Gareth Nickless

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Lead clinical liaison tutor for the postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy for secondary and tertiary care at Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Liverpool John Moores University

How to support pharmacists during hospital rotations

Advice on how to facilitate and support pharmacists and trainees undertaking rotations.…

How to perform accurate medicines reconciliation

Medicines reconciliation in practice and some pitfalls to avoid.…

Electrolyte disturbances: causes and management

This article details the clinical presentations of the most common electrolyte disturbances and how to treat them.…

Shaping a pharmacist’s formative years

Pharmacists undertaking postgraduate diplomas need adequate support throughout the course, and tutors should be familiar with practice-based assessment.…

How to prepare for and contribute to a consultant’s ward round

Do you spend hours scouring patient notes to determine the indication for a prescribed medicine or chasing doctors to correct prescribing errors? Perhaps you should join the consultant’s ward round…

How to interpret liver function tests

Patients with abnormal liver function tests are encountered commonly by pharmacists. It is therefore helpful to know how to amend patients’ treatments and when such amendments might be necessary.…

An overview of hepatitis: part 1

The UK is the only major developed country showing an increase in the number of deaths from all forms of liver disease, including hepatitis. In part 1, Gareth Nickless focuses on non-viral hepatitis and drug use in liver dysfunction.…