Talking Meds - A PrescQIPP podcast

• 33. Using the PrescQIPP IMPACT tool for person-centred medication reviews with Katie Smith

  Welcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Katie Smith about the PrescQIPP IMPACT Tool.  Katie is the Director of Clinical Quality at PrescQIPP and is responsible for quality assuring all the PrescQIPP resources before publication. Katie has worked for 29 years as a pharmacist in community pharmacy, as a GP practice pharmacist and medicines information pharmacist. She has worked with PrescQIPP since their inception in 2010 and joined the team substantively in April 2018. Outside of work she enjoys reading, cooking and watching sport, particularly the trials and tribulations of Ipswich Town FC, as well as being mum to her  9 year old adopted son.PrescQIPP resources mentioned in this episode:Bulletin 268: IMPACTIMPACT webinarUsing IMPACT for a medication reviewOther resources mentioned in this episode:GP EvidenceSTOPP-START v3 - CGA Toolkit PlusA new episode of Talking Meds will be available every other Friday.If you have feedback or suggestions for future topics and guests please submit them to [email protected] is funded by the NHS for the NHS, and our aim is to improve medicines-related care for patients. We do this by producing high quality evidence-based resources and training, and by facilitating networks between NHS organisations and professionals. The majority of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the UK can access our resources by registering and logging on to our website. If you have any difficulty accessing the website you can email [email protected] and we’ll aim to sort things out for you. Find out more about PrescQIPP here

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• 32. Caring about medicines in care homes with Jonathan and Sundus, episode 5

  Welcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, continues the series of podcasts called 'Caring about medicines in Care Homes with Jonathan and Sundus'. In today's episode, Jonathan and Sundus are joined by Jane Shanahan who is a Pharmacy Technician with over four decades of experience. Currently, Jane works for the Specialist Medicines Optimisation Care Home Team at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS, where they provide expert support to numerous care homes through comprehensive medicines optimisation, crisis turnaround, staff education and training, and detailed medication reviews.Jane has collaborated on many projects looking at anticholinergic burden and won the PrescQIPP gold award for their project on reducing anticholinergic  burden as well as the APTUK Pharmacy Education and Development Award.She is currently working on a collaborative national campaign called #FindYourEvelyn,  which has resulted in significant improvement in quality of life for a 101 year old lady. The challenge from Jane is for others to find your Evelyn and make an impact on their lives.PrescQIPP resources mentioned in this episode:PrescQIPP Care Homes WebkitPrescQIPP Care homes VPGPrescQIPP gold award for their project on reducing anticholinergic  burdenPrescQIPP eLearning course on anticholinergic burdenPrescQIPP Bulletin 360. Anticholinergic burdenOther resources mentioned in this episode:#FindYourEvelynNational Pharmacy Care Home Faculty in partnership with PCPANICE Guideline on Managing medicines in care homesCare Quality Commission Medicines information for adult social care servicesA new episode of Talking Meds will be available every other Friday.If you have feedback or suggestions for future topics and guests please submit them to [email protected] is funded by the NHS for the NHS, and our aim is to improve medicines-related care for patients. We do this by producing high quality evidence-based resources and training, and by facilitating networks between NHS organisations and professionals. The majority of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the UK can access our resources by registering and logging on to our website. If you have any difficulty accessing the website you can email [email protected] and we’ll aim to sort things out for you. Find out more about PrescQIPP here

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• 31. Prescribing hot topics with Zoe Girdis

  Welcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Zoe Girdis about recent prescribing hot topics. This is an opportunity to update your mindline with some of the recent changes from NICE and MHRA that impact medicines.Zoe Girdis is a pharmacist prescriber who works as an independent consultant for primary care and as a trainer and educator. Her career as a pharmacist spans over 27 years working in England, Ireland and Australia. She was one of the first pharmacist prescribers in the UK and has worked for NICE as well as being the National Director for Practice, Policy and Regulation in Australia. Zoe co-founded and delivered the National Polypharmacy Action Learning set 3 day course honing in on many of Zoe’s passions – shared decision making, person centred care and educating/mentoring colleagues to create successful communities of practice and, frankly, be the best clinicians they can be. Click here to access the slides that accompany the hour long webinar that covered these topics in more detail.Today's episode covers the following topics:MHRA Drug Safety Update on Topical steroids: introduction of new labelling and a reminder of the possibility of severe side effects, including Topical Steroid Withdrawal ReactionsNICE Type 2 diabetes in adults: management (medicines update)NICE NG 106: Chronic heart failure in adults: diagnosis and management (updated Sept 2025)Other useful linksGP Evidence decision tool on Heart Failure with reduced ejection fractionGP Evidence on type-2 diabetesNICE PDA on type 2 diabetesA new episode of Talking Meds will be available every other Friday.If you have feedback or suggestions for future topics and guests please submit them to [email protected] is funded by the NHS for the NHS, and our aim is to improve medicines-related care for patients. We do this by producing high quality evidence-based resources and training, and by facilitating networks between NHS organisations and professionals. The majority of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the UK can access our resources by registering and logging on to our website. If you have any difficulty accessing the website you can email [email protected] and we’ll aim to sort things out for you. Find out more about PrescQIPP here

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• 30. Medicines in breast feeding with Laura Kearney

  Welcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Laura Kearney about the use of medicines in breast feeding. Laura is the Clinical Lead pharmacist for the team at the UK Drugs in Lactation Advisory Service, an NHS service advising on the use of medicines in breastfeeding.Laura is a Medicines Advice pharmacist with a clinical background in hospital pharmacy. She previously worked at the BNF, where she gained her MSc. She specialises in medicines use in breastfeeding, and in 2022 was the first UK pharmacist to become a UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative Qualified Advocate. Last year she also became the first consultant pharmacist specialising in lactation and medicines advice.  She has a passion for ensuring all babies and families are supported to breastfeed, providing evidence-based holistic care, and advocating for change. Resources mentioned in this episode:The Breastfeeding Network | Independent Breastfeeding Supporte-lactancia. Is this compatible with breastfeeding?Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed®) - NCBI BookshelfPharmaceutical Journal - Some women stop breastfeeding following ‘overly cautious’ medication adviceA new episode of Talking Meds will be available every other Friday.If you have feedback or suggestions for future topics and guests please submit them to [email protected] is funded by the NHS for the NHS, and our aim is to improve medicines-related care for patients. We do this by producing high quality evidence-based resources and training, and by facilitating networks between NHS organisations and professionals. The majority of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the UK can access our resources by registering and logging on to our website. If you have any difficulty accessing the website you can email [email protected] and we’ll aim to sort things out for you. Find out more about PrescQIPP here

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• 29. Sensible prescribing of nutritional products with Alison Smith

  Welcome to the latest episode of Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas. Today, your host Jonathan Underhill, Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP, talks to Alison Smith about the role of prescribing support dietitians and the sensible prescribing of nutritional products.Alison has been qualified as a Registered Dietitian for more than 25 years, and since 2013 has worked as a Prescribing Support Dietitian within Clinical Commissioning Groups and latterly an Integrated Care Board. Her role focusses on appropriate prescribing of nutrition products, with a particular remit for prevention, identification and appropriate management of malnutrition using a food-based approach. Alison is chair of both the Department of Health and Social Care Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances (ACBS) and the PrescQIPP Nutrition Virtual Professional Group. Alison is also a committee member of both the Older People Specialist Group and the Optimising Nutrition Prescribing Specialist Group of the British Dietetic Association (BDA).In 2021 Alison was made a Fellow of the BDA for her services to the profession and in 2024 was awarded the inaugural Chief Allied Health Professions Officer (CAHPO) Gold Award for Excellence.In this episode of Talking Meds, Jonathan and Alison talk about the positive impact of having a registered dietitian within a medicines team and some of the particular challenges associated with prescribing of nutritional products.PrescQIPP and other resources:Nutrition webkitBulletin 261: Oral Nutritional SupplementsNutrition VPGCreating a fortified diet recipe book for care home caterers - joint publication with PrescQIPP, BDA and NACCA new episode of Talking Meds will be available every other Friday.If you have feedback or suggestions for future topics and guests please submit them to [email protected] is funded by the NHS for the NHS, and our aim is to improve medicines-related care for patients. We do this by producing high quality evidence-based resources and training, and by facilitating networks between NHS organisations and professionals. The majority of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the UK can access our resources by registering and logging on to our website. If you have any difficulty accessing the website you can email [email protected] and we’ll aim to sort things out for you. Find out more about PrescQIPP here

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