Clare Howard

Clare Howard

@clarepharmacy.bsky.social

Pharmacist championing better and safer care for older people taking multiple medicines. Wiganer -now down south.

534 Followers 370 Following 187 Posts Joined Aug 2024
3 days ago
Image of a young woman of East Asian heritage with a laptop on her lap. Words read: Polypharmacy Action Learning Set. Join our Polypharmacy ALS to help build GP and prescribing healthcare professionals' confidence in and understanding of the complex issues surrounding stopping inappropriate medicines safely. This course is for GPs and other primary care prescribers with a minimum of 12 months prescribing experience. 3 June, 17 June and 1 July 2026. 9:30am to 12pm. Delegates must attend all three sessions.

Are you a GP or primary care prescriber? Would you like to build your confidence in stopping inappropriate medicines safely?

Then we'd love to see you at our Polypharmacy Action Learning Set starting in June: https://www.healthinnowest.net/event/polypharmacy-action-learning-set-june-july-2026/

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2 weeks ago

Oh Cathy- thoughts and prayers. 🀣
Our black bin is every three weeks now so it’s a catastrophe if you forget!

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1 month ago

Yep I uncovered some grim things when I wrote the RCGP RPS repeat prescribing toolkit & more now we are seeing practices do the self assessment but doubt the answer is AI or non doc/ non pharmacists taking it over. I think the answer could be better tech to flag risk/over supply etc. complex stuff πŸ€”

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1 month ago

β€œRelatively low risk medicines” - low risk until you give them to the wrong person, in the wrong strength or with the β€œ wrong” co morbidities. Crikey!

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1 month ago

This was one of my highlights in the @auralapothecary.pharmsky.app almanac. It’s and incredible example of science over adversity and such a big deal for women’s health. Well done DenmarkπŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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1 month ago
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Structured Medicines Review This policy statement highlights the essential role of structured medication reviews in improving patient safety, reducing harm and supporting more sustainable use of medicines, particularly for peopl...

www.rcgp.org.uk/representing.... Great to see this from @rcgp.bsky.social The @healthinnovnet.bsky.social Polypharmacy programme has lots of resources and education to support GPs, pharmacists and others to deliver high quality SMRs to patients taking multiple medicines.

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2 months ago

Legend πŸ’ͺ

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2 months ago

Absolutely thrilled to be part of this. 😊

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3 months ago

Emma is the problem the gp clinical system or the nhs app. I can help put you in touch with the team if it’s the latter. Or is it both?

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3 months ago

Ooh is that a thing? @debgompertz.bsky.social πŸ˜€

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3 months ago

#PharmSky UK pharmacists pls consider taking part in this survey on #AdvancedPractice

You'd be supporting my MPharm4 students and increasing understanding of an important topic.

Could opinion leaders like @pharmrj.pharmsky.app @hpillminster.pharmsky.app and @pharmacistdaz.uk help spread the word?

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4 months ago

@humanaqvi.bsky.social @clarepharmacy.bsky.social @kewdoc.bsky.social @susanshenkin.bsky.social

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4 months ago

Salut πŸ‡«πŸ‡· 😊

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4 months ago

Just had a 🍷with a pal tonight and she said I had to watch this. πŸ˜¬πŸ˜ƒ

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5 months ago

Zero humility, zero insight, zero shame. Awful.

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5 months ago

I’m really enjoying it. ☘️

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5 months ago
Abortion is healthcare. Abortion should be regulated like other health services so that women and girls can access safe, timely and respectful care.

Today is International #SafeAbortion Day.

Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls.

As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination.

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5 months ago
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Emma Vardy Hi there, This September, I’m walking 30 miles for Dementia UK – a cause close to my heart. Just Β£8 could pay for the telephone costs of two families calling its free Dementia Helpline, so any ...

Right. Off for a dementia UK walk. For anyone who wants to donate...Β£440, 000 raised so far by all taking part paying for 88,000 to the helpline!
fundraise.dementiauk.org/fundraisers/...

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5 months ago

How fab. I think about this a lot in the context of older ppl on long term metformin. Fancy a chat about a potential masterclass?

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6 months ago

Fantastic resources produced by @davidalldred.bsky.social and team.

You can find out more about the project and download the resources here:

yqsr.org/2025/09/11/m...

#medsky #safetysky #polypharmacy #pharma #healthcare #medication #pharmacy

@rebeccalawton.bsky.social @albravington.bsky.social

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6 months ago

Duties of a Doctor (General Medical Council) imply that giving out false or misleading information that could lead to harm might be grounds for removing a doctor from the Medical Register.

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7 months ago

By heck that’s a long way. πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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8 months ago

Ahh- I’m honoured πŸ₯°

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8 months ago
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Short film series highlights award-winning deprescribing initiative Three short films have been released to highlight the success of a scheme which stops the over-medication of people with learning disability or autism

community.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/posts/short-... fantastic to see the HIN Polypharmacy materials being used to support medication review in people with Learning Disability πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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8 months ago
Photo of nicola bent with the third paragraph of her quote printed alongside. Use the website link in our post to hear it.

Our CEO Nicola Bent has given her reaction to the 10 Year Health Plan for England, welcoming its focus on innovation to improve outcomes and the opportunities that gives to health innovation networks and their partners in the #NHS and wider healthcare system. Read more: lnkd.in/e6HB8pKn

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8 months ago

Drive your plow over the bones of the dead. Olga Tokarczuk - Me and my son ( eng lit at Manchester uni) have a wee book club together. This was his pick. Started off well but bit of a slog at the moment. πŸ˜€

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8 months ago

Well I totally agree with Jacinder ( and all the fellas were worthy too) but we are 51% of the worlds population!! What kind of inspiration is this to young women looking at one of our highest educational institutions? Right rant over back to me book πŸ˜€

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8 months ago

Oh it’s next on my list. πŸ˜€

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8 months ago

So there were no women who have made lasting contributions to the world?? πŸ€”πŸ™„

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8 months ago

It’s starting to drive me nuts. They’re going to normalise voting for someone who will drag us into the gutter.

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