A reminder of the upcoming NIHR webinar for the pharmacy workforce: Is a career in research for me?
3 March 12:30pm.
Hear Richard Bourne, Debi Bhattacharya, Abbie Stirling and Arvind Sami discuss #PharmacyResearch career pathways, key opportunities and challenges.
Register here ⬇️
It's Journal Club day! 13:15 today Hannah Avery (specialist cardiac and critical care pharmacist at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust) will be presenting on anticoagulation. The meeting invite is on our Teams site or reply below and I can send it on.
#PharmacyResearch
Great to see Teresa sharing more about here internship experience including the work she completed with the network. #PharmacyResearch
@arc-west.bsky.social @hpruebs.bsky.social @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @swpharmres.bsky.social
This webinar is for anyone interested in exploring research as part of their career in pharmacy, with:
💡 insights into life as a research professional
🗺️ an overview of research career pathways and what research work looks like in practice
🏆 key opportunities and challenges within research careers
Upcoming NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) webinar for pharmacy professionals: Is a career in research for me?
12.30pm 3rd March 2026
www.nihr.ac.uk/events/caree...
Our next webinar is next week on Tuesday 20th January at 1.15pm: Meet the Organising Committee and find out about their research journeys.
Joining link here:
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Want this link sent as a calendar invite? Sign up to the SWPRN mail list here www.bath.ac.uk/projects/sou...
An opportunity for health professionals to be involved with research for people experiencing diabetes distress. If interested, complete the expression of interest form:
tinyurl.com/Bath-HCP-EOI
Our 2025 Innovation Day hits the radio waves on the Talking Pharmacy podcast! Listen from 12m30s onwards to hear
podcastaddict.com/pharmacy-mag...
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Reply to this thread if you would like more details about either study. For network members, there are already posts on the Teams channel that have more information and contact details.
#PharmacyResearch
A stylised picture of a mountain with a flag at the top saying Advanced. The people climbing up have thought bubbles: I could explain my journey; So many routes; I need clearer guidance; I need more support
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Advanced practice credentialing for pharmacists.
The group have an survey open to all UK registered pharmacists: tinyurl.com/572cwhya
They are also looking for pharmacists with an advanced practice credential (RPS or NHSE Centre for Advancing Practice) to join an online focus group.
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Exploring models to support the provision of pharmacy services in rural areas.
The group are recruiting people with a role commissioning or delivering pharmacy services in rural areas for interviews to investigate whether pharmacy students could contribute to service provision.
We have a couple of MPharm final year projects to share, take a look at the posts below.
Do considering participating if you can and help support tomorrow's pharmacists in developing their #PharmacyResearch skills 💚
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Thinking about doing a PhD through our studentship scheme? Join our free online webinar on 20th Nov to learn about our PhD funding scheme — and get insider tips on how to make your application stand out! Contact us to register your place! pharmacyresearchuk.org/for-research...
Interested to undertaking research into mental health pharmacy? Check out our funding partnership with @CMHPcommunity and contact us to register your place to attend our free online webinar! pharmacyresearchuk.org/cmhp-pruk-re...
Any network members close to Plymouth, take a look at this opportunity from @penarc.bsky.social to meet other researchers and community members in an informal setting to discuss project ideas. A Research Café sounds like a great idea!
#PharmacyResearch
Missed our webinar about the PhD Studentship scheme? Watch back here pharmacyresearchuk.org/pruk-phd-stu...
Finally, there's still a chance for attendees to share feedback. These events are very much shaped by the requests we get from network members, so please do let us know your thoughts about the content, location, catering or anything else! #SWPRN25 tinyurl.com/mpadknnf
See you next time!
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In the concluding session, Matthew encouraged each of us to share a specific step that we could take to move our own research journey forward. The results were anonymous on the screen, but if anyone wants to share theirs here, it would be great to know what people took from the day.
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Huge apologies if we have missed anyone in this list, but it was great to hear from @hadeelmohamed.bsky.social , @jonpharmacist.bsky.social, Emily Brown, Andrew Turner, Rupert Payne, Simon Strange, Aseel Mahmoud, Mandy Slatter, Kevin Gibbs, Chris Voisey and Kelly Spencer.
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We will be sharing more from the day including profiles of poster presenters and their work over the next few weeks. You can use the hashtag #SWPRN25 to look back at a running commentary of the talks from the day.
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The day was expertly chaired by Matthew Jones and would not have been possible without the financial support and encouragement from the @nihr.bsky.social South West Central Research Delivery Network and @england.nhs.uk
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A collage picture including a group of conference attendees, a screenshot that reads: "Opportunities aren't found; they're created with curiosity, courage and connection" an image of a badge that says "Ask me about our research network: SWPRN South West Pharmacy Research Network", an image of the conference chair on stage and a diagram showing the interplay between Clinical Research, Community Pharmacy, Enhancing Learning and Income and Shaping Clinical Practice.
What a fantastic day at the #SWPRN25 network Innovation Day yesterday. A brilliant range of #PharmacyResearch talks, workshops, posters and networking opportunities.
Huge thanks to the organising committee, our speakers, poster presenters, workshop leaders and attendees.
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Thank you so much for such a passionate but also practical talk!
#NHS policies to improve care for people taking multiple medicines may not be effective, finds new @exeter.ac.uk @capcbristol.bsky.social research.
The IMPPP Trial found that a structured, patient-centred medication review did not reduce potentially inappropriate prescribing.
tinyurl.com/mr2bh9aj
Well, that's a wrap on the #SWPRN25 Innovation Day - thank you to all the organisers and especially to Matthew Jones who masterminded the whole thing.
At the end of the day we were all challenged to make one commitment to keep the momentum going - anybody want to share theirs? #PharmacyResearch
#SWPRN25 Poster prizes runners up and winners! (2/2)
Most visually attractive poster (runner-up): Sarah Mulholland
Most visually attractive poster (winner): Amy Long
Delegates choice (runner up): Karon Arnold
Delegates choice (winner): Amy Long
Thank you to everyone who brought a poster!
#SWPRN25 Poster prizes runners up and winners! (1/2)
NHS (runner-up): Theresa Chan
NHS (winner): Jaina Nyame
University (runner-up): Sarah Jones
University (winner): Charley Hobson-Merrett
Key messages from the other workshop on improving Quality Improvement:
"If you can't measure it, you can't control it"
"All improvements require change, but not all change is improvement"
"Bring people with you - break out of your pharmacy silo!"
Thanks to Ya-Hui Liang for feeding back. #SWPRN25
A golden envelope and a piece of paper saying congratulations you've been awarded £20,000
Another discussion starter! Golden envelopes and theoretical funding awards - we've been asked to think about how we could spend £20k to support pharmacy research capacity. How would we demonstrate impact? #SWPRN25
