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Find out more at www.aah.co.uk, speak to your Account Manager or call 0247 643 2042 *Terms and conditions apply A McKesson Company WWW.WALESHEALTHCARE.COM WPR WELCOME ISSUE 41 – 2019 Medical Communications 2015 www.waleshealthcare.com www.pharmacy-life.co.uk Sarah Nelson Editor EDITOR [email protected] SARAH NELSON [email protected] DIRECTOR CHRIS FLANNAGAN [email protected] NATIONAL ACCOUNT MANAGER EDITOR'S LETTER NICOLA MCGARVEY [email protected] STUDIO MANAGER Welcome to the latest edition of Welsh Pharmacy DECLAN NUGENT [email protected] Review! ACCOUNTS MANAGER DONNA MARTIN [email protected] Aside from the long stretch of summer conversation (page 20). MANAGING DIRECTOR holidays – and, frankly, better music Get the know-how on all things BRIDGET MCCABE scene – if there’s one remnant of my vitamin D (page 48), and don’t miss [email protected] youth which I wish I’d tucked safely in our interview with Libby Dowling at IF YOU WISH TO CONTACT US BY TELEPHONE – 02890 999 441 my backpack to preserve for my later Diabetes UK, who shares tips for helping years, it would be that blissful lack of individuals with diabetes self-manage While every care has been taken in compiling this magazine to ensure that it is correct at the shame. responsibly (page 17). time of going to press, the publishers assume no responsibility for any effects from errors Be it tumbling off our bikes; As the All Wales Therapeutics & or omissions. The opinions of contributors are not necessarily those of the publisher. No part stumbling over our words during a school Toxicology Centre’s Clinical Director of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any presentation; or simply saying no, it and founder, Professor Phil Routledge, form, or by any means, mechanical, electronic, photocopying, recording or otherwise seemed a lot easier to be unapologetic enters retirement after almost 40 years without the prior permission of Medical Communications 2015 Ltd. All rights reserved. when we were less accountable for of service in the NHS in Wales, read up Data Protection – Please note, your mailing details and copies of any articles supplied will ourselves and others. on his inspiring record of achievements be held on a database and may be shared with associated companies. Sometimes your details A huge perk of my job is that I get (page four), and stay social media-savvy may be obtained from, or made available to, external companies for marketing purposes. 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However, with each issue and condition (page nine). investigated, we’re seeing familiar battle Before you go, make sure to catch lines drawn. up on the 2019 Welsh Pharmacy Patients feel silently consumed Conference’s happenings – featuring with embarrassment and shame, and a presentation by the Health Minister, News Opinions Healthcare Pharmacy health leaders are trying to break down Vaughan Gething – via our recap and Welsh stigmatising barriers by encouraging exclusive pictures (page 22). And check greater public discourse – something out the first half of our Welsh Pharmacy Review ISSUE 40 - 2019 which we can all be a part of. Awards winners and their incredible In this edition of WPR, we receive a merits (beginning on page 29). GET IT ON TIME PARKINSON’S AND glimpse of the problems which reluctance MEDICINE MANAGEMENT in opening up can pose – through the Happy reading! shocking number of prostate cancer patients receiving insufficient support ECZEMA How are families affected? for managing erectile dysfunction (page MENTAL HEALTH The drugs vs therapy debate DAY IN THE LIFE 38), and of the important need to propel Of a clinical trials pharmacist 2019 WELSH PHARMACY AWARDS urinary incontinence into mainstream Who will win? To access the previous editions of WPR online, visit @MEDCOMwales Medical Communications 2015 Ltd www.waleshealthcare.com/ previous-issue WPR | Sept 2019 | 1 ConvaTec have been helping people manage their stoma condition for over 30 years. All pouch users are unique and we have a solution to suit everyone. 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WWW.WALESHEALTHCARE.COM CONTENTS ISSUE 41 – 2019 4 WORDS OF PRAISE The All Wales Therapeutics & Toxicology Centre have paid tribute to their Clinical Director and founder, Professor Phil Routledge, as he enters retirement 12 A WELCOME RELIEF An exploration of cannabidiol’s exciting paths of potential, and just why it’s reaching new heights of popularity 14 GREAT EXPECTATIONS » p.4 Faced with delays in treatment, how can we achieve early detection of paediatric coeliac disease? 20 A SENSE OF URGENCY Why we must steer the mental effects of urinary incontinence into mainstream conversation 22 2019 WELSH PHARMACY CONFERENCE From the presenters’ powerful messages to unmissable » p.45 » p.42 pictures, we recap the day 29 WELSH PHARMACY AWARDS Revel in the celebrations as we recognise the first half of this year’s winners 38 MEN’S HEALTH Help the many prostate cancer patients missing out on support for erectile dysfunction 40 DYSPHAGIA An overview of the medicine prescribing and administration » p.22 concerns for dysphagia management 42 JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS Delve into an arthritis diagnosis during childhood and adolescence – the clinical and patient perspectives 45 ASTHMA AND ALLERGY Shuaib Nasser, Consultant in Asthma and Allergic Disease, on why we must elevate patients’ understanding of potential triggers » p.14 WPR | Sept 2019 | 3 WWW.WALESHEALTHCARE.COM NEWS CLINICAL DIRECTOR OF THE ALL WALES THERAPEUTICS & TOXICOLOGY CENTRE RETIRES On 9th May, staff of the All Wales Therapeutics & Toxicology Centre (AWTTC) paid tribute to their Clinical Director and founder, Professor Phil Routledge, as he enters retirement after almost 40 years of service in the NHS in Wales. Professor Routledge was appointed a Consultant Clinical and teaching outputs from General Medicine, Respiratory Medicine, Pharmacologist in Cardiff & Vale University Health Board in 1981. Surgery, Wound Healing and Geriatric Medicine. Later, the current He worked with colleagues in Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy Cochrane Library was added as an extension to the Academic Centre, to bring the Welsh National Poisons Unit, the Yellow Card Centre plus undergraduate and postgraduate teaching facilities. These for Wales, and the Welsh Medicines Resource Centre to University contributed to Llandough Hospital’s reputation as a major teaching Hospital Llandough. He also established the Patient Access to hospital in Wales, leading to it being renamed the University Hospital Medicines Service and the Welsh Analytical Prescribing Support Unit. Llandough in 2008. All five organisations now form the AWTTC. The Academic Centre is now home for over 40 staff working for The AWTTC provides the All Wales Medicines Strategy Group the AWTTC. In recognition of Professor Routledge’s outstanding (AWMSG) with administrative and scientific support for the contributions to the University Hospital Llandough, NHS Wales, appraisals of new medicines, and to develop resources for prescribers Cardiff University and the AWTTC, the centre was renamed ‘The to optimise the use of current medicines. Professor Routledge had a Routledge Academic Centre’ on 9th May. fundamental role in delivering medicines services in NHS Wales, by For more information on the AWTTC, which Professor Routledge improving access for patients to clinical and cost-effective medicines. founded, visit www.awttc.org. He was also the longest serving Chair of the AWMSG (from 2006 – 2014). During his time as Chair, he commissioned the development of an All Wales single national inpatient prescription chart, which was endorsed by the UK’s Royal College of Physicians. ‘Phil has been an inspiration to our staff and a pleasure to work with for 25 years,’ commented Mrs Ruth Lang, Senior Liaison Manager, AWTTC. In 1992, Professor Routledge proposed developing the former nurses’ home at Llandough Hospital into a centre focused on teaching and research. With the Hospital Management Board’s agreement, the ‘Academic Centre’ was formed, showcasing high-quality research Professor Phil Routledge GPSAR is free to download for both iPhone and Android users.