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Respiratory infections: assessment

Ikwuoma Udeaja outlines a structured approach for pharmacists assessing, differentiating and managing common winter respiratory infections encountered in community pharmacy

04 Sep 2026

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Review: Respiratory syncytial virus

Mark Greener reviews the impact of RSV and suggests a pharmacy vaccination programme would help drive down infection rates.

18 Mar 2026

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Clinical Q&A: Meningitis

NEW All you need to know about meningitis including causes, risk factors, transmission, symptoms, management, treatment and prognosis.

17 Mar 2026

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Impact of antibiotic ADRs on patients revealed

“Antibiotic side-effects can significantly disrupt patients’ lives”, say the authors of a new study

26 Jan 2026

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AMR knowledge gaps revealed among pharmacists and pharmacy technicians

Around one in 20 pharmacists and pharmacy technicians admit they do not know what AMR is.

09 Dec 2025

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Antibiotic stewardship

Welcome to our CPD module series for pharmacy technicians.

12 Mar 2025

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Antibiotics may increase fibromyalgia risk

Antibiotics seem to increase the risk of fibromyalgia up to four-fold, according to recent primary care data.

08 Jul 2024

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Pharmacy First: Practising good antimicrobial stewardship

There is recognition that community pharmacy teams have a key role to play in antimicrobial stewardship. Pharmacy First and similar schemes are intended to enable more completed episodes of care in pharmacies for specific common conditions, some of which will involve treatment decisions about antibiotics.

06 Feb 2024

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Ear problems

This team training module focuses on ear problems, updating knowledge on managing and preventing ear problems. 

13 Dec 2017

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Ear care

This Professional Assistant: Learn and Advise module focuses on ear care, identifying key parts of the ear and recommending products.

01 Nov 2017

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OTC Medicines Checklist: Minor Eye Infections

Alan Nathan summarises the key points to consider when managing minor eye infections

15 Jan 2016

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Learning update: Maternal infections

Increase your understanding of some lesser-known but potentially serious maternal infections.

22 Sep 2015

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