In just the past four years, China has added an entire U.S. grid’s worth of capacity.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Great article but not sure of the spelling and relevance of last two points in table 1

BBC Radio 4 - Radical with Amol Rajan, The Reading Recession: Are We Making Ourselves Less Intelligent? (James Marriott) Tracing the historical relationship between reading, intelligence and democracy.

What I am listening to #WIALT

The Reading Recession: Are We Making Ourselves Less Intelligent? James Marriott on Radical with Amol Rajan - why screens are eroding critical thinking.

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002tpw0

#WIALT #Reading #CriticalThinking

Gaps in support could undermine wave of new pharmacist prescribers entering NHS, warns new report Skip to main content

Good to see some of the pharmacy press highlighting this report.
Lots in it to consider for the profession

Gaps in support could undermine wave of new pharmacist prescribers entering NHS, warns new report | Nuffield Trust

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Can Demis Hassabis still build safe superintelligence - while winning the AI race?

Biographer Sebastian Mallaby goes inside the mind of Google DeepMind's boss. Economist Babbage podcast.

www.economist.com/podcasts/202...
#AI

Amazing how #Claude enables me to translate ideas into reality in terms of simple coding.

So I use AutoHotKey scripts quite a bit, and wanted a way to store and reuse Regex Patterns for searching files.

Here's the GUI from the working script that Claude created in around 5 minutes of refinement

Used a clinical checking module in a pharmacy system today, and was pretty underwhelmed by its performance.

Alert fatigue on the interactions is going to be a given.

Plus not seen any auto check improvements yet.

I'm hoping it improves dramatically soon

It might be flat, but this part of the shire seems perfect to me.

Journey into Leeds much nicer on days like this

Ten metaphors for AI | The Observer AI is everywhere, and yet we struggle to understand exactly what it is and what effect it will have. Enter stochastic parrots and enthusiastic interns

AI is everywhere, and yet we struggle to understand exactly what it is and what effect it will have. Enter stochastic parrots and enthusiastic interns

observer.co.uk/news/science...

Some pathfinder sites capped or closed as national funding ends Some community pharmacy prescribing sites have had consultation numbers capped or have been closed completely, as national funding to support the sites came to an end on 31 March 2026. The ‘Independent...

Disappointing to read - pilot addiction is too prolific in the NHS

Some community pharmacy prescribing sites have had consultation numbers capped or have been closed completely, as national funding to support the sites came to an end on 31 March 2026.

pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/news...

Oracle lays off up to 30,000 staff with 6am email Laid off workers were informed of their job status in early morning email

If it genuinely was an email announcement, that shows little regard for their key asset - people

Oracle lays off up to 30,000 staff with 6 a.m. email: www.the-independent.com/tech/oracle-...

SMTP Basic Authentication Disablement – NHSmail Support SMTP Basic Authentication has now been disabled for accounts sending email via Exchange Online. Primary Local Admins and Local Admins should have received communications regarding any accounts within...

Important information that has been signalled for a while now.

SMTP Basic Authentication Disablement – NHSmail Support support.nhs.net/2026/04/smtp...

Privy Council approves Royal Charter changes King Charles III has approved the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s (RPS’s) application to amend its Royal Charter. The King’s approval, announced by the RPS on 11 March 2026, means that the RPS will…

Official date for the Royal College of Pharmacy.

Privy Council approves Royal Charter
changes pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/news...

The Guardian view on the BBC’s future: who decides what news means? | Editorial Editorial: AI is interpreting journalism without regard for truth. The BBC must build the capacity to ensure its reporting is understood on its own terms

The Guardian view on the BBC’s future: who decides what news means? | Editorial www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

PJ view: Medicines security must become a national priority Amid global conflict, Mark Samuels, chief executive of Medicines UK, warned earlier this month that Britain is “one step away” from medicines shortages if instability persists. The complex nature of…

PJ view: Medicines security must become a national priority - The Pharmaceutical Journal

Coroner highlights delays in pharmacies processing repeat prescriptions after patient death A coroner has raised concerns over delays in some pharmacies processing repeat prescriptions, after a patient died from an epileptic seizure after running out of his epilepsy medication. Emma…

Saddening article, but a number of issues raised, but not implicated in the outcome.

But a timely reminder to teams, that anti-epileptic medications are time critical.

pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/news...

Palantir’s UK boss criticises ‘ideological’ groups as ministers move to scrap NHS contract Louis Mosley says government should resist calls to trigger break clause in £330m deal with US analytics company

Palantir’s UK boss criticises ‘ideological’ groups as ministers move to scrap NHS contract www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

MHRA Flags Barcode Issue in Urinary Drug Packs URGENT: MHRA issued defect notification for Quadrant Pharmaceuticals Limited's vesomni due to incorrect barcode. Healthcare professionals, are you using this batch in robotic dispensing? Stay…

Do we capture the impacts of these "digital" errors in automated sites?

MHRA Flags Barcode Issue in Urinary Drug Packs www.pharmacy.biz/mhra-warns-a...

XX Intro Kate Simko, London Electronic Orchestra · Kate Simko & London Electronic Orchestra · Song · 2016

A little bit of focus music to start the day...

I loved the XX Intro original, but this does it justice
open.spotify.com/track/46MzZc...

#439: What 35 years inside the NHS taught Cisco's healthcare lead, Declan Hadley Spotify video

What I am listening to #WIALT
Declan Hadley, Cisco's healthcare lead, shares lessons from 35 years in the NHS - digitisation, AI ownership and startup collaboration.
open.spotify.com/episode/7q1e...
#HealthTech #NHS #DigitalHealth

It is really important to get feedback from practitioners on the front line about the use of AI and AI Tools.

Please take the opportunity to complete

Pharmacy contract for 2026/2027 delayed The ‘Community pharmacy contractual framework’ (CPCF) for 2026/2027 will not be in place for the start of the financial year, Community Pharmacy England (CPE) has announced. In a statement published…

The ‘Community pharmacy contractual framework’ for 2026/2027 will not be in place for the start of the financial year, Community Pharmacy England has announced

#ukpharmacy #communitypharmacy

Didn’t realise how easy it was to duplicate an open note in #Obsidian and view the impacts on formatting “live”

Ms Tase Oputu

Ms Tase Oputu has been elected as the first President of the future Royal College of Pharmacy.

Council leadership roles have also been elected across England, Scotland and Wales, marking a key step in building the College's governance.

More: bit.ly/4bRkgxW

Enjoying the lecture series from Dr Jess Morley.

From lecture three this Systems Design comment stuck with me

Don’t call me: NHS 111 and Pharmacy First referrals The GP contract in England has a major focus on improving access this will have a knock-on effect for community and practice pharmacy alike.

I agree with this quote

there is no such thing as an inappropriate referral…

It just happens that they have been referred to the pharmacy by NHS 111 for clinical input of a pharmacist

www.thepharmacist.co.uk/in-practice/...

Don’t call me: NHS 111 and Pharmacy First referrals The GP contract in England has a major focus on improving access this will have a knock-on effect for community and practice pharmacy alike.

Pharmacists across the country are still experiencing ‘inappropriate’ referrals into the service via NHS 111. Leyla Hannbeck, CEO of the IPA, says this is something her organisation’s members have been raising ‘since the start of the service’

Don’t call me: NHS 111 and Pharmacy First referrals The GP contract in England has a major focus on improving access this will have a knock-on effect for community and practice pharmacy alike.

Pharmacists across the country are still experiencing ‘inappropriate’ referrals into the service via NHS 111. Leyla Hannbeck, CEO of the IPA, says this is something her organisation’s members have been raising ‘since the start of the service’

www.thepharmacist.co.uk/in-practice/...

Don’t call me: NHS 111 and Pharmacy First referrals The GP contract in England has a major focus on improving access this will have a knock-on effect for community and practice pharmacy alike.

NHS 111 access to community pharmacy… is also undergoing a major shift from passive signposting to direct digital referral as part of the Pharmacy First service, with patients able to make their own online digital referrals into the service.

From: www.thepharmacist.co.uk/in-practice/...