UHLG Pharmacy Team

UHLG Pharmacy Team Pharmacy Services at NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group. Covering Royal Liverpool, Broadgreen, Aintree University and Liverpool Women’s Hospitals.

Supporting right patient, right medicine, right time, every time.

📣 A massive THANK YOU 🎉 to our Foundation Trainee Pharmacists who have worked to coordinate our activities for this we...
21/11/2025

📣 A massive THANK YOU 🎉 to our Foundation Trainee Pharmacists who have worked to coordinate our activities for this week. The teams have prepared communications, posters and quizzes and spread the message far and wide.

Today the teams held information stalls at 2 of our sites and used this as opportunity to engage with both staff and visitors around our main messages from this week.





Congratulations to our Medicines Value Team (Tara, Chris & Vicky) who attended the in London last night. The team were...
21/11/2025

Congratulations to our Medicines Value Team (Tara, Chris & Vicky) who attended the in London last night. The team were shortlisted for the Medicines, Pharmacy and Prescribing
Initiative of the Year award for “System-Wide Medicines Optimisation and Homecare Transformation Across Cheshire & Merseyside. From Fragmented to Unified: A Blueprint for System-Wide Medicines Optimisation”. We’re really proud to be part of this system wide initiative and for our teams ongoing valuable work.

Don’t they scrub up well! 💚

🚦Penicillin allergy: ⛔️Avoid / ⚠️ Use with Caution / ✅ Safe to Use Our RAG guide to penicillin allergy management. Make ...
21/11/2025

🚦Penicillin allergy: ⛔️Avoid / ⚠️ Use with Caution / ✅ Safe to Use

Our RAG guide to penicillin allergy management. Make sure you’re aware of the categories. 🚦

Always determine what reaction patients experienced and document accurately on the appropriate clinical system.






⚠️Penicillin allergy: real or recorded❓Around 10% of people report a penicillin allergy, but fewer than 10% of these are...
21/11/2025

⚠️Penicillin allergy: real or recorded❓

Around 10% of people report a penicillin allergy, but fewer than 10% of these are truly allergic.

Incorrect allergy labels can lead to less effective antibiotic usage, greater occurrence of side effects, as well as contributing to antimicrobial resistance.

This WAAW, we’re highlighting the importance of:
• Clarifying what reaction a patient actually had
• Documenting allergy histories accurately


💚Accurate allergy records help keep patients safe and support responsible antibiotic use.








Switching patients from IV antibiotics to oral antibiotics is a critical step in patient care that can improve outcomes,...
20/11/2025

Switching patients from IV antibiotics to oral antibiotics is a critical step in patient care that can improve outcomes, reduce risks, and free up valuable nursing time.

Nurses are the healthcare professionals who spend the most time with patients, so they are ideally positioned to identify when this switch is appropriate and to prompt clinicians to consider it.

However, many nurses feel uncertain about how to initiate this process.

We recommend watching this short 5 minute video to empower you with the knowledge and confidence needed to support IV to oral switches – or IVOS.

https://scitube.io/how-nurses-can-lead-the-iv-to-oral-antibiotic-switch-campaign/





 

Are you AWaRe?The AWaRe classification was established by the World Health Organization to support antibiotic stewardsh...
20/11/2025

Are you AWaRe?

The AWaRe classification was established by the World Health Organization to support antibiotic stewardship efforts globally.

It aims to optimize antibiotic use and curb the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by categorizing antibiotics based on their potential for resistance and their importance in treating infections.






Prevention is the best protection. This we are reminding everyone that practising simple measures like proper hand hyg...
19/11/2025

Prevention is the best protection.

This we are reminding everyone that practising simple measures like proper hand hygiene, we can greatly reduce the risk of spreading infection.

Protect yourself, protect others and stop the spread!





🦠 Antimicrobial Stewardship Escape Room Training 🧩In line with this year’s theme for the annual World AMR Awareness Week...
18/11/2025

🦠 Antimicrobial Stewardship Escape Room Training 🧩

In line with this year’s theme for the annual World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) (18 to 24 November) the East of England regional Antimicrobial resistance Stewardship (AMS) team, in partnership with Health Innovation East, are addressing AMR with an interactive AMS and Infection Control Escape Room-style training.

This training consists of five educational, case-based scenarios - You should be able to “escape” within 15 minutes....So, if you think you can make it out in time, click on the link in our stories and select start to begin!

https://surveys.eahsn.org/zs/VSapya





Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is one of the greatest global health challenges of our time. Without effective antibiotic...
18/11/2025

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is one of the greatest global health challenges of our time. Without effective antibiotics and other antimicrobials, even minor infections and routine procedures can become life-threatening.

World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (WAAW) is an opportunity for us all to reflect on how our daily actions can help preserve these vital medicines for the future.

Across our Trusts, we are encouraging everyone—clinical and non-clinical staff alike—to take part in discussions and learning opportunities focused on Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS).

Together, we can make a difference by:
✅ Using antibiotics wisely: Only when truly needed, at the right dose, route and duration.
✅ Preventing infections: Through hand hygiene, vaccination, and infection control practices.
✅ Raising awareness: Talking with colleagues, patients, and families about the importance of responsible antimicrobial use.











📣 are Hiring! 🧩 Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Cardiology8️⃣ Band 8a, 12 Months 📆 Closes 19/11/25📍Aintree University H...
11/11/2025

📣 are Hiring!

🧩 Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Cardiology

8️⃣ Band 8a, 12 Months

📆 Closes 19/11/25

📍Aintree University Hospital

📲 https://bit.ly/CardiologyAintree

07/11/2025

🤖Help us name our BD VMAX Pharmacy Robots! 💊 

This week is and we want to celebrate some of our safety champions! 

Across our LUHFT sites we have 3 BD VMAX Pharmacy Dispensing Robots and we want to make them feel more like part of our Pharmacy team by giving them some deserved names 💚 

We are looking for inspiration far and wide, and are welcoming suggestions to take it to a poll across our Pharmacy staff. 

We have 2 robots at our Aintree Site and 1 at our Royal Liverpool Site. 

Click on the link here: https://forms.office.com/e/hZHLNiYsE8 or scan/screenshot the QR code in our video. 

As inspiration, others locally we know of include:
- Robot DeNiro & Robot Downey Junior (a Hazel special from Stockport) 
- Crash, Bang & Wallop (another former Hazel gem) 
- Big Bird, Kermit, Bert & Ernie (courtesy of Ben and Dan at WUTH) 

Join in and we’ll share the naming ceremony 🎉

Thank you for joining along this week as we celebrated Whether you’re a patient, healthcare professional, regulator, or...
07/11/2025

Thank you for joining along this week as we celebrated

Whether you’re a patient, healthcare professional, regulator, or company, we all have the power to make medicines safer.





Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group
Liverpool Women's Hospital
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust and Charity
The Association of Pharmacy Technicians
General Pharmaceutical Council
General Medical Council (GMC)
NMC Healthcare
World Health Organization (WHO)

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