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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 women with uncomplicated urinary tract infections.
05 Apr 2024 , 20 Min Module
The Pharmacy First service in England allows community pharmacy teams to complete episodes of care for seven common conditions. This toolkit provides an overview of the clinical pathway and PGDs used to deliver consultations for acute sinusitis plus essential information on the assessment, diagnosis and management of this common condition.
02 Apr 2024 , 30 Min Module
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 , 20 Min Module
The Pharmacy First service in England allows community pharmacy teams to complete episodes of care for seven common conditions. This toolkit provides an overview of the clinical pathway and PGDs used to deliver consultations for acute sore throat plus essential information on the assessment, diagnosis and management of this common condition.
26 Feb 2024 , 30 Min Module
The Pharmacy First service became available from community pharmacies in England from January 31, 2024. It allows pharmacy teams to complete episodes of care including provision of advice and NHS funded treatment where appropriate for seven common conditions. Use this toolkit as your indispensable service implementation guide. Compiled by Patrick Grice.
17 Feb 2024 , 25 Min Module
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 , 15 Min Module
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 , 20 Min Module
This CPD module is the latest in our series designed to support pharmacists in delivering the Pharmacy First service in England. It covers assessment and clinical decision-making regarding acute sore throat. After completing it you will be able to conduct a simple examination of the throat; know which conditions and red flags require referral; and use a clinical scoring system to assess the likelihood of bacterial infection.
17 Jan 2024 , 30 Min Module
This module is suitable for use as part of pharmacists’ continuing professional development, a key component of the revalidation process. After reading this module in the magazine or online at pharmacymagazine.co.uk, you can include it in your personal Pharmacy Magazine revalidation record.
02 Jan 2024 , 20 Min Module
In preparation for the new Pharmacy Contraception Service in England, this module runs through an assessment of contraception needs, then goes into some of the practical aspects associated with both ongoing supply and initiation of combined oral contraceptives.
15 Nov 2023 , 20 Min Module
This video will help you refresh your recommendations for allergic rhinitis and understand the key benefits of fexofenadine
Continue our Sleep & Stress series and discover how non-medicated products can help with sleep and stress issues
Explore the sleep and stress connection and learn how good sleep hygiene and lifestyle changes can help your customers.
Learn more about treating acute otitis externa and your role in raising awareness of antibiotic resistance.
Understand the truth behind common myths about nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) so you can support customers to quit smoking successfully
Refresh your knowledge on common childhood pain occasions and the advice you can offer to parents
This video will help you refresh your recommendations for allergic rhinitis and understand the key benefits of fexofenadine
Continue our Sleep & Stress series and discover how non-medicated products can help with sleep and stress issues
Explore the sleep and stress connection and learn how good sleep hygiene and lifestyle changes can help your customers.
Learn more about treating acute otitis externa and your role in raising awareness of antibiotic resistance.
Understand the truth behind common myths about nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) so you can support customers to quit smoking successfully
Refresh your knowledge on common childhood pain occasions and the advice you can offer to parents
From contraception to STIs, this month we are talking OTC sexual health.
The Editors are back with their end-of-term Easter school reports – who in pharmacy has got distinction A*s and a gold star and who's got the dreaded "must try harder" detention...
New NPA chief executive Paul Rees and chair Nick Kaye talk to PM editor Richard Thomas about Pharmacy First, broken reimbursement, the human cost of the funding crisis, a new deal for community pharmacy and reconnecting with members.
The Pharmacy First service in England is live – the CIG editors discuss the launch, gauge pharmacist reaction and dig into the weeds of a row between locums and two of the major multiples. Plus the messy business of LloydsPharmacy and its many creditors...
The Category Insight Podcast is back for 2024! We are kicking things off with a short but sweet introduction to our pharmacy staff focused Recognition of Excellence Awards, find out how you can get involved and win!
The Editors are back with the first Talking Pharmacy pod of the year and their predictions – good and bad – for community pharmacy in 2024.
From contraception to STIs, this month we are talking OTC sexual health.
The Editors are back with their end-of-term Easter school reports – who in pharmacy has got distinction A*s and a gold star and who's got the dreaded "must try harder" detention...
New NPA chief executive Paul Rees and chair Nick Kaye talk to PM editor Richard Thomas about Pharmacy First, broken reimbursement, the human cost of the funding crisis, a new deal for community pharmacy and reconnecting with members.
The Pharmacy First service in England is live – the CIG editors discuss the launch, gauge pharmacist reaction and dig into the weeds of a row between locums and two of the major multiples. Plus the messy business of LloydsPharmacy and its many creditors...
The Category Insight Podcast is back for 2024! We are kicking things off with a short but sweet introduction to our pharmacy staff focused Recognition of Excellence Awards, find out how you can get involved and win!
The Editors are back with the first Talking Pharmacy pod of the year and their predictions – good and bad – for community pharmacy in 2024.
Mollie, 15, has an itchy cough, which is bothersome throughout the day and keeping her awake at night. She is studying for her GCSEs, which begin in a couple of weeks, but because she is not getting much sleep, she is nodding off over her books and laptop. What do you advise?
26 Mar 2024 , 3 Min Article
The GPhC has urged organisations offering gender incongruence and dysphoria services to provide clear referral routes following new NHS England policy on puberty suppressing hormones.
26 Mar 2024 , 1 Min Article
New research is encouraging for pharmacists looking to establish POCT as a more integral part of their service provision.
18 Jan 2024 , 8 Min Article
Community pharmacy teams are an important source of initial advice and ongoing help in the management of heartburn and indigestion but should also look out for possible danger signs...
18 Jan 2024 , 15 Min Article
Scenario: Patrick Heaney, who is 52 years old, appears in the pharmacy at lunch time complaining of stomach ache that has come on suddenly over the last few hours. What do you advise?
18 Jan 2024 , 1 Min Module
Nutrition, medicines and myths: evolution of pharmacy practice.
08 Dec 2023 , 10 Min Module
The Government wants England to be “smoke-free” by 2030 and pharmacies could help achieve this ambition by engaging with the Smoking Cessation Advanced Service.
05 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article
The integration of pharmacy IT services with the wider NHS is gathering pace, overseen by the Community Pharmacy IT Group.
02 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article
Does the repurposing of incretin-based therapies as anti-obesity agents warrant all the hype? And can the NHS deliver such medications equitably, safely and sustainably, given the recent problems with shortages as demand soars?
04 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article
Asthma attacks in the UK have increased by a third over the past decade and the number of people affected by the disease here is among the highest in the world. So why aren’t new therapeutic options being utilised to better effect?
09 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article
What are the implications of the Food Standards Agency’s recommendation that healthy adults do not consume more than 10mg of cannabidiol a day?
04 Jan 2024 , 4 Min Article
In a world overwhelmed by new technology, health tracking apps are a genuinely useful tool that regular people can use to keep tabs on their health.
25 Mar 2024 , 1 Min Article
Many people believe that aches and pains are inevitable as we age, but this is not the case. Training Matters explores how simple changes and habits can positively impact joint and muscle health
25 Mar 2024 , 1 Min Article
We are all familiar with the sayings “trust your gut” and “follow your gut” but what is this intuitive value we have placed here? Training Matters explores why the gut has become known as the epicentre of health and how to maintain it.
25 Mar 2024 , 1 Min Article
Amidst an alarming increase in STI infections in the UK and funding cuts to sexual health services, more people will be looking to the pharmacy for help.
12 Feb 2024 , 1 Min Article
The early detection of health conditions is often crucial to successful treatment and maintaining long term health. This feature explores how the pharmacy can become the place patients turn to for testing.
08 Feb 2024 , 1 Min Article
Heartburn and indigestion are common but often mistaken for one another, so how can pharmacy teams help customers identify and tackle these different conditions?
08 Feb 2024 , 1 Min Article
The nose is one of the body’s first points of defence when it comes to guarding against viruses, bacteria and other harmful particles in the air. It plays an important role in the respiratory and immune systems, which is why we often feel unwell when affected by nasal conditions.
08 Feb 2024 , 15 Min Module
Men cannot afford to be reticent to talk about their health, as UK mortality statistics show. This article explores how pharmacy teams can help men engage with issues of sexual health.
15 Jan 2024 , 1 Min Article
