APTUK want all pharmacy technicians to be contribute to Pharmacy Technician Day! Complete the Slido to share how you make an impact: app.sli.do/event/ciR...

APTUK, CPPE and Buttercups Training Limited are collaborating to deliver a series of free-to-attend conference-style events aimed specifically for pharmacy technicians and pre-registration trainee pharmacy technicians. For dates and details visit: shorturl.at/fSL6N #PharmacyTechnicians

Open access: Safe Staffing Standards for Pharmacy Technicians in Hospital Settings Take a look at this recently published paper 👇 www.mdpi.com/2001-6689/13... #PharmSky #pharmacy #PharmacyTechnicians

Very proud that Sereita - one of my own students and a candidate in our innovative collaboration with @londonambulance.nhs.uk - is on the shortlist for this award. She absolutely deserves to be 🎉🎉🎉

Join the next APTUK Pharmacy Technician Professional Leadership, next steps webinar - Register to contribute towards professional leadership here: tinyurl.com/4bz25tzx Your voice matters - share it with us here! forms.office.com/e/n...

The University of Bradford have 70 NHSE funded spaces for the September 2025 cohort of 'Specialist Mental Health Pharmacy Pathway' which is open to Pharmacy Technicians! Visit their website for further details: tinyurl.com/mrypkwnt

COMEDIANS / MEDICS / SCIENTISTS / MUSEUM FOLK / OTHER NERDS I'm looking for people who'd like to perform at a SPOOKY MEDICINE comedy show on October 29th. PAID (enough for you to write something new) 15 minute slots. Think Halloween / Horror / Goth stuff DM me if you've got ideas and fancy it

So glad it’s possible to watch #Hurling on a mainstream UK station nowadays, great game we used to have hunt for even in London. Come on, #Tipperary! 💙💛💙💛

#Casualty is doing a 12 part series - Supply and Demand - about drug shortages both legal and illicit. Really glad they’re highlighting it, and hope the mega work our pharmacy procurement colleagues do get a (big) mention. www.digitalspy.com/soaps/casual...

Ever wondered about the names of some of the old streetscape around the Royal London Hospital? When the new hospital was built on Whitechapel Road in the 1750s, it neighboured a place variously known as a dunghill, a rampart, & a plague burial ground - find out more open.substack.com/pub/theunder...

Several of our researchers have been grappling with the issue of fraudulent responses in online research.

UKBPA session on why DEI matters in clinical practice Case study of Steven Johnson Syndrome being misdiagnosed as chicken pox because of the descriptors of symptoms in the skin being described in terms white skin only #PharmSky #EDI #Pharmacy @cpcongress.bsky.social @ptocgroup.bsky.social

Just over 30 minutes until the @ptocgroup.bsky.social panel on belonging at @cpcongress.bsky.social. Touched to be asked to join the session on a subject so close to my heart.

Nursing is a safety-critical profession, and the title ‘nurse’ needs to be protected. We welcome this Early Day Motion and thank the signatories who continue to show support for registered nurses across the UK. #ProtectNurse Read more ➡️ edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...

So looking forward to @cpcongress.bsky.social this weekend and to catching up with everyone. Trying to work out how to be in two places at once, though… given not a lot of CPC is purely #PharmacyTechnician focused it’s a shame these important sessions are back to back in different theatres.

I experienced Brandolini's Law lately on social media.

I was lucky enough to get a good queue position when #TheSeagull went on sale last year… obviously Cate Blanchett was a big part of the draw but man did they stack that cast. Phenomenal performances all round, and I really enjoyed the staging. Well worth going to, what a great evening.

#HappyStPatricksDay ☘️ Gentle reminder: ☘️ = shamrock, a symbol of Ireland 🍀 = clover, a symbol of luck Lot of clovers sneak in this time of year 🤣

Thinking of colleagues today hearing on the news that NHSE to be abolished. Disgusting way to treat people. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...

Saw #Cabaret tonight and as it happened both leads were understudied. Amazing performances from both, particularly Damon Gould as Emcee. That’s a name I’ll definitely be watching out for in future.

I have said this before but they really should cast me as the Emcee in Cabaret…

Went to a party and they had a puppy. I played with the puppy upstairs until I fell asleep with the puppy using my belly as a self-heating bed. I woke up at about 3am and realised I hadn't spoken to any of the human people there. I think that's a win for me.

Fancy winning a tour for 2 of the #Taskmaster House & a cuppa with @alexhorne.bsky.social himself? If so, enter the raffle now! 📢 Tickets are £5 with all proceeds supporting #SchoolTasking, the not-for-profit outreach project. Closing date is Tuesday 11 March. warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/...

Saw the Healing Words exhibition at @rcphysicians.bsky.social today. A beautiful collection of objects, mostly books, showcasing some of the history of medicine, particularly what was going on outside of official practice. Really enjoyed it, it’s free and it runs until July 25th.

I played a whole paediatric surgeon on Eastenders, other characters called me ‘Doctor’ and people still say ‘Wait, is that Melanie La Barrie as a nurse on my telly?’ Nurses are superheroes. But is that a little unconscious bias maybe? Curious.

The London Hospital Steward's report for November 1943 reports gifts of 200 bananas from the Mayor of Stepney, 50 bags of cabbage from Spitalfields Market, and sought turkeys for Xmas dinner. Gifts during rationing boosted the diets of the staff and patients #ArchiveAdventCalendar #ChristmasGifts

Always love this one youtu.be/jdULP-VYuXk

New 8a role for a Pharmacy Technician Facilitator working across systems supporting the growth and development of the #PharmacyTechnician workforce. Link below www.england.nhs.uk/about/workin...

I must not be the only one who feels this way

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 8 #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge

Downloading this was a great way to start my day off. Hermes in particular has been one of my favourite characters/performances on stage this year. Fantastic cast in general, I’m so glad their version was released.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 7 #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 6 #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge

We are delighted to announce tickets are now on sale for the APTUK 2025 Annual Professional Conference and Exhibition. This year the event will take place on 19th and 20th September at the Hilton Newcastle Gateshead Hotel. Click link for details profile.eventsair.com/aptuk-2025/

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 5 #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 4 #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 3 #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 2 #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge

Haven’t done anything like this in a very long while but this one got me. Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 1 #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge

In 1942 actress Vivien Leigh visited St Bartholomew's Hospital to help raise money during Warship Week. These fundraisers were meant to raise money to build ships to replace those lost during the war. Leigh's fashionable presence seems to have encouraged donations! #EYAFashion #Fashion

Would 100% recommend taking a trip to Hadestown before @melanielabarrie.com wraps up as Hermes. An exceptional performance even by that show’s high standards, eagerly awaiting the West End cast recording.

Medication Safety Day 2024 at SBH today! #SafetyFirst #QuizWinner

Where better to publicise the flagship CPhO Pharmacy leaders development programme than to the movers and shakers of #PharmSky If you want to learn more, register for the NHSE webinar 12pm 11th December (and see my LinkedIn mythbusting posts) events.teams.microsoft.com/event/80cfb7...

I’ve been volunteer tour guiding at this project since about July and it’s been an awesome experience, the conservators are so brilliant, there’s always so much more done each time I go. The tours finish near the end of Jan and are well worth joining if you can 😊

It's #PharmacyTechnicianDay, and what better way to mark it than an archive visit for the St Bartholomew's Hospital pharmacy techs? They found out about the history of dispensing and pharmacy at Bart's, & used a pill roller from our handling collection to try their hand at making pills, old-style!

This week the archives staff and volunteers got up close and personal with the North Wing at St Bartholomew's Hospital from new angles and heights, & saw the conservation team at work! Big thanks to Barts Heritage, who are leading the restoration works, for their 'Anatomy of the North Wing' tour

The reasons for falling pharmacy technicians numbers are complex. They include low pay, limited career advancement, lack of recognition by employers and stressful work environments with heavy workloads, inadequate staffing, and lack of support. www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/p...