Jenny Scott
@jscottuob.bsky.social
Academic (pharmacist), CAPC at Bristol Medical School and indep. prescriber Turning Point Connect Wiltshire. Avid harm reductionist & sensible drug policy. Mum to 4 boys. 🐶🐶🐔 🏃🏼🏴💚
Did you know that every drug-related death in the UK is carefully investigated? Dr. Caroline Copeland reveals how mortality data helps improve medicine safety and informs policy. It's eye-opening stuff! #medicinesafety #drugpolicy #publichealth #drugdeaths #pharmacology #healthstats #UKhealth
I've spent the last couple of months looking into how Green-run councils are exploring safer drug consumption facilities/rooms and other harm reduction spaces Campaigners and experts argue they could be introduced without a change in the law if arrangements were made with local police forces👇
Green Councils Fight For Drug Consumption Rooms
The Green Party’s success in English local elections has put fresh impetus behind efforts to follow Scotland in providing safer drug consumption fa...
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I’m hosting a screening on 4th November at the Rose and Crown pub on Two mile Hill, Bristol at 7pm. Sign up for a free spot using the QR code below.
George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 6mo agoTruly astonishing number of screenings already booked for the National Emergency Briefing film. Very likely to be one near you. www.nebriefing.org/screening-map
Our #QuoteoftheWeek is from #CatrionaMatheson, professor in substance use at the University of Stirling, on Scotland’s first drug-checking service opening in Glasgow #ukpharmacy #substanceabuse #addiction buff.ly/yxspXOm
Scotland’s first drug-checking service to open as drug deaths rise by more than 10%
Scotland’s first local drug-checking service will open in Glasgow in October 2026, allowing people to submit drugs for rapid analysis and receive harm-reduction advice alongside the results. The…
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*Everything you need to know about PrEP provision in community pharmacy* Provision of #PrEP is increasing, but why has there been so little progress on the expansion to provide the drugs via community pharmacy? #communitypharmacy #ukhealthcare #HIV buff.ly/uBCq4Gm
Everything you need to know about PrEP provision in community pharmacy
Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or ‘PrEP’, for HIV has been shown to be highly effective in several real-world studies. Results from the ‘PrEP Impact Trial’ — one of the world’s largest PrEP studies,…
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I'm talking at the Royal Institution a week today. There are still some tickets left. Come and find out what you're missing.
You don't know what you're m ss ng: The hidden data shaping our behaviour | Royal Institution
Mathematician and author Kit Yates returns to the Ri to explore how our understanding of reality is shaped b
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📣 Applications are now open for the SPCR 3is Enablement Fund! Open to SPCR members, funding is available to support activities that enable: 🔹inclusion in primary care research careers 🔹early career researchers to undertake PPIE 🔹community partnerships More: spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/involve...
Prof Gene Feder will be speaking at Policy Live 2026 on 10 September 2026 in Westminster. He will be joining a panel to discuss: 'The evidence gap: What it will take to halve violence against women and girls' (15.30-16.15) Register your interest to attend: www.nesta.org.uk/feature/poli... #VAWG
Policy Live 2026
Exploring policy solutions to some of the biggest challenges faced by the UK
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August 31st was International Overdose Awareness Day! Benzodiazepines and opioids are among the most common medications involved in medication overdoses worldwide. 🌎 #Deprescribing can help reduce the risk of drug overdose. Learn more about Drug Overdose and spread the word: buff.ly/sSwLnVO
The annual SAPC conference brought together primary care researchers to explore future challenges, innovations and opportunities in a changing healthcare landscape. Read our blog by Dr Mary Carter: tinyurl.com/3kscxp6r #PrimaryCare #GeneralPractice #AcademicPrimaryCare #NIHR @nihrspcr.bsky.social
PRIMARY CARE DELIVERY THEME - Society for Academic Primary Care conference, by Dr Mary Carter
The theme of this year’s national Society for Academic Primary Care conference was “Leading the future of primary care” and it took place at the University of St Andrews from 24th to 26th June. St
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Just #Sheffield to go!!! @tht.org.uk @ukcab.bsky.social @nat.org.uk
Dr Richard Ma PhD 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉🕺⚕️🩺🎓@richard-ma.bsky.social · 4mo ago🚨URGENT🚨 Looking for #PracticeNurses in #Sheffield, #Bristol, #Brighton to take part in 1.5 hour online focus group discussions about care of older people living with #HIV (PLWH) in general practice. We offer reimbursement (£70.50). Link for info & to register forms.cloud.microsoft/e/hY7bLrPgkQ
Colleague @jscottuob.bsky.social highlights the risks of coming off #benzodiazepines too quickly in this @channel4news.bsky.social feature on Gen Z use of anti-anxiety drugs from the dark web. 👀 Watch: www.channel4.com/news/why-gen...
Why Gen Z are getting anti-anxiety drugs from the dark web
Increasing numbers of young people are turning to the dark web to get hold of anti-anxiety medication - and many of them are unknowingly buying pills laced with a highly potent synthetic opioid called...
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Looking forward to going to Australia soon to deliver the Ian Webster Oration at UNSW on why we need a new philosophy of inquiry for researching health systems. Come in person if you're Sydney-based. Watch online if you're not! www.eventbrite.com.au/e/unsw-icfhs...
UNSW ICFHS Ian Webster Oration 2026
UNSW International Centre for Future Health Systems Ian Webster Oration
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“If we stick to business as usual and an economy of extraction then we will look back in 20 years filled with regrets”
Scotland’s wind industry is booming. China and Wall Street are cashing in
An investment vehicle managed by JP Morgan and state-backed firms from France, Norway and China own Scottish wind farms which have paid tens of millions in dividends this decade.
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🌿 A recent editorial explores the concept of an "Ecoprescription": "Prescribing a medication that has a lower environmental impact while ensuring similar quality and security for the patient." Learn about the environmental benefits for reducing inappropriate #polypharmacy: buff.ly/C3S59jd
As a graduation present, I give my PhD students posters based on their research. I have a few examples shown here (Dr. Pa Chia Thao and Dr. Reilly Milburn). These are done by PhD student and artist Isabel Lopez Murillo: analopezmurillo.github.io 🧪🔭⭐🎨
No science fiction could have prepared us for just how stupid the end of the world can be. "The environment was on the brink of collapse, and so, rather than deal with that, we burned what fuel we had left getting computers to scam each other for money."
Thank you to everyone who attended yesterday's lecture at CBRL Amman, titled What Can Jordan’s Bedouin Teach the World About Social Media? delivered by Dr Geoffrey Hughes. We appreciate your presence and engagement, which contributed to an insightful and enriching discussion throughout the evening.
I cycled to work the longer way today. At 5.5 miles, that's further than most UK car trips - yet it took me just 22 minutes We urgently need to unblock and enable the millions of short active trips that are being blocked every day because of our collective car dependency. Our health depends on it
How can pharmacy services better support people receiving opioid substitution therapy? @jscottuob.bsky.social & @vic-carlisle.bsky.social discuss in this recent @cppeengland.bsky.social Pharmacy Conversations podcast. 👉 tinyurl.com/4knkezzf #PharmSky #PrimaryCare #Opioids @swpharmres.bsky.social
Voice of the voiceless w/ Vicky Carlisle and Jenny Scott
Podcast Episode · CPPE: Pharmacy Conversations · June 18 · 1h 2m
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My colleague Vicky and I did a podcast with CPPE about stigma in pharmacies towards people who use drugs and how we can get rid of it. Interviewed by a former student of mine! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...
Voice of the voiceless w/ Vicky Carlisle and Jenny Scott
Podcast Episode · CPPE: Pharmacy Conversations · June 18 · 1h 2m
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Calling all #mentalhealth researchers - the UK GOV are holding a call for evidence to inform the mental health strategy for England. If you're a researcher, consider submitting your findings. 📅 July 10 2026, 11.59pm buff.ly/wNRvkw1
Mental Health Research Incubator@mhrincubator.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe UK GOV are holding a call for evidence to inform the #mentalhealth strategy for England. This call will inform the development & implementation of a new cross-government mental health strategy. If you're a researcher, consider submitting your findings. 📅 July 10 2026, 11.59pm buff.ly/wNRvkw1
Climbed Arthur's Seat for the first time today. Gorgeous views of the beautiful city of Edinburgh and beyond.
We're offering a fully-funded PhD studentship as part of the ORCHID project to investigate and address the critical gap in understanding how digital experiences affect #MentalHealth and development during childhood. Learn more and apply before 10 July: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/fundin...
Three year-PhD (Full-time) opportunity with the Online Risk and Resilience in Children’s Daily Lives (ORCHID) project | King's College London
We are looking for a PhD candidate to investigate children’s digital activities, associated psychological reactions, and links to mental health as part of ORCHID.
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Are you a #mentalhealth #researcher keen to improve your methodological skills? The next webinar in the Big Methods Exchange series by @nhigsonsweeney.bsky.social focuses on netnography. 🗓️ 15 June 2026 🕰️ 1pm - 2pm 📍 Online Sign up to this webinar now! buff.ly/wjJg7lD
