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.
PrescQIPP is a Community Interest Company. We operate on a not-for-profit basis for the benefit of NHS patients and organisations and help NHS organisations to improve medicines-related care to patients. Find out more here: https://www.prescqipp.info/
Talking Meds - A PrescQIPP podcast
40. Genomics-informed medicines optimisation part 2 with Vicky Chaplin & Paul Selby
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Welcome to the second of our two episodes of Talking Meds about Genomics-informed medicines optimisation!
We are again joined by Vicky Chaplin and Paul Selby. Vicky is the Senior Clinical Lead for the Genomics Unit at NHS England, while Paul is a Consultant Pharmacist in Genomics, working at East Genomics. Again, Paul and Vicky have many qualifications in genomics and its great to have them both here to give both a National and Local view of what’s happening in this area.
In this second episode we delve deeper into what the Ten Year NHS Plan says about genomics as well as the latest developments around genomics-informed medicines optimisation, and discuss what might be coming over the horizon very soon!
PrescQIPP resources mentioned in this episode:
- Pharmacogenomics webinar series
- Clinical Masterclass - November 2023 - Pharmacogenomics: Is it time for implementation into clinical practice?
Other resources:
- Genomics in Pharmacy - Genomics Education Programme
- Spotlight: PROGRESS project
- Pharmacy genomics workforce, education and training strategic framework
- UKCPA Genomics community
- UKCPA Handbook of Pharmacogenomics
- CERSI-PGx - ADVANCING PHARMACOGENOMICS IN THE UK
- Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England
PrescQIPP Annual Awards 2026 - Entries are now open for the 2026 PrescQIPP Awards - deadline: 15th May 2026
Now is the time to share all the good work you have done over the past year and be in for a chance to win a prestigious PrescQIPP award -
open to all teams working with the NHS across all sectors!
Categories for 2026:
- Addressing health inequalities
- Care homes/domiciliary care/carer medicines optimisation
- Data tools and technology to support medicines optimisation
- Enhanced productivity, sustainability and value for money
- Patient safety and address overprescribing
A new episode of Talking Meds will be available every other Friday.
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