Talking Meds - A PrescQIPP podcast
Engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas.
Talking Meds is hosted by Jonathan Underhill who, every two weeks, will chat to a fantastic guest about current medical issues and clinical dilemmas.
Jonathan has a background as a hospital clinical pharmacist but worked for many years at the National Prescribing Centre (NPC) developing innovative ways of teaching therapeutics, evidence-based medicine and clinical decision making to prescribers and their support teams. Until recently, he worked at NICE as a consultant clinical adviser in their Medicines Optimisation Team. He is now Medicines Clinical Adviser at PrescQIPP.
Jonathan and his guests will discuss topics such as new guidance from NICE on menopause, asthma, depression deprescribing and insomnia; how to tackle penicillin allergy de-labelling.
There will also be a series on ’Sensible prescribing in Older people with Jonathan and Lucy’, with consultant geriatrician and author Lucy Pollock.
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Talking Meds - A PrescQIPP podcast
11. Updates to the NICE/BTS/SIGN asthma guideline with Prof. Anna Murphy and Ravijyot Saggu
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 Prof Anna Murphy and Rajijyot Saggu – two talented and eminent pharmacists who work in the field of respiratory disease. We discuss the latest update the asthma guideline from NICE - a milestone as for the first time, this integrates NICE, BTS and SIGN guideline as a collaboration between the three organisations.
Anna, is Professor of Pharmacy Practice at DeMontfort University, and a Consultant Respiratory Pharmacist for University Hospitals of Leicester. She has over 25 years experience working in the field of Respiratory Medicine and sits on several national committees, most notably on the BTS council, as co-chair of the medicine optimisation working group of the Taskforce for Lung Health and a member of the NHSE Inhaler working group.
Anna has published widely in peer reviewed journals, is author of Asthma-in-Focus and produced the “7-Steps to Success” inhaler education materials.
Ravijyot has a background as a hospital pharmacist is an honorary clinical lecturer for the London School of Pharmacy at UCL. She was the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer’s clinical fellow in 2021/22. She is chair of the UK Clinical Pharmacy Association respiratory committee and has been part of NICE/British Thoracic Society (BTS) & European Respiratory Society guideline development committees. She is a coach as well as a NICE Associate, and is passionate about sustainable, personalised and holistic care for patients, population health/integrated care to reduce health inequalities
We discuss the main highlights of the update and some of the challenges that may arise when implementing these recommendations, particularly around the person-centred approach needed and the sustainability implications.
Resources mentioned in this episode include:
Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management (BTS, NICE, SIGN)
Patient decision aid on asthma inhalers and climate change
AAC uncontrolled asthma pathway
Greener practice asthma QI toolkit
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