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Rebecca Glover

@rebeccaglover.bsky.social

PI, MRC Better Methods Better Research joint PI, Pharmacy First Evaluation https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres-projects-groups/pharmacy-first-evaluation#welcome Deputy Director, Public Health Policy Research Unit https://www.phpru.online/

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@ekashouris.bsky.social @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social @bsacandjac.bsky.social

07.10.2025 07:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Impact and implementation of Pharmacy First: Interim findings | LSHTM Do you wonder what the uptake and implementation of the Pharmacy First service has been like? Are you curious about the impact on AMU and AMR? Come along to the AMR centre's seminar where we present

TODAY:

Find out how expanding antibiotic supply to pharmacies without a prescription is impacting #AMU, #AMR, antibiotics and patients in England!

12:45 online here:
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

07.10.2025 07:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Impact and implementation of Pharmacy First: Interim findings | LSHTM Do you wonder what the uptake and implementation of the Pharmacy First service has been like? Are you curious about the impact on AMU and AMR? Come along to the AMR centre's seminar where we present

Interested in (interim) Pharmacy First findings? Come along to the @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social hybrid event where the team will be presenting all things AMU/AMR, and its impact on equity.
We're excited to discuss our work, its challenges, and hear from you as well!

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

22.09.2025 11:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’›

03.09.2025 14:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
C-reactive protein diagnostic test uptake in primary care: a qualitative study of the UKโ€™s 2019โ€“2024 AMR National Action Plan and lessons learnt from Sweden, the Netherlands and British Columbia Objectives This study compares the implementation of C-reactive Protein (CRP) testing to distinguish between acute bacterial and viral infections in primary care in three WHO European region countries...

Another #AMR article, out yesterday! Interested in #CRP testing in the UK and further afield? Want to know a bit more about the decade of CRP policy stagnation in primary care? Read more here:

bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/8...

@lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social

01.09.2025 11:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social

28.08.2025 13:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Stakeholder views on the implementation of the UKโ€™s Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) National Action Plan (2019โ€“2024) in relation to AMR in the environment Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the environment is an important component of One Health AMR research and is increasingly incorporated into AMR National Action Plans (NAPs), including the UKโ€™s AMR...

@istanton.bsky.social it was SO great working with you and Holly on this article, out TODAY in Global Health Action! Well done ๐Ÿ‘ โœ”๏ธ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘Œ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ™Œ ๐Ÿ‘

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

28.08.2025 12:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Vaping in childhood โ€˜gateway to cannabis and cigarettesโ€™ โ€˜Strikingโ€™ evidence linking habit to smoking in future strengthens long-held suspicions of health danger

Vaping in childhood โ€˜gateway to cannabis and cigarettesโ€™

In @telegraphnews.bsky.social, @rebeccaglover.bsky.social discusses findings from the largest review of research studies on #vaping to date.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...

21.08.2025 14:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#Vaping at a young age may act as a gateway to smoking, study suggests

@rebeccaglover.bsky.social explains that young people globally face a serious range of physical & psychological harms from vaping, as evidence indicates higher risk of transitioning to #smoking.

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

20.08.2025 13:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

@sugolder.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social @spidermaani.bsky.social

20.08.2025 05:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Vaping and harm in young people: umbrella review Objective To appraise and synthesise the evidence on short and longer term harms of vaping in young people. Data sources KSR Evidence (systematic reviews); Medline, Embase, and PsycInfo (umbrella rev...

I'm so proud of our study, out today. Young vapers (under 25s) approx 3 times more likely to go on to smoke.
tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl...

20.08.2025 05:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social @spidermaani.bsky.social

14.07.2025 18:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
(Re)Acting (to) the crisis: A comparative analysis of crisis framing in obesity, climate change, antimicrobial resistance, and the UK cost-of-living crisis | Journal of Critical Public Healt...

New article alert! Interested in crisis narratives in public health? (Including in AMR...?)

Find our work HERE:

journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

14.07.2025 17:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Very excited for this event on the 9th July!

It's part of our #AMR short course but open to everyone as it's online. Do join in and here what the amazing Prof Dame Sally Davies has to stay on the current status of global action on #AMR! @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social

10.06.2025 12:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Tools and challenges in the use of routine clinical data for antimicrobial resistance surveillance - npj Antimicrobials and Resistance npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - Tools and challenges in the use of routine clinical data for antimicrobial resistance surveillance

I really enjoyed contributing to this perspective on how to use routine clinical data for AMR surveillance, with @katholt.bsky.social, @gmknght.bsky.social, and the @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social management team!

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

11.05.2025 07:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œBut what can we possibly do given everything thatโ€™s happening??โ€

Well, stop posting on X for a startโ€ฆ

20.03.2025 00:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 101    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Major differences in pharmaciesยด antibiotics use for sore throats... Analysis found the antibiotic supply rate from pharmacies in England was 72.7%, compared to 29.9% in Wales.

Major differences in pharmaciesยด antibiotics use for sore throats

In Mail Online @ayodejimatuluko.bsky.social & @rebeccaglover.bsky.social discuss study with Cardiff University that found pharmacies in #England twice as likely to supply #antibiotics than #Wales.

www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/art...

17.03.2025 12:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Pharmacy First Evaluation | LSHTM An independent evaluation of England's Pharmacy First service. Launched in 2024, we will study implementation and impact of the new scheme which enables pharmacies to supply prescription-only

Better late than never...our evaluation website is now live!

www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

@dianeashiru.bsky.social @ayodejimatuluko.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social @efimantz.bsky.social

17.03.2025 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Our Deputy Director, @rebeccaglover.bsky.social , and @ayodejimatuluko.bsky.social uncover that pharmacies in England ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ may be twice as likely to supply antibiotics for sore throats compared to Wales ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ , highlighting key regional differences in antibiotic use. ๐Ÿ’Š

12.03.2025 16:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Major differences in pharmaciesโ€™ antibiotics use for sore throats highlighted Analysis found the antibiotic supply rate from pharmacies in England was 72.7%, compared to 29.9% in Wales.

What does it all mean? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

12.03.2025 12:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Comparison of antibiotic provision associated with acute sore throat symptom management in community pharmacies in Wales and England: a natural policy experiment AbstractBackground. Acute sore throat is managed in community pharmacies in England and Wales under different clinical pathways: Acute Sore Throat Pharmacy

New article now out! Comparing antibiotic supply for acute sore throat in pharmacies in England to those in Wales (spoiler alert: English antibiotic supply is much higher).

@lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social @efimantz.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/jac/advance-...

12.03.2025 10:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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"The real crisis is not that public health โ€” which is fundamentally about policies dictating the distribution of
resources required to protect human life โ€” has been politicized. It is that it has not been politicized nearly enough."โ€” @ericreinhart.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

11.03.2025 16:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 357    ๐Ÿ” 110    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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Studies of AMR population dynamics in a low-prevalence setting | LSHTM Scandinavian countries generally have a low level of antibiotic consumption, high infection control standards and low prevalences of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). National surveillance systems,

Join us tomorrow for a seminar on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in low-prevalence settings.

Dr. Gunnar Skov Simonsen will discuss AMR dynamics in Scandinavian countries, focusing on E. coli and S. aureus.

๐Ÿ“… 11 March
๐Ÿ“ LSHTM | Online
๐Ÿ”— bit.ly/3Ftbl95

10.03.2025 10:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A mixed methods protocol for an impact and implementation evaluation of the Pharmacy First Services for management of common conditions in England AbstractObjectives. In response to high levels of demand for primary medical services in England, characterized by longer appointment waiting times and del

Our #PharmacyFirst Evaluation protocol is out!

Read about what we're planning on doing (and how) here.

academic.oup.com/ijpp/advance...

06.03.2025 12:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Is #AMRโ€™s biggest problem its name?

In this blog, @rebeccaglover.bsky.social challenges the idea that rebranding will fix public engagementโ€”after all, HIV and Ebola caught on just fine.

So, is it really the terminology, or are we missing the bigger picture?

Read more ๐Ÿ‘‰ bit.ly/40ObACC

05.02.2025 12:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Antimicrobial Stewardship Research Academic Job Category Faculty Non Bargaining Job Title Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Antimicrobial Stewardship Research Department Patrick Laboratory | School of Population and Public Health | Facult...

one of my favourite people in the WHOLE WORLD is on a research team that is hiring! Interested in #AMR, #epidemiology, #bigdata, #antibiotics and more?

ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjo...

22.01.2025 18:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

Interested in UTIs, self-care, and the experiences of women from racialised minorities and low-income households? This study formed part of our UK #AMR National Arion Plan evaluation:

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

18.01.2025 07:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In hybrid working life, I rarely have time (or, if I'm honest, make time) for lunchtime seminars anymore. It's one of the things I'm trying to change in 2025, and I'm intentionally starting with Deepshikha's talk!

14.01.2025 09:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Gender gap in antibiotic prescriptions and consumption: quantitative evidence from India and the United States | LSHTM Evidence of gender disparities in antibiotic use from India and the U.S.

Dr Deepshikha Batheja, a development economist colleague from @onehealthtrust.bsky.social is at @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social today!! Come and listen to her talk about the link between gender and antibiotic prescriptions at 12:45 in the John Snow A (or online here: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...)

14.01.2025 09:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy Vitamin D, to all who celebrate.

22.12.2024 20:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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