It's like we've never had very cold weather before...

🚨NEW YEARS RESOLUTION ALERT🚨 2026 should be the year for PrEP to be made available through community pharmacies - helping to improve access and reduce pressure on underfunded sexual health services.  Our new report: https://tht.org.uk/news/new-report-calls-wider-access-prep

Steve's correct. The reason we're sliding into a hole on a lot of issues is failure to identify cause and/or do something about it.

TK Maxx is my favourite store. I like the unpredictability of the stock

🚨 New guidance alert The FFLM and NPCC have worked in collaboration with RCEM to produce new guidance supporting police and emergency medicine clinicians in the use of body-worn video cameras (BWVC) within the Emergency Department. Read the guidance here: https://rcem.ac.uk/rcem-clinical-guidance/

"If we continue to reduce registered nurse availability to patients in the current context of financial pressure, it’s extremely likely more people will die" says lead researcher @alisonleary1.bsky.social

My son's living in Hong Kong at present. He's just had flu. He said he felt much worse than when he had covid (which he had 4 times). Don't underestimate the severity of flu infection

So all the Covid-Denialists saying "it is just Flu" Now it *is* Flu Are they gonna be saying "It is just a cold"? (and that old favourite "viruses don't exist/don't cause infections/can't be vaccinated against/can't spread/have never been isolated")

A small snifter of my homemade cherry plum vodka 😋

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society is inviting feedback on its draft pharmacogenomic resource for all prescribers, as part of an open consultation #ukpharmacy #pharmacogenomics #prescribing

That’s ‘working the system’, Wes

Sorry, you lost me at 'your'... (Good shoes, though)

Wording in antidepressant patient information leaflets should be “strengthened” to provide greater clarity on the risk of suicidal behaviour, the Commission on Human Medicines has said #ukpharmacy #mentalhealth #patientinformationleaflets pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/news...

Surely reflective practice is widespread? Don't the professional standards require it?

I doubt it

Something ancient and wonderful for the weekend! 🤩 The world’s oldest known sculpture of a horse! This tiny figurine was carved from mammoth ivory by an Ice Age artist some 40,000 years ago! 📷 by me #Archaeology

It is good to see that that some people a) actually have values/principles and b) do not abandon those when entering Parliament

I think the ‘only’ in this is superfluous 😃 ‘…and tells the world that we are not the only intelligent life in the universe’

Why on earth is Trump ostensibly brokering a peace plan between Ukraine and Russia? One of the least appropriate candidates, I'd say 😮

Humans will NEVER colonize another planet. Never. If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.

Proud to have supported the writing of the Men’s Health Strategy for England, especially championing the vital role of Community Pharmacy, the most accessible NHS gateway for Physical and Mental Health, also a key cornerstone of #Selfcare in meeting the needs of men and boys where they are.

Of interest to fellow pharmacists 👇🏻

There are over 18,000 types of lichen in existence. My personal favourite is ‘village bench lichen’, which devotes its entire existence selflessly to gradually making communal public seating more furry and comfortable.

Cigarette filters are the second-largest plastic pollutant on Earth, and do not reduce health harms. Ban filters and protect the planet. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/3LJgb5v #TobaccoExposed

If we're looking at 16 year old children being given the vote, then it's reasonable to expect 16+ year old schoolchildren to understand that behaviours described here are inappropriate and antisocial

#SafeguardingAdultsWeek is the perfect opportunity to highlight our upcoming Virtual Adult Safeguarding Day, taking place next year — and free to attend! The programme will explore key topics such as the use of restraint and domestic abuse in pregnancy. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/5n7bs5be

This month I'm winning at life. Have significantly reduced phone and breakdown service costs, cancelled several unnecessary subscriptions, and bought a watch battery and strap toolkit which has already paid for itself. Offset the expensive shoe purchase

Don't forget to register for this week's Virtual Child Safeguarding Day, where we'll be exploring key topics such as: • Female Genital Mutilation • Neurodiversity and Abuse • Navigating the 'Manosphere' and its Impact 📅 Reserve your place now: fflm.ac.uk/event/fflm-virtual-child-safeguarding-2025

🎓 Celebrate #InternationalStudentsDay by joining the FFLM as a Student Affiliate — just £27 per year! Benefits include: 🔹Learning resources 🔹Reduced course & event rates 🔹Online access to the Journal of Forensic & Legal Medicine …and more! Find out more here: https://tinyurl.com/2tsmk9hc

Patients with eczema can bathe either daily or weekly, with no difference in eczema symptoms, according to the results of a National Institute for Health and Care Research-funded study #ukpharmacy #eczema

What's 'safe'? And can they come back if it becomes 'unsafe'? Completely unworkable.

No worse than the people over 16!

Who didn’t see that coming?

MHRA-led study reveals major inconsistencies in global microbiome research www.gov.uk/government/n...

Have we sorted out the nuclear fuel waste storage issue yet?

You couldn't make it up...

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No wonder they’re a bit laissez faire about the alleged inappropriate behaviours of politicians and celebrities😏

Yes

The book that many publishers said people wouldn't read because it was about women and ultra endurance has just been shortlisted for Sports Book of the Year. Yes, @emmajourno.bsky.social and I are feeling smug this morning. Just shows how good women are at persisting against patriarchal nonsense...

You would think politicians would have learned that the very worst thing you can say if you're caught up in a potential scandal is "this matter is now closed so we can all move on". It always comes across as arrogant and evasive, and it never ever ever ever EVER turns out to be true.

Taking the USA back to 1776

Walking trip around Split this morning on the way to Brač. Pretty!

When are we going to learn that #medicines are not the answer to everything. It’s like tightening a screw to fix a collapsing bridge & spending most of our £ on the screw. Some are life changing (very rarely), some help but only if we address other issues, some do nothing & at worst some cause harm

Of course they don’t, there’s a difference between gaining a prescribing qualification and securing a role with an agreed prescribing function and budget

🆕 With how much the NHS pays for new branded medicines in the news, @sallygainsbury.bsky.social & Huseyin Naci describe the role of price controls in balancing demands on the NHS budget – and why the government should stand firm in not weakening those controls. tinyurl.com/53xcpcbb