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PocDoc healthy heart test rolled out by Superdrug

The listing with the high street chain follows similar collaborations with Well Pharmacy, Dears Pharmacy and Pharmacy2U.

24 Apr 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Streeting announces partnership for future pandemic 'surveillance system'

Partnership with Oxford Nanopore will see disease sequencing data shared with UKHSA

05 Nov 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Sector should ‘normalise’ use of home diagnostic kits says Pharmacy2U

P2U chief of staff Garry Dannatt envisions 'wraparound' remote consultation services

09 Jul 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Health check for CVD integrated into NHS app

A new digital health check for cardiovascular disease is to be fully integrated with the NHS app as a result of a partnership with UK digital diagnostics company PocDoc.

12 Jun 2024 , 2 Min Article

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On undiagnosed chronic conditions

A GP practice managing 10,000 patients may have more than 400 undiagnosed chronic conditions because of the pressures of dealing with Covid-19, according to a new study from Wales.

13 Feb 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Running diagnostics in the pharmacy

Discover how such such services in the pharmacy go beyond a customer simply taking a test.

14 Feb 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Analysis: Testing times for NHS screening programmes

Fewer people are attending the UK’s national health screening programmes. Is this an opportunity for pharmacy?

20 Jan 2022 , 4 Min Article

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Access to answers

Pharmacy-based diagnostic services continue to improve customers' accessibility to healthcare.

08 Feb 2021 , 5 Min Article

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Identification and intervention

Pharmacy teams provide health screening services and testing kits, but there's potential to do more.

26 May 2020 , 2 Min Article

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Renal therapeutics: part four

Part four of this renal therapeutics CPPE module looks at different types of dialysis and renal transplant.

15 Nov 2019 , 3 Min Module

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Renal therapeutics: part three

Part three of this renal therapeutics CPPE module looks at chronic kidney disease, its causes and how to prevent its progression.

14 Oct 2019 , 3 Min Module

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Prediabetes

This CPD module looks at the management of prediabetes and explains how pharmacy can have a role in identifying at-risk patients.

16 Sep 2019 , 3 Min Module

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Renal therapeutics: part one

Part one of this renal therapeutics CPPE module looks at types of renal impairment and risk factors for chronic diseases.

14 Aug 2019 , 2 Min Module

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