Proud to be Irish again today 🇮🇪
'Children are innocent. The children of Israel, the children of Palestine, they deserve peace. It is long past time for a ceasefire...We seek to be bearers of hope'

Last Sunday night I was in Palma having the best time with the best ladies, this Sunday night I've been cleaning paintbrushes after spending all day painting woodwork (footnote - Farrow & Ball's 6 year gloss does NOT last 6 years!)

Fentanyl is now almost certainly the biggest killer of Americans between the ages of 18 and 49. Economists may have at last found a convincing explanation for the crisis econ.st/4aXcj8w 👇

When you cannot BELIEVE your Dad just lifted you into air jail when you were living your best life barking at small children in the park

The worst part of this video is knowing she was still in a relationship with him for another 3 years after this 😔

Doctors face increasing GMC referrals for Israel-Palestine comments buff.ly/3V4hiPi #GMC #doctorregulation

I've been trying to raise awareness about the number of social media related #FitnessToPractise cases we've been receiving regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and PulseToday has now picked up the story. Complaints to the GMC about antisemitism went up from 7 in 2022 to

Thank you to those of you who completed this survey on racism in ICM & anaesthesia. Your words & stories were distressing.

Imagine being told you smell of curry or ridiculed. Findings reported in Anaesthesia News

I hope this prompts reflection & discussion

anaesthetists.org/Home/Resources…

Guess what I got today? My MMR vaccine!
I know I've said it before, but the NHS is completely amazeballs and - astonishingly - free!
My lovely GP noted that MMR was missing on my childhood immunisation schedule, so asked me, and that's how I learned MMR was introduced in

Many thanks to everyone who attended the 2024 Pharmacy Law & Ethics Association PLEA conference today. We were very lucky with the excellent range and calibre of speakers. It was also wonderful to see so many great pharmacy people at once, including attendees from DHSC, CPE,

We're now lucky enough to be hearing from regulatory expert Sarah Ellson on themes and trends in #FitnessToPractise
#PLEA24

I feel a bit sorry for the barrister in these BSB #FitnessToPractise proceedings. HOW exhausted would you need to be to fall asleep whilst eating? However, the situation is a reminder of how important it is to ensure that clients/patients are never disadvantaged or put at risk by

Next up at #PLEA24 is my personal favourite speaker of the day (cos he's my friend!), the UK's first dual-qualified pharmacist and paramedic, David Rovardi. Here is his explanation of the difference between a pharmacist and paramedic in picture form!

Wendy Lippmann, Senior Policy Manager for Community Pharmacy at DHSC, explaining that proposed date for hub and spoke legislative changes to come into effect is 1 January 2025. Here's a very brief summary #PLEA24

Here is a one-page summary of the concerns raised in the hub and spoke consultation and DHSC's response to the same #PLEA24

Next, a SUPER topical presentation on hub and spoke dispensing at #PLEA24
DHSC's response to the 2022 consultation was just published yesterday & can be seen here:
gov.uk/government/con…

Fascinating example from Steve Simbler of a professional football player who successfully sued his club and club doctor alleging that his kidney transplants were necessitated by their over-prescribing of anti-inflammatories #PLEA24

Next up at #PLEA24 Pharmacy Law & Ethics Association conference, we're hearing from Steve Simbler of Steve Simbler regarding drugs in sport

Delighted to be at the #PLEA24 conference today, kindly hosted by Sarah Ellson of FieldFisher. First up we're hearing about online pharmacies. More than 30% of open GPhC #FitnessToPractise cases relate to online pharmacies (totally disproportionate representation).

Now with updated links (apologies they didn't copy correctly when I re-posted my original tweet)

GMC - gmc-uk.org/professional-s…

HCPC - hcpc-uk.org/standards/meet…

GPhC - pharmacyregulation.org/pharmacists/st…