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Travel health

Advocate for sun safety and provide information on travel vaccines.

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Travel health: common problems and useful information

Community pharmacy teams can deliver expert, accessible travel health services and advice, from vaccines to sun safety and a lot more besides, writes Rod Tucker.

19 May 2026

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E-module: Managing summer skin problems

Update your knowledge to help prevent and manage summer skin problems

23 Feb 2026

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Travel health: Beyond the booking

People just want to relax when they’re on holiday and temporarily leave all their worries behind. We explain how pharmacy teams can help them achieve this goal by staying healthy while away from home.

06 Jun 2025

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Well through wanderlust

Training Matters explores how pharmacy teams can help customers to have stress-free holidays and feel confident taking on travel health concerns.

06 Jun 2025

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Travel health: Parakito

Parakito is a range of natural products offering protection from mosquitoes.

19 May 2025

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Packed with advice

Whether customers are holidaying at home or abroad, pharmacy teams are on standby to give self care advice and OTC knowledge to help manage a whole range of summer ailments.

19 Jun 2024

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Fly away with me

Now summer holidays are well and truly back on the agenda, here's the advice pharmacy teams can offer to keep travellers healthy

14 Jun 2023

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Learning update: Light and shade

New guidance from the British Association of Dermatologists urges people to use sun protection for six months of the year. Skin cancer in the UK is at record levels – one in five will get it during their lifetime.

17 May 2023

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Tackling travel health

For many people, this summer will be the first time in three years that they have been able to travel abroad. Here's how pharmacy teams can help remind customers about staying safe under the sun.

23 Jun 2022

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Travel health: just the ticket

There's an important role to play in helping customers plan for all kinds of eventualities and stay healthy when holidaying at home.

14 Jun 2021

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Skin cancer and sun protection

This module helps provide understanding on common types of skin cancer and actinic keratoses.

12 Jun 2020

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Travel health

More people are travelling abroad each year, pharmacy staff can provide advice on issues people may encounter while they are away.

17 Jun 2019

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Malaria prevention

This module provides an overview of malaria and includes the latest prevention options available including OTC medication.

13 Mar 2018

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OTC malaria prevention

This CPD module provides an overview of OTC malaria prevention, OTC repellent products and information on the early signs of malaria. 

 

12 Feb 2018

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