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Screening for, and overcoming, ‘pill aversion’ in community pharmacy using a novel educational tool: Hard pill to swallow?™ Solid oral dosage forms (pills) are commonly dispensed but frequently patients struggle to take these (pill aversion). This is rarely identified or ad…

It’s not just kids who find it hard to swallow pills, adults struggle to! #kidzmed #pilltraining www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... great paper Dr Alice McClosky @ljmu-sca.bsky.social @greatnorthchildrenshospital

@nppguk.bsky.social spreading the word! #kidzmed

🎉Congratulations🎉 to Dr Alice McCloskey, associate professor of #pharmacy and the #KidzMed; team winners of the #sustainablehealthcare prize at the recent celebrating excellence awards. Their green prescribing interventions reduced amoxicillin liquid use by 23%, costs by 50% & CO2e by 15% ! 💊

SHINE Award Winners!!! (sustainable healthcare in Newcastle)Just bursting with pride for our team! Our intervention reduced liquid amoxicillin by 23% , reducing costs by 50%&. CO2 emissions by 15% #kidzmed Swallowing pills is better for the planet! #paedspharmacy

how many doses are wasted in a bottle of liquid medication & where do they go? (Down the sink, waiting for next time!) prescribe smarter, or not at all & make every dose count! use pills rather than liquids! #kidzmed #pillschool great work Dr Jo Pickles @RCPCHtweets @YincentTse

how many doses are wasted out of a bottle of liquid medication & where do they go? (Down the sink, waiting for next time!) prescribe smarter, or not at all & make every dose count! Better still use pills rather than liquids! #kidzmed #pillschool great work Dr Jo Pickles @rcpch.bsky.social