November 1st to 7th 2021 is #MedSafetyWeek The focus this year is on vaccines and reporting adverse effects. It's important to continue reporting side effects to COVID-19 vaccines. Your local or regional med info team can provide assistance.

It is medicines safety week and I have pledged to tweet every day. Let’s start by introducing the UHS Medicines Safety Team. #MedSafetyWeek University Hospital Southampton 💙 Southampton Children's Hospital The Medication Safety Minute

A massive congrats to everyone involved University Hospital Southampton 💙 and Team Diabetes 101 💙 So proud! "The team, led by Philip Newland-Jones and Mayank Patel were named winners in 4 categories at this year’s Quality In Care #Diabetes Awards." Read more: uhs.nhs.uk/AboutTheTrust/… #QiCDiabetes2021

Another pair of trainee pharmacists training complete here at Southampton Medicines Advice. And a chocolate gold medal to our lovely Tanny for being such a fab practice supervisor. @UHSPTT

We are hiring !! Fancy a new and exciting role?....Well, we are looking for a new member of our team. Please click here for further details on the role of ‘Specialist Pharmacist – High Cost Drugs’. Applications close 27th Feb 22 jobs.nhs.uk/xi/direct_appl…

We have pulled together a short list of Ukrainian medicines resources for healthcare professionals - these include resources to identify overseas medicines and pictograms for common dosing times. Please let us know if there are any other helpful sites! medicineslearningportal.org/2022/03/ukrain…

Trainee pharmacists get exam ready with the breastfeeding section on the Medicines Learning Portal. Previous candidates have found this a tricky topic. medicineslearningportal.org/p/10-breastfee…

Trainee pharmacists – visit the Medicines Learning Portal calculations page and breeze through your exam paper medicineslearningportal.org/2016/12/calcul…

Welcome to all new trainee pharmacists across the UK starting their foundation year! Get a head start by visiting the Medicines Learning Portal to help you with the fundamental knowledge and skills you need to make clinical decisions about medicines. medicineslearningportal.org/p/about_3.html

We’re recruiting! Here’s your chance to join our wonderful team as a band 7, senior clinical pharmacist jobs.nhs.uk/xi/direct_appl… We’d love to hear from you!

Are you a pharmacist or pharmacy technician interested in learning about #genomics? Developed by Southampton Medicines Advice and Hayley Wickens from NHS Central and South Genomics, this online tutorial features clinical scenarios, learning exercises and links to further learning. buff.ly/4as8LuL

If you haven’t had a chance to check out the new Pharmacogenomics topic on the Medicines Learning Portal then take a look now: medicineslearningportal.org/p/pharmacogeno… We would be grateful for your feedback on this topic by answering a few quick questions here: tinyurl.com/mr2c6r7u.

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Did you know that NICE have published guidance on genotype testing for clopidogrel? If you need a quick update on pharmacogenomics check out: medicineslearningportal.org/p/pharmacogeno…

Did you know that if you are a patient of University Hospital Southampton 💙 and have a question about the medication you have been prescribed by us, you can call the Medicines Helpline for support? You can call the team on 023 8120 6907 from 9am-6:30pm or send an email to [email protected]

We’re recruiting! Here’s your chance to join our wonderful team as a High Cost Drug Pharmacist ( fixed term) jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba… We’d love to hear from you!