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Chris Donnan retweeted
Pharmacy First in England is expanding to include five more common conditions.
We welcome the expansion, but investment in the pharmacy workforce and infrastructure must keep pace with growing demand.
Read our full response: bit.ly/4yxULve
@drmahendrapatel
ALT Quote from Professor Mahendra Patel on expanding clinical services to empower patients and utilize pharmacists' skills effectively.
Chris Donnan retweeted
We've published our latest Medicines Used in Mental Health statistics, covering prescribing trends across England from April to June 2026.
The data analyses prescribing across 5 key drug groups, including antidepressants, ADHD medications and drugs for dementia.
🧵Key findings
ALT Medicines Used in Mental Health - England Quarterly Summary Statistics April to June 2026
Chris Donnan retweeted
The NHS Leadership and Management Framework sets consistent standards aligned to the 10 Year Health Plan. It’s for managers at every level, from ward to board, clinical and non-clinical, and includes a supporting self-assessment tool: lmframework.leadershipacadem…
ALT Take a look at our new leadership and management framework today. #NHSLeadersandmanagers
Chris Donnan retweeted
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Chris Donnan retweeted
This exclusive scoping review by pharmacy leaders has identified priority actions to support safe, confident and sustainable prescribing practice — particularly in community and primary care settings
#independentprescribing #reviewarticle #ukpharmacy
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Chris Donnan retweeted
Front page of @guardian covers millions who are going to A&E for minor ailments that could be treated in a community pharmacy. As I say in the article ‘Pharmacists are highly trained professionals and can supply prescription medicines on the NHS for a range of common illnesses’.
Chris Donnan retweeted
Top-selling drugs in the first 9 months of 2025 (by sales)
1. Semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy, Rybelsus)
2. Tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound)
3. Pembrolizumab (Keytruda)
Chris Donnan retweeted
Efficacy and safety of clopidogrel versus #aspirin monotherapy in patients at high risk after #PCI (SMART-CHOICE 3)- The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lance… Even it was an open label #RCT, several studies advocated #clopidogrel as preferred Tx with few implementation in practice…
Chris Donnan retweeted
📣 Use of paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children.
Read the full announcement ➡️ bit.ly/4nl5AeS
Chris Donnan retweeted
Interesting new evidence for deprescribing anti hypertensives in nursing home residents (ie they don’t benefit from tight BP control)
Presented at #ESCCongress:
In older patients with frailty who were receiving antihypertensive drugs and had a systolic blood pressure below 130 mm Hg, reducing antihypertensive drugs did not lead to lower all-cause mortality over 4 years than usual care. Full RETREAT-FRAIL trial results: nej.md/45NUK9v
@escardio
ALT Kaplan–Meier analysis of death from any cause (primary end point).
Chris Donnan retweeted
📻 NPA Chair @nkpharmacy spoke to @Matthew_Wright this morning on @LBC about our new analysis showing the UK to have some of the lowest numbers of pharmacies per head of population in the OECD.
💰 He also urged the government to get round the table to negotiate this year’s contract
Chris Donnan retweeted
SPS is developing a tool to show appropriate product options when deprescribing antidepressants & want to test a prototype with users
DM if you're a prescriber involved in deprescribing antidepressants in any care setting & have 15-20 mins at the end of next week to help us
Chris Donnan retweeted
Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) conversion chart 💊🔄
For those affected by supply issues to PERT in the 🇬🇧, check out the update and latest guideline.
neuroendocrinecancer.org.uk/…
psgbi.org/media/resources/Po…
Chris Donnan retweeted
With some of the most complex pharmacotherapy (& almost all risk factors for drug related harm in buckets), it always amazes me that not all palliative care teams include specialist pharmacists.
If I was a hospice CEO anything less than daily input would keep me awake at night
Chris Donnan retweeted
It’s vital that patients can access the medicines they need.
Help make pharmacy a priority at the general election. #VotePharmacy
Read more about our manifesto: rpharms.com/manifesto
Chris Donnan retweeted
BREAKING NEWS: #Medicines #supply problems have become a daily occurrence in #pharmacies across England, putting patients' health at great risk. Our new national report warns of the worsening situation severely impacting patients and pharmacies.
cpe.org.uk/pressuressurvey
Chris Donnan retweeted
#PharmacyFirst will not work unless GPs and Pharmacies come together to design how it will be locally implemented.
We are advancing these discussions quite nicely in Doncaster and I'm excited to see how it all pans out.
#PharmacyFirst is creating some concern (understandably) amongst grassroot pharmacists in terms of their training and capacity to deliver the service.
It is the right way forward for the Pharmacy Profession - but those delivering on these contracts need to show some leadership, and unsure 'their' pharmacists are on the journey with them. You can't impose change successfully.
I've heard (unconfirmed) that one organisation is providing 2 days of paid training for their pharmacists - which is really encouraging to hear.
But clear communication, the roadmap, and the delivery process still need to be communicated to teams. In that way, we will all make this development the success that Pharmacy & Primary Care need.