Midlands Practice Pharmacy Network

The MPPN exists to support, encourage and empower clinical pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working in primary care in the Midlands.

[Midlands Practice Pharmacy Network @themppn]

Next month, the MPPN is running a #CVD Prevention workshop: detection & management of AF, hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia & HF. Designed for #clinicalpharmacists & #pharmacytechs, the session will be on Thurs 21 Mar at Walsall College. @PharmacyHour https://t.co/wgx7bLE9cF

[Midlands Practice Pharmacy Network @themppn]

Wonderful workshop with @livewellpain yesterday. Stimulating, engaging and above all v practical. Thanks so much to the team from everyone at the MPPN 👏👏

[Midlands Practice Pharmacy Network @themppn]

"From Analgesic Stewardship to Pain Management" the @themppn's next free F2F workshop is on 21 Sep. Led by the team at @livewellpain, the session will be co-delivered by both clinicians & patients with extensive backgrounds in pain. Visit https://t.co/cvC7ZRbJJy @PharmacyHour

[Midlands Practice Pharmacy Network @themppn]

Our simple & free toolkit to support the identification of asthma & COPD patients at risk unplanned hospital admissions and improve disease control https://t.co/41Yjr18PqQ

[Asthma + Lung UK @asthmalunguk]

📣 Today we launch our End The #LungHealthLottery campaign and need your help to urge the government to take lung conditions seriously. People in some areas of the UK are more likely to be hospitalised or die from a lung condition simply because of where they live.

[Faiza @fyahya2004]

Hot off the press!!📢
A topic I'm very passionate about!
How can we facilitate safer transfer of care? A scoping review on the role of pharmacists in general practice.
https://t.co/QSnTOo4Z4P
Huge thanks to @Hadi_PharmPrac @NazarHamde @Chuckerby for making this possible

[Midlands Practice Pharmacy Network @themppn]

Next month the MPPN will be holding a free full day's educational workshop on womens' health - menopause, contraception, mental health & OAB - Thurs 27 Apr at the Banks's Stadium, Walsall. Visit https://t.co/cvC7ZRbJJy if you would like to register.

[Midlands Practice Pharmacy Network @themppn]

Perfect or terrible timing? MPPN's first webinar of 2023 is "Financial Planning for Clinical Pharmacists" with Greg Povey of Wesleyan. FREE to all members. Tues 17th Jan 2023 at 7:15pm. Visit https://t.co/cvC7ZRchz6 to view the programme and for details of how to register.

[Midlands Practice Pharmacy Network @themppn]

FREE to members: Financial Planning for Clinical Pharmacists - Getting the Basics Right. MPPN webinar - Tues 17 Jan 2023 at 7:15pm. AND Asthma: A Clinical Pharmacist's Guide. F-2-F workshop on Wed 15 Feb 2023. Visit https://t.co/cvC7ZRchz6 for info

[Midlands Practice Pharmacy Network @themppn]

Financial Planning for Clinical Pharmacists - Getting the Basics Right.
First Free MPPN (https://t.co/cvC7ZRbJJy) webinar of 2023 - Tuesday 17th January 2023 at 7:15pm. Visit the MPPN website to view the programme and for details of how to register.

[PDS @PDS_Keele]

New Anticoagulation Decision Support Tool https://t.co/3n9NA0b4A4 now updated to reflect NICE guideline Atrial fibrillation: diagnosis and management NG196. Still FREE to use for qualified healthcare professionals working in the UK.

[Health Innovation West Midlands @HealthInnovWM]

Join us on 14th September for the West Midlands regional Pharmacy Care Home Network meeting. This event is for any Pharmacists or Pharmacy Technicians who deliver services to improve our population's health outcomes from any sector.

Click here to book 👉 https://t.co/PdSEMM2pum

[PDS @PDS_Keele]

Maybe worth a look at https://t.co/0UXHDvay6q ... incl. specific school-age searches

[Midlands Practice Pharmacy Network @themppn]

New MPPN workshop in partnership with @wmahsn - CVD Prevention: AF, H'ten, Lipids/FH and CHF. 6 Oct at Village Hotel Walsall/B'ham. FREE to MPPN members. Visit https://t.co/cvC7ZRbJJy to register.

[Midlands Practice Pharmacy Network @themppn]

Excellent morning session in Walsall practicing Resp/ENT physical assessment skills. Thanks @BenSev_AlfaMed

[The Pharmaceutical Journal @PJOnline_News]

Training in pharmacogenomic testing needs to be prioritised so that the NHS can benefit from the many advantages it has to offer, especially for older people at higher risk from adverse drug reactions

#PJgenomics

https://t.co/b0JAIIx73J

[The Pharmaceutical Journal @PJOnline_News]

Lack of diagnostic testing for bacterial infections is “alarming”, warns AMR review chair

https://t.co/FV090ViKJF

[The Pharmaceutical Journal @PJOnline_News]

PJ view: Pharmacists must be allowed more time for structured medication reviews

https://t.co/OJjKsmitAP

[Midlands Practice Pharmacy Network @themppn]

It's that time of year: if you want to identify #asthma patients whose allergic triggers are poorly controlled, particularly those at risk during seasonal peaks (eg. children prior to their return to school) our FREE case finding toolkit my help https://t.co/TYOi1FhRrL #allergy

[UKCPA Diabetes & Endocrinology Committee @UKCPADiabetes]

New @MHRAmedicines @MHRAgovuk advice about metformin 💊 and B12

Check it out ⤵️ 🔎 and https://t.co/YJhPDNr2Uk

[Beverley Bostock RGN MSc MA Queen's Nurse @bevbostock]

I'm madly sharing the uncontrolled asthma pathway again so please, read, share, and retweet: @wegpns @ARNS @PCRSUK @CroyRespTeam @RespNetwork @rotherhamresp @OxfordAHSN
https://t.co/h8ERUi2ujA