Join the Three Apothecaries and some old friends as they gather around the fire and reflect on the year gone by. Jamie, Gimmo and Steve the Chemist are joined by friends of the show Clare Howard and Jonathan Underhill to discuss the highs and lows of 2022. Starting with COVID and ending with Strep A, what a year for healthcare and medicines it has been. We discuss the role that community pharmacy has played in these unprecedented times and the national efforts underway to tackle deprescribing and polypharmacy. We reflect on the impact of some of our conversations, and our greater understanding of issues such as the menopause and growing old – apt, as a number of the apothecaries turned 50 this year!We discuss some of the books that we have enjoyed this year and the fun we had at our live events – plenty more of them to come! We preview 2023 and in a rare peak into the dispensary, we reveal which guest we have invited onto the show – and who has accepted, ignored or declined our approaches! A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of our listeners. To get in touch follow us on Twitter @auralapothecary or email us at [email protected] . Don’t forget to rate us and comment wherever you have got this podcast from. The podcast featuring David Haslam (author of Side Effects: How our Healthcare has lost its way) referenced in the episode can be found at https://ockham.healthcare/podcast-david-haslam-how-our-healthcare-lost-its-way/. You can listen to the Aural Apothecary playlist here; https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3OsWj4w8sxsvuwR9zMXgn5?si=tiHXrQI7QsGtSQwPyz1KBg You can view the Aural Apothecary Library here; https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/31270100-paul-gimson?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=the-aural-apothecary