007 Laura Buckley
In this week’s episode, we are joined by Laura Buckley. She is a passionate Primary Care Network (PCN) Pharmacist, creator of the Mum Does Drug blog, wife, mother of two boys, occasional writer for C+D and now the author of her first international selling novel, Love, Prescribed. The book is available on Amazon as a Kindle edition or paperback book. In her first month of sales, her book was purchased in the UK, USA, Australia, Canada, and Malaysia!
In this conversation we hear a love story; a fairytale pharmacy life which I don’t think Laura even realises! I am inspired as a healthcare professional, a mother, and as a wife. Though Laura was very aware of her creative side at a young age, she decided to pursue a career in a science related field knowing that it would provide her security for her future.
Her love story begins when she tells us about how she met her husband, who is also a pharmacist. She had her first child just before her 3rd year pharmacy school exams and her second child during her hospital based pre-registration year. She sat her pre-reg exam pregnant! I still can’t believe this!
Shortly after qualifying, she co-manages a pharmacy with her husband whilst juggling parenting two young children. After a few years of this she felt she wanted to make more of a difference to patient lives from a clinical perspective and a role in pharmacy management was pulling her away from that. This is part of the reason for her transition to a PCN Pharmacist role and the job was exactly what she was looking for! Consultations allow Laura to put patients' own decision making more into the conversation. She provides them with information and tries to understand exactly what they want to get out of their care. I loved hearing Laura's perspective on how to deliver good patient care and her attitude towards growing within her role as a pharmacist is inspiring.
Links to things we discuss:
https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/opinion/has-covid19-shown-it-is-time-to-rethink-pre-reg-exam
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-prescribed-Laura-Buckley-ebook/dp/B089RRZZQH
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