Pharmacy Phorts
Pharmacy, Technology. Better Healthcare
Tag: healthcare
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I’ve spent my entire adult life working in healthcare. As a pharmacist, I’ve counselled countless patients, navigated prescribing complexities, and witnessed the intricate dance of our NHS from the inside. For the most part, I’ve been fortunate—blessed with good health, save for the occasional chest infection, a bout of COVID, and that peculiar post-COVID gift…
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I’m looking at my calendar, pen poised over Thursday, 10th July. The PM Healthcare Digital Technology & AI Conference at the Royal College of General Practitioners in London promises exactly the kind of insight I thrive on—digital health and AI from a pharmacist’s perspective. A colleague is presenting, the agenda looks compelling, and I know…
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AI is the current panacea of all humanities woes. The claims (and some of the hype cycle claims) are in the headlines nearly every day, and this seems especially so within the healthcare sphere. I’m certainly not a Luddite, but perhaps I’m not so assured that adding AI to anything and everything will solve problems,…
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Innovation vs. Inertia in NHS Technology Have you noticed how our everyday lives have been transformed by seamlessly connected digital services? Banking, shopping, travel—all accessible through sleek apps that talk to each other effortlessly. Yet when it comes to healthcare technology, particularly within our NHS, things aren’t quite so fluid. Why is that? The Green…
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Yesteday (29/05/2024) a significant report on Pharmacy was published by the Health and Social Care Committee. MPs hear that community pharmacy funding model is ‘broken’ – Committees – UK Parliament The inqury had been running since 2023, had a number of sessions hearing “oral evidence” and significant number of the “pharmacy great and the good”…