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Ms Ravijyot Saggu

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Location:

  • University College Hospital

GMC/GDC number:

GPhC reg no is 2021509

Professional background

Ms Ravijyot Saggu studied Pharmacy (BPharm) at the London School of Pharmacy (University of London) and graduated in 1999. She went on to pursue a career in hospital pharmacy undertaking further postgraduate study with subsequent respiratory study. She currently works at University College Hospital, London, as a lead clinical pharmacist for medicine and emergency services with a respiratory specialism and interest in interstitial lung disease (ILD) and airways disease (including severe asthma).

She is an honorary clinical lecturer for UCL & School of Pharmacy and registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and is a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain as well as being an independent prescriber and a member of the UK Clinical Pharmacy Association respiratory group (and chair of their respiratory group). She has affiliations with various respiratory organisations such as the Pan London Airways Network and British Lung Foundation and was a committee member on the British Thoracic Society (BTS) macrolides guidelines group and the NICE COPD guidelines committee (2019).

She is also a current member of the pharmacist specialist advisory group to the BTS and expert panel member for NICE and author/contributor to CPPE COPD and asthma respiratory pharmacy learning packages.

Specialties

Languages spoken

Punjabi

Publications

K.Chan, R.Saggu, H.Milbourne & M. Hayman. Management of medication in patients with Parkinson's disease who are nil-by-mouth. British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2013 Aug;74(8):C120-3.

  • https://rxmagazine.org/key-messages-from-the-updated-nice-copd-guidelines/ 30th Aug 2019
  • https://rxmagazine.org/key-recommendations-for-the-use-of-macrolide-antibiotics-in-respiratory-disease/ 9th June 2019

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: diagnosis and management: summary of updated NICE guidance BMJ 2019; 366 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l4486 (Published 29 July 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;366:l4486

  • https://hospitalpharmacyeurope.com/copd-overview-of-updated-nice-guidance/ published 26th July 2019
  • https://view.joomag.com/hhe-respiratory-2019/0579625001568125331?short hospital healthcare Europe Respiratory

2019 book published 10th Sept 2019 (contains NICE COPD article plus long term Macrolides article)

QI project poster write up

BTS Guideline British Thoracic Society guideline for the use of long-term macrolides in adults with respiratory disease
David Smith Ingrid Du Rand Charlotte Louise Addy Timothy Collyns Simon Paul Hart Philip J Mitchelmore Najib M Rahman Ravijyot Saggu

Thorax 2020; 75 370-404 Published Online First: 17 Apr 2020. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2019-213929