Safe & Sound: Safe and Sound: Medicines Safety: Episode 2 – Behind the Counter

In part 2, I talk to Cejai Lindsey, Pharmacy Assistant in Pharmacy Procurement, about how pharmacy do their part at the point of entry of medicines into the hospital to ensure we make medicines as safe as possible for our patients, myth busters, and advice on people getting into healthcare. 

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Safe & Sound: Medicines Safety Month: Episode 1 - NICU Medicines Unplugged

In our first episode of 'Safe & Sound: Medicines Safety Month', we chat to Kirsty Robertson - Senior Specialist Pharmacist for NICU, and Heather Parsons - Ward Sister and Governance Lead for NICU, about medicines safety in NICU. Join us as we explore teeny tiny doses, patient and parent involvement in medicines, and druggles!

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The GOSH Bioethics Podcast returns for its third series, with new episodes released fortnightly. Join your podcast host Dr Joe Brierley in conversation with leading experts and contributors to the field of paediatric bioethics. These podcasts explore the ethical, legal, and social questions shaping clinical practice.

After occasional episodes, the first series of this podcast aired in started in March 2021 on our sister platform GOSHpods. You can listen to upcoming and previous episodes as well as other GOSHpods on your preferred podcast platform.

Joe welcomes Dr Farrah Raza, Stipendiary Lecturer in Public Law at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, and researcher at the Max Planck Institute. They examine intersections between British public law, medical law, religion, and ethics, considering how legal frameworks and cultural perspectives influence ethical practice in healthcare.

 Papers:

https://jme.bmj.com/content/44/8/536

Farrah Raza, Jonathan Herring, James Neuberger, David Jones, Heloise Robinson, Cornelius Engelmann, John Forsythe, Ernest Ryder, Gurch Randhawa, Isabel Quiroga, Thomas Berg, and Douglas Thorburn, ‘Should Conditional Deceased Organ Donation be Permitted? Identifying legal and ethical considerations’(2025) Medical Law International 1-27.

 

Farrah Raza, ‘The Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief: The Challenge of Defining Religion’ (2024) 3(2) Supreme Court Law Review.

 

Farrah Raza and James Neuberger, ‘Consent in Organ Transplantation: putting legal obligations and guidelines into practice’ (2022) BMC Medical Ethics 23:69.

Farrah Raza, ‘Limitations to the Right to Religious Freedom: Rethinking Key Approaches’ (2020) 9 Oxford Journal of Law and Religion 435.

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The GOSH Bioethics Podcast returns for its third series, with new episodes released fortnightly. Join your podcast host Dr Joe Brierley in conversation with leading experts and contributors to the field of paediatric bioethics. These podcasts explore the ethical, legal, and social questions shaping clinical practice.

After occasional episodes, the first series of this podcast aired in started in March 2021 on our sister platform GOSHpods. You can listen to upcoming and previous episodes as well as other GOSHpods on your preferred podcast platform.

 

Having caught up with Dr Fiona Miles a Paediatric Intensivist at Auckland’s Starship Hospital at a recent PICU conference, and having trained together at GOSH many many years ago, Joe persuaded Fiona to come on the podcast to discuss her role in the ethics team at Starship. Particularly the fascinating use of Māori ethical perspectives in a contemporary children’s hospital. This nicely illustrates how cultural frameworks shape clinical decision-making.

Links:

Moana Jackson talk: https://youtu.be/lajTGQN8aAU?si=wE-BDZjF6qbWYkWp

 

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Why Medicines Waste Matters – and What We Can Do About It

In this eye-opening episode, host Caroline Dalton from the Medication Information Team at Great Ormond Street Hospital sits down with Tracy Lyons, Medicines Sustainability Lead and co-founder of Pharmacy Declares. Together, they dive into the surprising truths and staggering statistics, behind medicines waste in the NHS — from the financial and environmental costs to the impact on our workforce.

Tracy shares powerful insights from a large-scale patient survey, revealing how we typically dispose of medicines and what that means for sustainability. This conversation is packed with practical ideas and inspiring reflections on how returning to first principles could help us reduce waste before it even begins.

Whether you're in healthcare, sustainability, or simply curious about how small changes can make a big difference — this episode is not to be missed.

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The GOSH Bioethics Podcast returns for its third series, with new episodes released fortnightly. Join your podcast host Dr Joe Brierley in conversation with leading experts and contributors to the field of paediatric bioethics. These podcasts explore the ethical, legal, and social questions shaping clinical practice.

After occasional episodes, the first series of this podcast aired in started in March 2021 on our sister platform GOSHpods. You can listen to upcoming and previous episodes as well as other GOSHpods on your preferred podcast platform.

 

Joe was very excited to be joined by our first US guest, Anna Goff, PhD, HEC-C, Clinical Ethics Fellow at Weill Cornell Medicine, which allows a reflection on the differences between UK and US approaches to clinical ethics. They discuss the emotional impact of ethics consultations, the importance of recognising this within the profession, and Anna’s recent research, including her publication ‘Turning Lemons into Lemonade: Studying the Emotional Impact of Clinical Ethics Consultation’.

 

 The Emotional Impact of Clinical Ethics Work on Clinical Ethicists: A Qualitative Study - PubMed

 Turning Lemons into Lemonade: Studying the Emotional Impact of Clinical Ethics Consultation - The Hastings Center for Bioethics

 Ethical Challenges Experienced by Clinical Ethicists during COVID-19: AJOB Empirical Bioethics: Vol 14 , No 1 - Get Access

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In this episode, Sarah Ahmed, GOSH Digital Fellow, hosts a dynamic conversation with Stephen Tomlin (Director of the Children’s Research and Innovation Centre and Medicines Sustainability Lead for North Central London ICB), alongside Stacey Moris and Nicola Moodey, Complex Asthma Clinical Nurse Specialists at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Together, they explore the environmental impact of asthma care—balancing carbon footprints with

the challenge of non-recyclable plastics in inhalers. The team dives into the complexities of inhaler

swaps in paediatrics, and why patient-centred prescribing is key to both sustainability and safety.

Highlights include:

- Why switching inhalers isn’t always straightforward in children

- The importance of prescribing inhalers that patients can—and will—use

- A call to action: return unused medications to your pharmacy

- How asthma care can evolve to support both health outcomes and the planet

This episode is essential listening for clinicians, sustainability advocates, and anyone passionate

about greener, smarter healthcare.

Tune in now to discover how small changes in asthma care can make a big difference.

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In this thought-provoking episode, host Nicola Wilson—Head of Education for Sustainability and

Implementation Manager for the Born Green Project—sits down with Erik Ruiz, Lead for Sustainable

Pharmaceuticals at Healthcare Without Harm Europe.

Together, they explore the urgent need to minimise pharmaceutical pollution and protect

against antimicrobial resistance, challenging the idea that we have carte blanche to use

medications without considering their environmental impact. Medicines are essential—but so

is rethinking our lifestyles and systems to support sustainable healthcare.

Key topics include:

- Plastics reduction and the environmental cost of pharmaceuticals

- Wastewater and antimicrobial resistance: what’s really going down the drain

- The role of systemic change in transforming healthcare sustainability

- The prophylactic use of antibiotics in food production and its global implications

- Collaborating with industry for transparency in environmental data

This episode is a must-listen for healthcare professionals, sustainability advocates, and anyone

interested in the intersection of medicine, environment, and ethics.

Tune in now to learn how we can protect both human health and the planet.

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The GOSH Bioethics Podcast returns for its third series, with new episodes released fortnightly. Join your podcast host Dr Joe Brierley in conversation with leading experts and contributors to the field of paediatric bioethics. These podcasts explore the ethical, legal, and social questions shaping clinical practice.

After occasional episodes, the first series of this podcast aired in started in March 2021 on our sister platform GOSHpods. You can listen to upcoming and previous episodes as well as other GOSHpods on your preferred podcast platform.

In the lead up to the Ashes, (Autumn 25 Aus 0-Eng 5, surely?), Joe is joined by Dr Carolyn Johnson Chair of the Clinical Ethics Response Group at Monash Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. They address a question Carolyn published a recent paper on: The legal liability of hospital ethics panels and committees, “Should I be more worried than I am?.” So, in any jurisdiction can a hospital ethics committee be sued, if so who by, and as individuals or a collective - and do we need to consider legal protection/insurance?

Legal Liability of Clinical Ethics Services in Australia: "Should I Be More Worried Than I Am?" - P…

Involving parents in paediatric clinical ethics committee deliberations: a current controversy - Pu…

Clinical ethics support: Addressing legal uncertainties - Journal of Medical Ethics blog

Ethical advice in paediatric care - Queen's University Belfast

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In this insightful episode, host Stephen Tomlin—Director of the Children’s Research and Innovation

Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital and Medicines Sustainability Lead for North Central London

ICB—joins Caroline Dalton from the Medication Information Team at GOSH to explore how digital

innovation and informed prescribing can benefit both patient safety and the environment.

Together, they dive into:

- The digitalisation of prescribing: safer for patients, better for the planet

- Why consistent environmental data on medications matters for clinical decisions

- How medicines optimisation supports sustainable prescribing and improves outcomes

- The power of education and even gamification in helping patients take their medicines well

From practical strategies to forward-thinking ideas, this episode is a must-listen for anyone

passionate about greener healthcare and patient-first innovation.

Listen now and discover how smarter prescribing can lead to a healthier future—for people

and the planet.

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