Ewan Maule is Head of Medicines Optimisation at Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group and has also recently been elected as the Vice President of the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists.

We had a great conversation about how pharmacy is changing rapidly in the UK at the moment. The topics covered and questions I asked are outlined below. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed creating it.

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David Kološić is an Associate Solution Consultant at Veeva Healthcare. This podcast is all about David's career so far and the advice he would give others to achieve what he has but also about what community pharmacy can learn from the health tech market.

We talk about David's career to date. His career so far has been unconventional and actually although extremely successful now he dropped out of his pharmacy course.

He is such an interesting person with an entrepreneurial character. He shares some great insights about how we should be applying things he does in health tech in community pharmacy. It is all about data and a process of constant learning. 

David has a 'side hustle' called Pharamdelic. This is a platform within which he supports other professionals find interesting and valuable careers in the pharmaceutical industry. Click here to visit his website and find out more.

If you want to connect with David you can find him on Linkedin here.

Pharmacist Jonathan Underhill is a Medicines Clinical Adviser at the NICE Medicines and Prescribing Programme. He is also currently Medicines Optimisation Lead at Keele University and a member of the scientific committee for the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists. 

He was good enough to take some time out to talk all things pharmacy. Jonathan is particularly interested in evidence-based medicine and also on education. We explored his career to date and his views on some topical issues. We chatted about leadership in pharmacy and also the importance of rewarding high performing pharmacists. 

If you are interested in understanding the thoughts of one of the leading pharmacists in the UK highly recommend listening to this podcast. 

We will be featuring some of Jonathan's work over the coming weeks on Pharmacy in Practice so stay tuned.

Andre Yeung is a pharmacist, NHS England Network Chair and architect of the Digital Minor Ailments Referral service. By his own admission, he is on a mission to make stuff better for patients.

He was recently elected to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society English Pharmacy Board. He topped the poll in England with 941 member votes.

He was good enough to join me on the podcast. 

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Sam Falconer is a community pharmacist. His current role is that of pharmacy manager at Kilwinning’s Townhead Pharmacy.

Sam and his team are carving out a reputation for innovation and excellence in the delivery of pharmaceutical care a the heart of their community. Sam is an independent prescriber and he has been using this qualification to deliver a common clinical conditions service.

This service involves him assessing and prescribing for conditions like tonsillitis, ear problems, chest complaints and other ailments not covered by the Scottish Minor Ailment Service. He is already making an impact locally and the people that use his services are extremely satisfied with the work he does for them.

He was good enough to join me on the podcast to talk through how he has achieved this but also some of the challenges along the way.

If you want to understand how to run a well thought through independent prescriber led community pharmacy common clinical conditions service then this podcast is for you.

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Alyssa Stanlake is a Canadian pharmacy technician who works as an operation manager in a community pharmacy in Whistler. Alyssa works for Pier Health, a community pharmacy which specialises in supporting people who have an addiction and mental health problems.

She was awarded the honour of Canadian Pharmacy Technician of the Year 2018 after being nominated by her employer.

In the relatively short time that Alyssa has worked for them as operations manager, she has introduced a scheme whereby patients and residents can access naloxone kits free of charge. She has also instigated training so that everyone who has a kit knows how to use it.

Alyssa explained to me how she has saved many lives and educated a community as a consequence of this project.

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A few years ago our guest Mark Leaning had viral meningitis. This, unfortunately, resulted in him subsequently suffering from regular seizures. These seizures were treated unsuccessfully with prescription medication. He discovered medicinal cannabis and it changed his life by easing his symptoms.

During this podcast, I explore what the current reality is with medicinal cannabis. We have a robust discussion about the risks, benefits and generally the current lie of the land.

We would remind all health professionals of the importance of reporting adverse effects of medicinal products using the Yellow Card Scheme.

Declarations of interest

Mark is Director of Clyde Cannaceuticals Ltd. No payment was made to or from Mark for participation in this podcast.

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Ade Williams is the lead pharmacist at Bedminster Pharmacy, a Healthy Living Pharmacy in South Bristol. He actively works to increase public understanding of community pharmacy’s work and roles within the NHS whilst also highlighting ways to broaden access to the extensive expertise offered by the whole pharmacy team.

He was good enough to join me on the podcast and we got under the skin of community pharmacy. We discussed some of the tougher aspects of working in community pharmacy today but also some reasons to be hopeful.

Ade really is an inspirational pharmacist and a very humble leader. I thoroughly enjoyed chatting to him and would encourage anyone to listen to find out how he is shaping community pharmacy in south Bristol.

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Pharmacy student Regan McCahill was recently elected President of the BPSA. Regan was kind enough to join us for what turned out to be a really interesting chat. We cover the following areas in the podcast:

If you are a student and are interested in joining the BPSA feel free to check out their website for more details.

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Stephen-Andrew Whyte is an advanced clinical practitioner, has an interest in child health and is an all-around educationalist. We are also extremely proud to have the benefit of Stephen's insight as a member of the Pharmacy in Practice editorial board.

Stephen will be joining us in Scotland later this year to support the running of the new Pharmacy in Practice support days for pharmacists working in primary care (GP pharmacy and community pharmacy) in Scotland. To register your interest in these days and be alerted when dates are announced click here.

I spoke to Stephen recently about his career in paediatric pharmacy, professional coaching, sexism, bullying, apprenticeships and broadly where the profession of pharmacy in the UK needs to go.

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