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S8E9 8.9 How to take Drugs with Professor Nick Barber
Are your medicines actually working for you? According to Professor Nick Barber, probably not as well as you think. In this episode of The Aural Apothecary, Jamie, Gimmo and STC are joined by…
S8E8 8.8 Biography Before Biology: Professor Sir Gregor Smith and Critical Connections
Is healthcare becoming too much like a repair shop?In this episode, we are joined by Professor Sir Gregor Smith, Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, for a wide-ranging conversation on 10 years of…
S8E7 8.7 Dr Lena Frischlich - Seeing isn’t Believing - Medicines in the Age of Misinformation
In this episode, we explore the challenging landscape of disinformation in healthcare with Associate Professor Dr. Lena Frischlich from the University of Southern Denmark. Lena is co-director of the…
S8E6 8.6 Anecdotes & Antidotes - 5 Years of Medicines and Memories
How did three pharmacists , two of whom had never met, come together to create one of the most distinctive medicines-focused podcasts around? In this fifth anniversary special, hosted by Sarah Cripps…
S8E5 8.5 There’s an App for That: Medicines in the Digital NHS with Rahul Singal
In an era where “there’s an app for that” is increasingly the answer, we turn our attention to what digital transformation really means for medicines. Not just convenience and clicks, but safety,…
S8 Live from Oxford with Professor Ben Goldacre - Bad Pharma, Good Data, Better Care
The Apothecaries are back on the road! In this special live episode, The Aural Apothecary takes the stage at the Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, hosted at Jesus College, Oxford…
S8 The Aural Apothecary Almanac 2025
In this festive, end-of-year episode, the Apothecaries are joined by the fourth and fifth Apothecaries, Clare Howard and Jonathan Underhill. We reflect on momentous moments in medicines alongside…
S8E4 8.4 Professor Alistair Boxall - From Prescription to Pollution: The Unseen Impact of Medicines in Our Waterways
What really happens to medicines after we swallow them? Where do they end up… and what exactly are we flushing away? Which medicines might we be taking —unknowingly—the next time we pour a glass of…
S8E3 8.3 Brian MacKenna - In God we Trust : All Others Must Bring Data
Data - it’s mentioned in the new NHS 10 year Health Plan 178 times! As healthcare continues to evolve, the ability to turn data into insight — and insight into better prescribing — has never been…
S8E2 8.2 Dr Laurence Gray - The Dose Maketh the Poison
In this episode, we’re joined by Dr Laurence Gray, Consultant Clinical Pharmacologist and Director of the National Poisons Information Service (NPIS) in Cardiff. We explore the vital topic of…
S8E1 8.1 Dr Jessica Morley. Will Artificial Intelligence save the NHS?
Dr Jessica Morley is a leading expert in digital health ethics, data governance, and artificial intelligence policy. Currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at Yale University’s Digital Ethics Center,…
S7E8 7.8 Dr Margaret McCartney - Conflicts of Interest and the Skinny Jabs
This episode we are joined by Dr Margaret McCartney a practising General Practitioner and a Senior Clinical Lecturer in General Practice at the University of St Andrews. Margaret is a vocal advocate…
S7E7 7.7 Diving into the Deep End - The Aural Apothecary Analyses: The Inverse Care Law.
In this special episode we ‘Dive in at the Deep End’ and examine in-depth the Inverse Care Law. What is it, why does it matter to medicines optimisation - and what can we do about it? The Inverse…
S7E6 7.6 Professor Lauren Walker - The trials and tribulations of a Clinical Pharmacologist
What is a Clinical Pharmacologist? Who better to tell us than Professor Lauren Walker, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Honorary Consultant in General Internal Medicine at…
S7E5 7.5 - Deprescribing from Down Under - Dr Emily Reeve
What is Deprescribing? Why is it so important? And the big question... who invented it?! We present a masterclass in deprescribing from pharmacist Dr Emily Reeve from Monash University in Australia…
The Aural Apothecary Almanac 2024. Weight loss drugs, Assisted dying and the Weight of the British National Formulary
Pull up a chair and join the Three Apothecaries around the fire as we wrap up the year with a lively chat featuring friends and colleagues Clare Howard and Jonathan Underhill. Together, we reflect on…
S7E4 7.4 The Aural Apothecary Analyses! When Guidelines Go Wrong - A Medicines Safety Special with Dr Matthew Jones and Angela Carrington
Welcome to the second in our series of ‘The Aural Apothecary Analyses’, where we will be delving a bit deeper into some of the recurring themes from our first series. This week we are joined by Dr…
S7E3 7.3 John Seddon - Saving the NHS through system change
Freedom from Command and Control was the very first book choice on the Aural Apothecary and its themes of failure demand, systems thinking and value have featured heavily on the show ever since. It…
S7E2 7.2 - Back to the Future! Dr Berwyn Owen and The Evolution of Community Pharmacy.
This week, when we return to our normal format we are joined by Community Pharmacist Dr Berwyn Owen. Berwyn is a pharmacy proprietor and prescriber in North Wales. Formerly a Chief Pharmacist and a…
S7E1 7.1 The Aural Apothecary Analyses! Statins and Shared Decision Making, with Brian Finney and Dr Sam Finnikin
Welcome back to The Aural Apothecary! For our first episode we bring you an exciting new format, where we’ll be diving deeper into some of the recurring themes from our first six series. The Aural…
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