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If you have walked in to your local Community Pharmacy recently or even over the last couple of years you may have noticed that there is a lot more on offer than just picking up your prescriptions and some general medication like headache tablets.  So for this week’s check in with Glasgow based Pharmacist Elizabeth Roddick we find out about how your local community Pharmacy has changed over the years and what they are now able to offer you too. 

Elizabeth began by telling our Toby Davey about the changes that have happened in the Pharmacy in the last few years and an outline of what Pharmacy staff are able to offer you when you walk through the door, with some differences depending which nation you might live in.

Then to how things may link up between your local community Pharmacy and your local GP 

For more about Pharmacy First in England do visit -
https://www.england.nhs.uk/primary-care/pharmacy/pharmacy-services/pharmacy-first/

And for Pharmacy First in Scotland do visit -
https://www.gov.scot/publications/nhs-pharmacy-first-scotland-information-patients/# 


To get in touch with Elizabeth you can email info@elizabethroddick.com or for more information visit - https://elizabethroddick.com





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Now for a roundup of accessible arts events as RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey catches up with Jess Beal from VocalEyes, the national audio description charity providing access to the arts for blind and partially sighted people to share some of the accessible events that are featured in their regular email newsletter.

Audio described shows and events included:

Madagascar The Musical - Friday 19 April, 7pm, New Theatre Oxford

Opening Night - Saturday 27 April, 2.30pm, Gielgud Theatre, London  

Hadestown - Saturday 27 April, 2.30pm, Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London

Guys & Dolls - Saturday 4 May, 2.30pm, Touch tour 12.25pm, Bridge Theatre, London

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Thursday 9 May, 2pm, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

To find out more about these and other up-coming described arts events as well as details about how to sign up to the regular What’s On email newsletter do visit the VocalEyes website - https://vocaleyes.co.uk


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With recent news reports where people have been saying that the NHS is not working, for this week’s check in with Pharmacist Elizabeth Roddick RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey began by asking Elizabeth for her response and thoughts on all this news.  

Elizabeth then shared her ideas on what could be done to remedy the situation with the NHS that people have been talking about in the news.

To then some thoughts on how to maybe reduce some of the amount of wastage within the NHS that people have been talking about too.  

Finally Elizabeth gave some suggestions on how to maybe reduce the pressure that NHS A&E units are under with people coming in with minor accidents which could be seen and treated at their local pharmacy.

To get in touch with Elizabeth you can email info@elizabethroddick.com or for more information visit - https://elizabethroddick.com





Image: Picture showing Elizabeth standing in her pharmacy, dressed in her white pharmacist coat and a colourful bandana around her neck, she's smiling. Warmly at the camera with her hands slightly raised.

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Now for a roundup of accessible arts events as RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey catches up with Jess Beal from VocalEyes, the national audio description charity providing access to the arts for blind and partially sighted people to share some of the accessible events that are featured in their regular email newsletter.

Audio described shows and events included:

My First Ballet: Swan Lake - Wednesday 10 April, 2pm, touch tour 1pm, Peacock Theatre, London

Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles - Wednesday 17 April, 6.30opm, Barbican Centre, London

Come From Away - Thursday 18 April, 2pm, touch tour 12.30pm, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

Descriptive Tour: The Collection - Tuesday 23 April, 2.30pm, National Portrait Gallery, London

Shrek The Musical - Wednesday 24 April, 7.30pm, touch tour 6.30pm, Royal and Derngate Theatre, Northampton

Witness for the Prosecution - Thursday 25 April, 2.30pm, touch tour 1.15pm, County Hall, London

To find out more about these and other up-coming described arts events as well as details about how to sign up to the regular What’s On email newsletter do visit the VocalEyes website - https://vocaleyes.co.uk


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