No more #cmhp2026 posts from me as I am home to celebrate boy 2's birthday (two teenagers in the house now!) Thank you to everyone who works so hard for @cmhpcommunity.pharmsky.app especially our council members who do so much on our behalf 💙

The morning sessions of the #CMHP2026 conference continued with four great sessions, all linked by the theme of delivering excellent patient care, whether at a service level or with individual patients @cmhpcommunity.pharmsky.app

A fantastic opening morning at the @cmhpcommunity.pharmsky.app 2026 conference. The theme of working across care settings very much in evidence across all the talks, alongside a focus on improving use of #clozapin Thanks to all the speakers and organisers #cmhp2026

Stayed up late last night to finish reading A Year in Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social Thanks @bennewmark.bsky.social for this little treasure box of stories 🖤

It's great that @shaunlintern.bsky.social has more stories to follow on this. As mentioned by others, there's lots of research going on about how to tackle #polypharmacy but one of the key challenges is what you define as a successful intervention. [1/2]

Shaun Lintern@shaunlintern.bsky.social · last mo.

Almost 8 million over 50s are taking 5 medicines a day - the threshold for #polypharmacy - About 2.2 million take 10 drugs a day. For frail, elderly patients drugs can have cumulative, harmful effects and the NHS just isn't geared up to tackle the problem: #tomorrowspaperstoday

I've loved the Lost Words Blessing for so long and today I got to sing it in a beautiful choral arrangement with a fab scratch choir in Bristol. Very excited to hear the whole Spell Songs ensemble later this week too.

I really enjoyed a visit to the London Fashion and Textile Museum with my teenager this week to see the exhibition of work by Susan Collier and Sarah Campbell. It was as joyful as the name suggests: Paint! Pattern! Print! 💕🌈🌼🦚🦋 The striped jug in the collage below was his artwork in response.

This is a lovely site which helps remind us of much of what we take for granted in material progress ordinaryabundance.com (HT @aveek18.bsky.social)

Ordinary Abundance

A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.

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I have lots of thoughts about this awful story and echo all of what Rachel says in this thread. Teaching pharmacy students and pharmacists about mental health medicines I always try and equip them with key safety messages about #clozapine (wherever they work). This resource is a good start ⬇️ [cont.]

Rachel@rrowanolive.bsky.social · 2mo ago

There’s a story out in the last few days about someone on clozapine who died of clozapine toxicity because briefly stopping smoking increased his body’s absorption of it. It’s a horrible story and highlights some really huge gaps and conflicts in psychiatric practice - eg there is a HUGE push to get

Reply by quote post as not able to reply. Tina made me some beautiful earrings in memory of my grandmother. I'd never had bespoke jewellery made for me before (and perhaps never will again) but she guided me through everything. tinaengell.com

Tina Engell - Goldsmith

Tina Engell is an established Bath-based goldsmith. She designs and makes precious gold and silver jewellery in her workshop.

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The medicines supply chain is quite fragile for many drugs. It will actually break if people do this.

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 3mo ago

People will be told to stockpile food, water and medicine in new UK Government plans to prepare for war

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Two amazing photos from the storms here in the south west ⬇️ 📷 by Mike Jefferies and Kev Pearson. Thanks for sharing @duncanbatey.bsky.social seen by me via @clairecopperman.bsky.social

Duncan Batey@duncanbatey.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Couple of photos from local photographers: Mike Jefferies with the incoming storm, and Kev Pearson with the lightning. Amazing shots.

This does seem to be a key barrier when people ask how can we get the best possible people in parliament. Being a candidate and then a backbench MP looks pretty awful to me. "Why We Get the Wrong Politicians" by Isabel Hardman really opened my eyes to this and changed how I think about politics.

Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The visible, and sometimes openly expressed attitude of 'these people should be grateful. Last week they were a teacher and now they are an MP with a precarious majority and who gets death threats and called a paedo protector'. They liked being a teacher!

There are *so* many examples where the onus is on vulnerable patients to navigate poorly functioning systems. There are sometimes relatively simple fixes that could make things better if staff had time to pause and consider their service as a whole. But that's rare, and everyone loses as a result.

Is your child up at 9pm arguing about tram networks with the entire staff of the FT and some tedious Americans who are not familiar with the concept of a joke? This report make shock you.

David Higham@oldtrotter.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Everything's a conspiracy

I know there's a lot of awful stuff on social media and that those who run the companies are interested in profit above any responsibility towards users, but I am trying to work out how to navigate this with my autistic 12yr old who gets so much joy researching his special interests on YouTube 😔

Law is not magic, and prohibitions are not spells.

Cllr Dr Alex Powell@apowelllaw.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Prohibition has never worked. We already know that very high numbers of under 16s in Australia continue to access social media notwithstanding the 'ban'. The same will happen in the UK. All a ban does is given the impression of having 'done something' while ignoring the actual issues.

Do you have more than one long-term health condition or know someone who does? Do you work in a professional or voluntary role providing healthcare, care or support? If so, please complete this short survey about what matters. Your views will help us shape future research. 🙏 👉tinyurl.com/mwax938m

I spent an extraordinary evening yesterday immersed in the music of William Byrd. Performed by candlelight in the stunning interior of Bath Abbey, recreating a clandestine Mass held in Elizabethan England, I found it very moving. @thegesualdosix.bsky.social have created something very special.

Trailer: Secret Byrd (The Gesualdo Six)

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Useful info: ▪️Store meds out of direct sunlight esp if you’re out & about ▪️Know the signs of heat-related illness: some meds make this more likely ▪️ Some meds make your skin more likely to burn: take extra care if so Mental health meds are common culprits for this stuff, more details in the link ⬇️

Cathy Cooke@cathycooke.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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I've just finished reading "Don't burn anyone at the stake today" by the wonderful @naomialderman.bsky.social and I'm now going to be incessantly recommending it to people. I'll also be trying to apply the principles to my own life and decision making [cont.]

It was great to meet so many people interested in #PharmacyResearch at @cpcongress.bsky.social last week - we gave out a lot of badges! It therefore seems like a good week to launch our revamped network newsletter. If you are already a network member, it's in your inbox. Otherwise, click here ⬇️

May 2026: Welcome to the first edition of our revamped newsletter

Updates on #PharmacyResearch in the south west region including funding opportunities and network events.

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There is understandable concern with potential risks of data sharing in the NHS. There is also actual & real harm that happens regularly because there isn’t enough NHS data sharing. Changes to improve data sharing for NHS & social care services will make real positive difference to people’s lives.

Shaun Lintern@shaunlintern.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Minister Zubir Ahmed, a transplant surgeon, told me that in January he had to decline a kidney for someone because a lack of access to GP records at a weekend meant he couldn't be sure the organ was safe. GPs meanwhile still rely on letters from hospitals to know what happened to their patient.

Really interesting session on #AdvancedPractice at CPC yesterday. Great to hear jointly from @rcpharm.bsky.social and @england.nhs.uk, and to hear some personal credentialling journeys. And thank you to Joseph Oakley for the follow up conversation, fascinating as always!

Royal College of Pharmacy@rc-pharm.bsky.social · 5mo ago

If you’re at Clinical Pharmacy Congress today, don’t miss our speakers sharing our work as the Royal College of Pharmacy, becoming an advanced pharmacist and learning through leadership: https://ow.ly/uHLs50YWxGX

We've been very busy on the @uniofbathnews.bsky.social stand at CPC. More conversations than ever about prescribing and advanced practice. Also lots of interest in @swpharmres.bsky.social - hopefully encouraged a few more members to join so we can support their #PharmacyResearch journey.

Clinical Pharmacy Congress@cpcongress.bsky.social · 5mo ago

What an incredible first day at the 15th edition of Clinical Pharmacy Congress! 🎉 Day 2 brings even more opportunities to learn, connect and explore. Not attended yet? There's still time to join us tomorrow! #ClinicalPharmacy #CPCongress #ExCeL #CPC2026 *This event is supported by pharma companies

We’re doing the antidepressant thing again, it seems. I’ve been taking those two larger white pills since I was 16. No shame here. The little one stops my heart from freaking out. My brain catastrophically misinterprets threat causing an illness that has tried to kill me on at least five occasions.

🏥 We’ve updated OpenPrescribing Hospitals, our platform for analysing NHS trust medicines data in England. Our new way to view measures will be key to helping users quickly find insights and act on them. Learn more: www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2026/04...

A new way to view measures on OpenPrescribing Hospitals | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science

Making searching, comparing and sharing OpenPrescribing Hospitals measures easier.

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