The Aural Apothecary welcomes Dr Amira Guiguis. Amira is a pharmacist who gained her PhD in the in-field detection of New Psychoactive Substance (NPS) and is currently the MPharm Programme Director at Swansea University Medical School and a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire.

We discuss the establishment of the new School of Pharmacy in Swansea, the difficulties with supervised administration during the pandemic and the surprising risks posed by herbal teas…

As with all our guests we discuss Amira’s choice of Desert Island Drug, a book that has influenced her career and a song for the Aural Apothecary playlist.

This week’s talking point is ‘Support for staff following patient safety incidents’. This national learning report explores insights into how NHS staff are supported by their trusts following patient safety incidents. https://www.hsib.org.uk/investigations-cases/support-for-staff-following-patient-safety-incidents/

Amira’s book choice is Narconmics - How to run a drug cartel by Tom Wainwright https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25159062-narconomics and her song choice was ‘Purple Haze’ by Jimi Hendrix. You can see the Aural Apothecary playlist at https://open.spotify.com/user/steve.williams55/playlist/3OsWj4w8sxsvuwR9zMXgn5?si=iMh-pTPtQtWrM65wtXd9yQ.

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