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Robin Conibere
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Lead PCN Pharmacist & Partner bmg.link/us
A believer in the benefits of #pharmacy and #pharmacists #Pharmsky
Views expressed are my own t.me/PharmRJ
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petitions.bsky.social
New petition: "Make Anticholinergic Burden scores mandatory for all over 65"

Deadline 5 June 2026, created by Nick Sterling

#NewPetition
New petition: Make Anticholinergic Burden scores mandatory for all over 65
Require the Government and DHSC to recommend NICE mandate ACB scoring in all medication reviews for patients over 65.
petition.parliament.uk
December 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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hetanshah.bsky.social
Why does @britishacademy.bsky.social fund work on antimicrobial resistance? Because we need to understand people to have effective ways to change their behaviours
theconversation.com/telling-peop...
Telling people to use antibiotics responsibly isn’t enough. What will work instead
To make real progress, antimicrobial communication needs to be grounded in people’s lived experiences.
theconversation.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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dermotlynott.bsky.social
Sisyphus pushing a rock up a hill. Sisyphus is labelled "Me trying to work", and the rock is labelled "Microsoft Authenticator popups". God I hate microsoft authenticator.
December 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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sophieehill.bsky.social
"Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds"

Or does it? Let's take a look at this "study"...

www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...
Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds
Researchers say low- and no-calorie sweeteners appear to affect thinking and memory in middle age
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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bennettoxford.bsky.social
Tomorrow: sold-out Bennett Symposium at Jesus College www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/events/2025-.... Day 1 = presentations and panels. Day 2 = collaborative sessions and drop-ins with OpenPrescribing & OpenSAFELY teams. If you're attending, see you there 📊
2025 Bennett Institute Medicines Symposium | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science
The two-day 2025 Bennett Institute Medicines Symposium will take place at Jesus College in Oxford on 10–11 December 2025.
www.bennett.ox.ac.uk
December 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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drstevetaylor.bsky.social
We wanted to make it clear that the BMA is the correct and legally-established organisation to negotiate the GP contract

‘It is best placed to ensure the contract is workable for GPs and delivers safe, high-quality care for patients.’

www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/contrac...
December 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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drstevetaylor.bsky.social
When I started, 20% of my patients were on some sort of medication; now it’s 50%, more investigations, more medication

There’s been a huge increase in complexity. Obviously, there’s always been complex cases, but the depth of that has just increased

www.bmj.com/content/391/...
December 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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pharmacistdaz.uk
Routine childhood immunisation schedule www.gov.uk/government/p...
Routine childhood immunisation schedule
Information for health professionals on childhood immunisations.
www.gov.uk
December 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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deprescribing.bsky.social
Cohort study published in @jamanetworkopen.com investigated 120 older US veterans who potentially experienced a Gabapentinoid-Loop Diuretic prescribing cascade.

Important findings including the downstream harms of this prescribing cascade can be found in the full article here:
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December 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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drkevinfernando.bsky.social
reference.medscape.com/cc3/p10/lipi...
Cardiovascular Disease, Primary and Secondary Prevention: Primary Care Hacks
A comprehensive overview of lipid management, covering LDL-C targets, risk estimation, lifestyle, pharmacotherapy, Lp(a), and familial hypercholesterolaemia
reference.medscape.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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drkevinfernando.bsky.social
🔥Updated @medscape.com primary care #hack on #lipid management🔥

Incorporates 🔑messages from @escardio.bsky.social @eassociety.bsky.social focused update on #lipid modification guidance

PDF download link in comments 👇🏾

@hpillminster.pharmsky.app @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
December 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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lucypgeridoc.bsky.social
The level of #Frailty in #Cardiovascular trial participants isn’t always assessed w due care, so applicability to a wider popn isn’t as straightforward as some triallists would claim academic.oup.com/ageing/article… - editorial to accompany great study by Bousetta et al @emmavardy2.bsky.social
https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article…
December 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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brutumfulmen.bsky.social
Get a load of this. 😆
A post from ViperThreat: Worked as an on-call computer tech for about a year, and I've seen some weird shit. Plenty of Hoarders, elderly men with interesting sexual fantasies, Multimillonaire Lawyers with closets full of gay porn, etc. The weirdest one was this cool old dude who had retired and lived in a double-wide trailer in a fairly nice retirement trailer park. His house had one of those trains that traveled along the walls from room to room, occasionally poking through walls and such. The primary purpose of this train was to carry his bird (a blue macaw IIRC) around the house. From his explanation, the bird had some birth defects and had difficulty flying, so they built the train for the bird to cruise around the house on. This may not sound all that weird to you, but let me set the stage for you: You're a college student removing a stupid browser hijack from some old guy's computer. You're nearly done with the job when you hear a clacking sound and look up to see a toy train crossing your vision. Aboard the train is a decently sized bird that makes eye contact with you and says "choo choo motherfucker" before disappearing into the next room. One of the most surreal moments of my life.
December 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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lshtm.bsky.social
Calling the shots: the pharmacists combatting vaccine #misinformation

Liam Smeeth tells the PJ 'honesty really matters' in conversations around #vaccines to help build trust while Alex De Figueiredo explains uptake varies across different groups.

pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/feat...
Calling the shots: the pharmacists combatting vaccine misinformation
Virginia Chachati, a pharmacist who works in public health and medical communication, has had her fair share of patients challenging her about vaccines.  “Somebody will come in and say, ‘I don’t think...
pharmaceutical-journal.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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bapalmer.bsky.social
Today I opened MS Paint to find a Copilot button. Nothing is safe.
December 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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compoundchem.com
Brussels sprouts and Finnish lanttulaatikko feature in day 5 of #ChemAdvent. Their chemical connection is glucosinolates, bitter compounds in sprouts and swedes.

Genetic variations in people affect the perception of this bitterness – so if you're not a sprouts fan, that could be why!

#ChemSky 🧪
December 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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pharmaj.bsky.social
Our #QuoteoftheWeek is from an opinion piece by #ConorPrice, chief executive of #CommunityPharmacyLondon, who highlights potential collaboration between pharmacists and GPs

#UKpharmacy
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December 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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pharmacistdaz.uk
ICB investigating pharmacy nominations ‘without consent’ www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/news/busines...
ICB investigating pharmacy nominations ‘without consent’
An ICB has revealed it is taking “action” against multiple pharmacies that have changed patients' pharmacy nominations “without their consent” amid CPE reports it has received “a number of concerns”…
www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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hetanshah.bsky.social
There are clear failings in how GPs assess and support people living with frailty, with worrying unexplained variation in practice across England - our new @nao.org.uk report
www.theguardian.com/society/2025... (full report: www.nao.org.uk/reports/prim...)
GPs failing older people living with frailty, National Audit Office finds
Of patients diagnosed with condition in 2024/25, only 18% were assessed for fall risk and just 16% had a medical review
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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nuffieldtrust.org.uk
NEW REPORT: Over a quarter of #NHS GPs say they use #AI tools to help with their work.

But our research with the RCGP finds many GPs are facing a “wild west” when deciding which AI tools to use and how, as guidance and training are failing to keep up.

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How are GPs using AI? Insights from the front line
While a number of governments have sought to improve access to general practice, or the working lives of GPs, via a mix of technological, administrative and staffing interventions, the idea that…
buff.ly
December 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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bengoldacre.bsky.social
Random colleagues in other disciplines now commonly say "the code's on OSF". It's just so great to see an academic org like COS, that goes beyond advocating for change, and actually builds the tools and services that make science work better. More!
cos.io Center for Open Science @cos.io · 7d
Each year, hundreds of people donate to COS, helping keep OSF free and strengthening our open scholarship training and community support across research fields. This #GivingTuesday, we’d be grateful for your support: www.cos.io/support-yef25.
Center for Open Science - Giving Tuesday
December 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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prescqipp.info
The second part of our Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) for Pharmacist Prescribers with Zoe Girdis takes place 1-2pm on 10 December.

Sign up here: https://www.prescqipp.info/learning/prescribing-mastery-webinars/
December 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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deprescribing.bsky.social
Gabapentinoid #deprescribing guidelines are being currently developed by Danijela Gnjidic's team at @sydney.edu.au. Find their project listed on our Deprescribing Guidelines Repository (DEPOT) here:
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Deprescribing Guidelines Repository (DEPOT) - Deprescribing.org
A resource for guideline developers to share their guidelines and for guideline users to access deprescribing guidance. This public-facing central repository is a place where deprescribing guideline…
deprescribing.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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trishaelliott.bsky.social
What a fascinating article!
December 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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emergencybod.medsky.social
"Why would a healthy man need weekly MRI scans?"
Norman Rockwell's Freedom of Speech painting
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM