On 24th March I took part in #pharmacy24, a 24-hour Twitter event to demonstrate the many diverse roles pharmacy professionals have, show how our roles are improving patient care and safety, and why pharmacy is an essential part of the NHS.
1,425 pharmacy professionals took part, with 10,939 tweets, and a reach of 22 million! Take a look at #pharmacy24 highlights – what do pharmacy teams actually do? to see a pick of the tweets throughout the working day in pharmacies, hospitals, universities, research, the pharmaceutical industry and more.
I joined in by tweeting what I’m doing in my Volunteer Pharmacist role with Action for M.E. using the hashtag #pharmacy24 and a @WePharmacists selfie sheet explaining what I’m up to. It’s been an opportunity to raise awareness of both M.E. to pharmacy professionals, and pharmacy services to people with M.E. My 29 #pharmacy24 tweets have been seen a total of 12,843 times. Scroll down to see all of my #pharmacy24 tweets.
To read more about my role with Action for M.E. as Volunteer Pharmacist & Research Officer click here. It’s 25 years now, since I caught a virus in March 1991 and never got better, so please consider donating to Action for M.E. if you can, to stop M.E. stealing lives. Either text EBME99 £3/£5/£10 to 70070 or click below:
Six “My #pharmacy24 involves…” selfies throughout the 24hour event:
My first #pharmacy24 selfie is about my voluntary work with @actionforme. More details throughout the day! https://t.co/tpyGVj3qzy
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Emily Beardall (@crochetkid75) March 24, 2016My #pharmacy24 involves tweeting, blogging and writing a resource about M.E. for pharmacy teams with @actionforme https://t.co/abalbOoLYe
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Emily Beardall (@crochetkid75) March 24, 2016I don't provide personal advice but my #pharmacy24 involves signposting & helping ppl with #MEcfs to choose well https://t.co/UBSX16cSgI
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Emily Beardall (@crochetkid75) March 24, 2016My #pharmacy24 involves finishing off some work on the March plain English M.E. research round-up for @actionforme https://t.co/kd2qftFeEY
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Emily Beardall (@crochetkid75) March 24, 2016My #pharmacy24 involves empowering people with M.E. and other long term conditions to take charge of their treatment https://t.co/9ZGCJWzb5b
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Emily Beardall (@crochetkid75) March 24, 2016My #pharmacy24 involves writing about pharmacy services, public health issues & health news for people with #MEcfs https://t.co/XkyhXbPCse
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Emily Beardall (@crochetkid75) March 24, 2016Additional comments to expand on the selfies:
"I've never known much about ME, so your work is making me a better pharmacist." @SparkleWildfire #pharmacy24 #mecfs twitter.com/crochetkid75/s…
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Emily Beardall (@crochetkid75) March 24, 2016My #pharmacy24 involves interviewing researchers to write about their research for ppl with #MEcfs actionforme.org.uk/news/ceo-blog-… via @actionforme
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Emily Beardall (@crochetkid75) March 24, 2016Public health issues I've written about for p/w #MEcfs include smoking cessation, flu vax &mental health #pharmacy24 twitter.com/crochetkid75/s…
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Emily Beardall (@crochetkid75) March 24, 2016AFAIK #MEcfs isn't in pharmacy degree, technician courses or pharm literature & we'd like to change this #pharmacy24 twitter.com/crochetkid75/s…
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Emily Beardall (@crochetkid75) March 24, 2016Pharmacy services I've written about for ppl with #MEcfs & @actionforme include MURs,NMS&flu vaccination #pharmacy24 twitter.com/crochetkid75/s…
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Emily Beardall (@crochetkid75) March 24, 2016And I used my pharmacy knowledge to advise my dentist!
Unexpected dentist trip in my #pharmacy24 and advised her on neuropathic pain meds, mouth washes, saliva replacements and ulcer treatments!
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Emily Beardall (@crochetkid75) March 24, 2016Advised on what can be bought, what can be prescribed by dentists & what needs to be prescribed by a GP #pharmacy24 twitter.com/crochetkid75/s…
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Emily Beardall (@crochetkid75) March 24, 2016
A Prescription for M.E. 