money/2025/m... Half the NHS will be claiming constructive dismissal tomorrow on the basis of not actually having a desk...

Animalgesics. #art #pills #moles

Superb work on supporting people with serious mental illness diagnosed with lung cancer 👏👏 #BTOG25

Was really looking forward to this session and it didn't disappoint! Always find related questions the hardest to answer in clinic. Just a shame they had the graveyard slot! @bopa.org.uk take note of the speakers, they would be great additions to annual conference agenda #BTOG25

@stephenvliu.bsky.social on excitement in the Small Cell arena. PDL1/PD1 inhibition a practice changer, but so many potential game changers on the horizon from BITES To ADC, it’s exciting to see new drugs for an area of unmet need #BTOG25

@annaminchom.bsky.social on newer small cell therapeutic strategies and management of CRS and ICANS as specific TRAEs With thought around timings of dose delivery and education of AOS teams and patients, safely deliverable within the NHS #BTOG25

@drjnaidoo.bsky.social on the limited stage small cell space and the excitement around CCRT-Durvalumab. EAMS currently open in England… #BTOG25