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Pharmacy First CPD: Acute sinusitis

This is the latest in our series of CPD modules designed to support pharmacists to manage common conditions and deliver England’s new Pharmacy First service. It will be useful for community pharmacists responding to patients 12 years and over with acute sinusitis.

01 Mar 2024

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Pharmacy First: Sore throat – part 2

This CPD module is the latest in our series designed to support pharmacists in delivering the Pharmacy First service in England. It covers the clinical management of acute sore throat.

02 Feb 2024

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Pharmacy First CPD: Management of shingles

This is the first in a new series of CPD modules which cover conditions included in the proposed NHS Pharmacy First service in England and equivalent schemes in other parts of the UK.

03 Jan 2024

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Concise guides: Spotting the signs of sepsis

Helping pharmacists to identify red flag symptoms and clinical signs of serious disease. Subject: Sepsis.

26 Jun 2023

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Service toolkit: Discharge Medicines Service

Patients transferring from hospital to community settings are at increased risk of medication-related harm, something the Discharge Medicines Service aims to tackle head on.

20 Jun 2023

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Service toolkit: Blood pressure checks

More pharmacies in England are getting involved in BP checks as part of the advanced service aiming to identify undiagnosed patients with hypertension.

13 Feb 2023

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Clinical briefing: Falling vaccination rates

While Covid-19 vaccination saved almost 20 million lives worldwide in a year, the pandemic meant that some people have missed other potentially life-saving immunisations, warns Mark Greener

13 Feb 2023

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Remote consultations and the DMS

This module will refresh your knowledge of the Discharge Medicines Service (DMS) in England by providing a short overview of its three stages.

11 Nov 2022

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Identifying patients with hypertension

This module looks at the role of community pharmacy in identifying people who may have high blood pressure.

16 Nov 2021

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NHS Discharge Medicines Service: part six

The steps community pharmacy professionals need to take to deliver a high quality NHS Discharge Medicines Service

13 Oct 2021

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Supporting smoking cessation

With smoking rates continuing to decline, the outlook is positive, but there's still work to be done to protect the nation's health.

08 Feb 2021

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The obesity agenda

Obesity has been moving up the Government’s agenda in recent years, but the UK population is still piling on the pounds. 

13 Oct 2020

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