What a week for health!

Hello

I hope you are well. What a week we had last week in Ireland for health!

On Monday 12th august The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, announced his ambitious plans for free HRT for the women of Ireland. What wonderful and unexpected news. FINALLY women's health is really on the agenda in Ireland!

On Tuesday 13th august i was in the department of health when he announced the report form the expert taskforce to support the expansion of the role of pharmacists in Ireland to include prescribing for 8 common conditions, including conjunctivitis, shingles and impetigo. It has long been recognised that pharmacists are highly skilled and trained healthcare professionals and this will see a reduction of waiting time for patients and reduce the burden on our GPs. I had the opportunity to sit down with the Minister for a long-form podcast to discuss his plans and I asked him questions about our current health service that you all want the answers to.

You can listen to this episode on The Laura Dowling Experience Podcast anywhere you get your podcasts here is the link to Spotify.

I released another podcast episode just today -with sports nutritionist and VO2 max expert, Sean Kinane. It is a very interesting episode about fitness potential, longevity and cardiac health. You can check it out here.

All my podcasts are available in full video on my YouTube channel here

We kicked off the month in fabuwellness with our new SHROOMS JOINT-BONE-MUSCLE blend and and to celebrate I created a 10 day easy exercise 'Use It Or Lose It Program' where myself and my sister (a certified Personal Trainer AND a Pharmacist) created 10 short, easy to follow videos that show you EXACTLY how to start strength training correctly. This is available in my highlights on instagram @fabulouspharmacist and also on my YouTube channel- just click Use It Or Lose It!

I hope you have a great weekend.

Laura