Prescribing Decision Support: Keele Univ spin-out developing computerised decision support & new media apps for healthcare professionals.
Medicines M'ment, Keele Univ
Joined October 2012
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New Anticoagulation Decision Support Tool anticoagulation-dst.co.uk/ now updated to reflect NICE guideline Atrial fibrillation: diagnosis and management NG196. Still FREE to use for qualified healthcare professionals working in the UK.
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"From Analgesic Stewardship to Pain Management" the @themppn's next free F2F workshop is on 21 Sep. Led by the team at @livewellpain, the session will be co-delivered by both clinicians & patients with extensive backgrounds in pain. Visit mppn.org.uk/ @PharmacyHour
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Our simple & free toolkit to support the identification of asthma & COPD patients at risk unplanned hospital admissions and improve disease control asthmacopdtoolkit.org/
📣 Today we launch our End The #LungHealthLottery campaign and need your help to urge the government to take lung conditions seriously. People in some areas of the UK are more likely to be hospitalised or die from a lung condition simply because of where they live.
ALT There is a map of the UK with the areas which have high lung emergency hospital admissions and death rates. These include Knowsley, Inverclyde, Salford, North Ayrshire and Blackburn and Darwen. On the map are also the UK areas with low lung emergency hospital admissions and death rates. These include York, Bracknell Forest, Barnet, Kensington and Chelsea and West Sussex.
Maybe worth a look at allergic-triggers.org/ ... incl. specific school-age searches
You probably know that many children are heading back to school today…
But did you know that there is a rise in asthma attacks when children go #BackToSchool❓
This poster produced by a PCRS committee member has some top tips to help avoid this ➡️ ow.ly/amXO50KvNPP
ALT Poster with top tips to tackle the rise in asthma attacks when children go back to school in September.
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New MPPN workshop in partnership with @wmahsn - CVD Prevention: AF, H'ten, Lipids/FH and CHF. 6 Oct at Village Hotel Walsall/B'ham. FREE to MPPN members. Visit mppn.org.uk/ to register.
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It's that time of year: if you want to identify #asthma patients whose allergic triggers are poorly controlled, particularly those at risk during seasonal peaks (eg. children prior to their return to school) our FREE case finding toolkit my help allergic-triggers.org #allergy
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Book your tickets below!
The MPPN is holding it's first face-to-face workshop of 2022: "Respiratory & ENT Assessment for Clinical Pharmacists" on 14 July. Free to all Midlands-based #clinicalpharmacists and #pharmacytechs working in primary care.mppn.org.uk/#PharmacyHour
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Quote of the week: “I fail to understand how we can train up thousands of new prescribers without support” - @PharmaJones on the lack of funding for designated prescribing practitioners
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Study results suggest that one in four patients with asthma are overusing short-acting β2-agonists
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Structured medication reviews should last at least 30 minutes, confirms @TonyAvery1
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The MPPN is holding it's first face-to-face workshop of 2022: "Respiratory & ENT Assessment for Clinical Pharmacists" on 14 July. Free to all Midlands-based #clinicalpharmacists and #pharmacytechs working in primary care.mppn.org.uk/#PharmacyHour
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It's been too long .. but the MPPN is holding it's first face-to-face workshop since 2020: "Respiratory & ENT Assessment for Clinical Pharmacists" on 14 July. Free to all Midlands-based clinical pharmacists and pharmacy techs working in primary care. youtu.be/FXQzLOUz6PA
From evidence to code to clinical practice. If you're interested in finding out a little more about what we do please visit our new website pds-keele.co.uk/
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Please retweet this week 21. ‘Bite sized’ message from GINA on assessing people with uncontrolled asthma before stepping up treatment. @PCRSUK @RespNprang @WeNurses @rcgp @RCPCHtweets @RCPhysicians @Garry42779 @DarushAttar
Before stepping up asthma treatment,confirm symptoms are due to asthma,identify and address modifiable risk factors (including incorrect inhaler technique,poor medication adherence,environmental exposures, and multimorbidity),and provide patient education. ginasthma.org
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Pharmacist medication reviews not putting patient outcomes first, claim researchers
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Are you a #pharmacist working in #primarycare?
Involved in #cholesterol management?
Wanting an update on lipid profiles? Ordering and interpreting results?
Join our FREE @rpharms @heartukcharity lunchtime webinar
➡️ 12th May
➡️ 1pm
➡️Register now: tinyurl.com/4n4bhpde
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Second in our MPPN series of #diabetes webinars on Thurs 26 May. FREE to members. mppn.org.uk/ #PharmacyHour #pharmacists #pharmacytechnicians
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GP clinical system search report/alerts to identify #asthma & #COPD patients at risk of unplanned admissions & poor disease control asthmacopdtoolkit.org. Based on @NACAPaudit recommendations. #WorldAsthmaDay2022 Development of the Tool & its delivery sponsored by GSK.
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NEW. UK h'care practitioners now have free access to "Managing Allergic Triggers in Asthma" - EMIS toolkit to identify & review patients: reducing exacerbations, admissions & improving symptom control. allergic-triggers.org. #allergies #asthma #PharmacyHour #WorldAsthmaDay2022
NEW. UK healthcare practitioners now have free access to "Managing Allergic Triggers in Asthma" - an EMIS toolkit to identify & review patients at risk of poor outcomes: reducing exacerbations, admissions and improving symptom control. allergic-triggers.org/. #allergies #asthma
