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 'Caring about medicines in Care Homes with Jonathan and Sundus'. Here, Jonathan talks to Sundus Jawad who works for NHS Frimley, and has over 25 years' experience working closely with GP practices, care homes and other providers.
Sundus was recently elected Chair of the National Pharmacy Care Home Faculty and is a NICE Medicines and Prescribing Associate. Her professional and research interests focus on medicine optimisation in care homes, frailty, medication review, polypharmacy, and medication safety. Currently, she is in her fellowship year of the NIHR SPCR Primary Care Clinician Career Progression programme at the University of Oxford.
Jonathan and Sundus discuss some of the ways Care Homes Pharmacy professionals can stay in touch to share good ideas and support each other with their medicines challenges. They also discuss some projects Sundus has been involved with, including ensuring adequate hydration in care homes and how this can impact on antibiotic stewardship.
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