Thinking about doing a PhD through our studentship scheme? Join our free online webinar on 20th Nov to learn about our PhD funding scheme — and get insider tips on how to make your application stand out! Contact us to register your place! pharmacyresearchuk.org/for-research...

Interested to undertaking research into mental health pharmacy? Check out our funding partnership with @CMHPcommunity and contact us to register your place to attend our free online webinar! pharmacyresearchuk.org/cmhp-pruk-re...

Any network members close to Plymouth, take a look at this opportunity from @penarc.bsky.social to meet other researchers and community members in an informal setting to discuss project ideas. A Research Café sounds like a great idea! #PharmacyResearch

Missed our webinar about the PhD Studentship scheme? Watch back here pharmacyresearchuk.org/pruk-phd-stu...

What a fantastic day at the #SWPRN25 network Innovation Day yesterday. A brilliant range of #PharmacyResearch talks, workshops, posters and networking opportunities. Huge thanks to the organising committee, our speakers, poster presenters, workshop leaders and attendees. 🧵(1/6)

#NHS policies to improve care for people taking multiple medicines may not be effective, finds new @exeter.ac.uk @capcbristol.bsky.social research. The IMPPP Trial found that a structured, patient-centred medication review did not reduce potentially inappropriate prescribing. tinyurl.com/mr2bh9aj

Well, that's a wrap on the #SWPRN25 Innovation Day - thank you to all the organisers and especially to Matthew Jones who masterminded the whole thing. At the end of the day we were all challenged to make one commitment to keep the momentum going - anybody want to share theirs? #PharmacyResearch

#SWPRN25 Poster prizes runners up and winners! (1/2) NHS (runner-up): Theresa Chan NHS (winner): Jaina Nyame University (runner-up): Sarah Jones University (winner): Charley Hobson-Merrett

Key messages from the other workshop on improving Quality Improvement: "If you can't measure it, you can't control it" "All improvements require change, but not all change is improvement" "Bring people with you - break out of your pharmacy silo!" Thanks to Ya-Hui Liang for feeding back. #SWPRN25

Your correspondent is in the @nihr.bsky.social Research Delivery Network workshop, so expect some updates from there #SWPRN25

After a very busy lunch break filled with poster presentations, networking and food, our afternoon kicks off with two workshop options: (1) Improving the quality of Quality Improvement and (2) Working with the NIHR Research Delivery Networks #SWPRN25

Our final pair of talks this morning is by Aseel Mahmoud and Mandy Slatter who are telling us about a mixed-methods realist evaluation of bar code medication administration on patient safety #SWPRN25

The next talk is by Rupert Payne and Simon Strange, telling us about the IMPP study: Improving Medicines use in People with Polypharmacy in Primary Care #SWPRN25

Our next talk is by Emily Brown, Andrew Turner and Jonathan Campbell who are sharing their experiences of integrating community pharmacies into research through the RAPID IMMUNE TEST study #SWPRN25

#SWPRN25 If you would like to hear more about the ENIGMA network founded by our opening speaker @hadeelmohamed.bsky.social you can check out the LinkedIn page or listen to the Talking Meds podcast episode she recorded with @jonathanunderhill.pharmsky.app tinyurl.com/34yp57rk

Our first talk is by @hadeelmohamed.bsky.social who introduces us to her early career and talks about being someone who was always curious and asking questions. She also shares important reflections on how our professional and personal roles inevitably influence each other. #SWPRN25

And we're off! Matthew Jones (network chair) welcomes us to the day, reminds us how far we have come in our first three years and celebrates our successes. #SWPRN25

🎉 It's tomorrow! Tuesday 21 October is the 2025 network #SWPRN25 Innovation Day. 👋 We are looking forward to meeting in person, learning from our amazing speakers and hearing about some of the #PharmacyResearch projects which our members have been working on over the last 12-months. 🧵 (1/4)

Looking forward to welcoming Dr Aseel Mahmoud as a speaker to our 2025 Innovation day, talking to us about the BCMAPS study, looking at bar code meds administration in hospital settings. See the full programme for our conference on the 21st October 2025 in Bristol www.bath.ac.uk/events/south...

We are delighted to welcome @hadeelmohamed.bsky.social to our 2025 Innovation day to talk about journeying through pharmacy practice, research and inclusive leadership. See our full speaker line up and book your free place now www.bath.ac.uk/events/south...

We are excited to welcome Prof Rupert Payne to our 2025 Innovation day, talking about the Improving Medicines use in People with Polypharmacy in Primary Care (IMPPP) study. See our full speaker line up and book your free place now www.bath.ac.uk/events/south...

Great to see some of the work about prescribing for personality disorders co-authored by SWPRN members featuring on the @thementalelf.bsky.social blog #PharmacyResearch

The South West Pharmacy Research Network - @swpharmres.bsky.social - is a friendly group that promotes & supports #PharmacyResearch in the south west of England. 📆Their 2025 Innovation Day on 31 Oct in Bristol is an opportunity to learn, share & network. Info & register below. 🔽 #PharmSky

Happy World Pharmacist Day. We know that pharmacists make a difference every day in so many different ways, some very visible and some less well seen. Thank you for all that you do, especially your contributions to research and our network 💚 #WorldPharmacistsDay2025 #PharmacyResearch

Our latest newsletter is out! Follow our link for upcoming events, funding opportunities, training, webinars, podcasts and much more sway.cloud.microsoft/EUZLnh8Ljtme...

Come and join us at our 2025 Innovation day in Bristol! You can expect... 👑 Top class speakers 🥳 Networking opportunities 🖼️ Poster sessions 🛠️ Workshops 🍱 Lunch!!! See our full speaker line up and book your free place now www.bath.ac.uk/events/south...

Our 2025 Innovation day programme has now been published! We have talks on real-world research in community pharmacy, general practice and hospital. See our full speaker line up and book your place at our event in Bristol on 21st October at www.bath.ac.uk/events/south...

Our next member profile features @sallyannprater.bsky.social and her work about education research. And if you are thinking about booking your next holiday, she shares her favourite travel destination 🗺️ swpharmacyresearchnetwork.substack.com/p/member-pro...

We're back after a little August break, and hot off the press we have some more member profiles for you. First up is Caroline Murphy who share her work about neurodiversity and pharmacy training. She also has a book recommendation for you 📖 swpharmacyresearchnetwork.substack.com/p/member-pro...

"Ultimately, science is about helping us make better decisions—not perfect ones. And that’s especially true for doctors working on the frontlines of uncertainty." @adamjkucharski.bsky.social, author of the book Proof, explains how doctors can tackle misinformation www.bmj.com/content/390/...

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🔊 Member profile alert! Here's your next chance to meet one of our network members and 2024 poster presenters: Victoria Ling. 🩺 Her project on clinical skills training for foundation pharmacists could hardly be more timely.

New member profile alert: Rachel Pilgrim shares her research journey and the joy of revisiting music from your teens! 🌟 She's also just published the completed systematic review: internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... Congratulations Rachel! #PharmSky #PharmacyResearch

Here's the first profile highlighting some of the fab poster presenters from the 2024 Innovation Day. First up: Simon Strange. The 2025 Innovation Day is on 21 Oct in Bristol. Sign up here if you'd like to join us, including the option to bring a poster: www.bath.ac.uk/events/south... #PharmSky

Registration for our 2025 Innovation Day in Bristol is now open! Save the date for the 21st October! More information including a provisional programme and a registration link is available on our webpage: www.bath.ac.uk/events/south...

Be a part of getting the public involved in developing future research about medicines! The team at the University of Bath recently took delivery of three wooden 'suggestions boxes' in which members of the public can post their research ideas.

Could you be one of our new leads in the South West Pharmacy Research Network? We are looking for four individuals to be our new Communications lead, Membership engagement lead, Online events lead and Innovation Day lead!

👀 Take a look at this exciting new tool that could be a real asset to those undertaking medicines related research projects. We'll be encouraging #SWPRN members explore OpenPrescribing: Hospitals and give feedback. hospitals.openprescribing.net #PharmacyResearch #PharmSky

📢 Excited to share the key findings from our nationwide survey exploring the challenges and potential solutions to pharmacy professionals engaging with research. Thanks to everyone who took part or shared the survey, we look forward to sharing our full report later this year.

👋 Hello Bluesky, we've been a bit quiet here as we've been grappling with how to make best use of the changing social media landscape, but we are planning to share more here from now on. To kick off, here's our latest newsletter, and it's a bumper edition 📚💚💡 #PharmacyResearch #PharmSky

Hello BlueSky! We are the South West Pharmacy Research Network, posting here and from our twitter/X account @SWPharmRes Championing pharmacy research across the South West of England and facilitating networking opportunities between anyone interested in medicines research