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Insight: I’m now a convert to independent prescribing
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CPD Modules
First prescriptions for Parkinson's disease
This module supports pharmacists when consulting with patients who have been prescribed Parkinson's medication for the first time.
20 Min Module
Business building by going online
Use this CPD module to consider how expanding your pharmacy online can benefit your business.
1 Min Module
Consultations about first prescriptions
This module supports pharmacists when consulting with patients prescribed a medicine for the first time.
20 Min Module
Managing sleep disorders
This module examines the way pharmacy teams can support those struggling with sleep disorders.
20 Min Module
Managing the menopause
The module examines the way community pharmacy can support those going through the menopause.
20 Min Module
Key clinical developments in 2021
This module provides an update of the major developments in pharmacy practice during 2021.
20 Min Module
Identifying patients with hypertension
This module looks at the role of community pharmacy in identifying people who may have high blood pressure.
30 Min Module
Treating patients with schizophrenia
The module will refresh your knowledge about the pharmacological treatment of schizophrenia.
30 Min Module
Update on incontinence
This module explains how to differentiate between the types of incontinence.
30 Min Module
Conversations about depression
This module focuses on supporting patients in the early stages of antidepressant therapy.
20 Min Module
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Common Childhood Illnesses
This interactive video will test and reinforce your knowledge so you can confidently advise parents on common childhood illnesses, such as teething, earache, coughs and colds.
Advising on stimulant laxatives
Safely recommend the most effective laxative for every customer with constipation
Managing hay fever: help meet your customers' needs
This module will improve your hay fever knowledge, helping you to understand its impact on sufferers and recommend the right products to ease symptoms
A 5-point consultation plan for dry skin
Identify the 5 key elements to address in your dry skin consultations
Stop Smoking Support
Make the right recommendations to support customers to stop smoking
Managing dry eye and blepharitis
Discover the link between dry eye and blepharitis and learn how to help customers effectively manage these conditions.
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Common Childhood Illnesses
This interactive video will test and reinforce your knowledge so you can confidently advise parents on common childhood illnesses, such as teething, earache, coughs and colds.
Advising on stimulant laxatives
Safely recommend the most effective laxative for every customer with constipation
Managing hay fever: help meet your customers' needs
This module will improve your hay fever knowledge, helping you to understand its impact on sufferers and recommend the right products to ease symptoms
A 5-point consultation plan for dry skin
Identify the 5 key elements to address in your dry skin consultations
Stop Smoking Support
Make the right recommendations to support customers to stop smoking
Managing dry eye and blepharitis
Discover the link between dry eye and blepharitis and learn how to help customers effectively manage these conditions.Trending
HRT shortages: Government issues 10 more SSPs
Pharmacists given more powers to make substitutions – but calls for a longer term solution persist.
1 Min Module
GPhC suspends pharmacist who prescribed 'irrationally and unsafely'
Prescribing pharmacist acted far beyond his competence, an FtP committee has found.
1 Min Module
First prescriptions for Parkinson's disease
This module supports pharmacists when consulting with patients who have been prescribed Parkinson's medication for the first time.
20 Min Module
Insight: I’m now a convert to independent prescribing
Once a prescribing sceptic, our columnist is now a convert – but still wonders what shape it will take in England.
1 Min Module
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Common Childhood Illnesses
This interactive video will test and reinforce your knowledge so you can confidently advise parents on common childhood illnesses, such as teething, earache, coughs and colds.
10 Min Module
Sponsored
Advising on stimulant laxatives
Safely recommend the most effective laxative for every customer with constipation
15 Min Module
Business building by going online
Use this CPD module to consider how expanding your pharmacy online can benefit your business.
1 Min Module
In Conversation
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast - Category Insight: Allergy
This month we focus on how pharmacy teams can provide support over the counter for hayfever and anaphylaxis.
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast - Talking Pharmacy 20/4/22
Part 2 of our Easter special, where we review the top pharmacy stories of the year so far. The RPS in meltdown, pharmacist shortages (or not), Boots UK up for sale and the progressive new contract in Wales all feature.
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast - Talking Pharmacy 14/4/22
In part one of a Talking Pharmacy podcast special, the CIG editors count down their top 5 pharmacy stories of the year so far, covering everything from the disgraceful disruption caused by Covid anti-vaxxers to the ongoing Society shenanigans.
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast - Talking Pharmacy 29/4/22
The CIG editors return to discuss the week's top pharmacy stories in Good Week Bad Week including Well Pharmacy telling staff that isolating after a positive Covid test is now a personal choice, HRT shortages in the news and hub & spoke under scrutiny once more. In the interview hot seat: Daniel Lee of HubRx
Pharmacy Magazine: In Conversation With - Daniel Lee
Pharmacy Magazine editor Richard Thomas talks to Daniel Lee, founder of HubRx, about his bold ambition to transform community pharmacy by creating the UK’s first centralised automated dispensing facility for independents in a unique bid to create capacity and level the hub & spoke playing field.
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast - Talking Pharmacy 8/4/22
The CIG editors are back with Good Week Bad Week and on the lookout for outstanding pharmacy support staff for the Training Matters Recognition of Excellence Awards.
In Conversation
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast - Category Insight: Allergy
This month we focus on how pharmacy teams can provide support over the counter for hayfever and anaphylaxis.
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast - Talking Pharmacy 20/4/22
Part 2 of our Easter special, where we review the top pharmacy stories of the year so far. The RPS in meltdown, pharmacist shortages (or not), Boots UK up for sale and the progressive new contract in Wales all feature.
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast - Talking Pharmacy 14/4/22
In part one of a Talking Pharmacy podcast special, the CIG editors count down their top 5 pharmacy stories of the year so far, covering everything from the disgraceful disruption caused by Covid anti-vaxxers to the ongoing Society shenanigans.
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast - Talking Pharmacy 29/4/22
The CIG editors return to discuss the week's top pharmacy stories in Good Week Bad Week including Well Pharmacy telling staff that isolating after a positive Covid test is now a personal choice, HRT shortages in the news and hub & spoke under scrutiny once more. In the interview hot seat: Daniel Lee of HubRx
Pharmacy Magazine: In Conversation With - Daniel Lee
Pharmacy Magazine editor Richard Thomas talks to Daniel Lee, founder of HubRx, about his bold ambition to transform community pharmacy by creating the UK’s first centralised automated dispensing facility for independents in a unique bid to create capacity and level the hub & spoke playing field.
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast - Talking Pharmacy 8/4/22
The CIG editors are back with Good Week Bad Week and on the lookout for outstanding pharmacy support staff for the Training Matters Recognition of Excellence Awards.Clinical
Practice update: Scarred for life?
Wound healing is a complex process, so it is important to manage the wound correctly and use the right dressings to provide optimal healing conditions.
5 Min Module
Management of uncontrolled asthma in community pharmacy
The Taskforce for Lung Health is calling on policymakers and commissioners to provide extra funding to help community pharmacies deliver regular – and improved – care for the millions of people in the UK living with asthma.
10 Min Module
Research update: Methenamine – an alternative for UTI prophylaxis?
Metabolite offers an alternative to antibiotics for women with recurrent UTIs, research suggests.
3 Min Module
TV programme shines a light on Cushing’s syndrome
The condition was the focus of a TV programme as part of Rare Disease Day 2022.
1 Min Module
Mental health support for people with acne
NICE has recommended mental health support for people who are severely affected by their acne.
1 Min Module
Getting a grip on opioid usage
When it comes to tackling the over-prescribing of opioids, growing NHS waiting lists may be undoing any good work.
1 Min Module
Managing common skin complaints
Skin conditions are among the most common reasons for patients to visit their pharmacy for treatment and advice.
1 Min Module
Clinical briefing: A new option for episodic migraine
PM clinical editor Mark Greener on the new NICE recommendations for fremanezumab.
1 Min Module
Dyspepsia or GORD?
Pharmacy customers can be quite vague when talking about GI problems so it is important to ask them to describe their symptoms to help clarify the complaint.
5 Min Module
Widening access to contraception in pharmacy
The pandemic has made it more challenging for women to access contraceptive services.
4 Min Module
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Tackling pet health
How can customers make the adjustment back to normal life after the pandemic as seamless as possible for their new pets?
3 Min Module
The mental and physical benefits of an active lifestyle
Despite a surge in fitness fanatics during the pandemic, new research suggests the population’s activity levels are lower than ever before.
1 Min Module
Hayfever helpers
As hayfever season returns, how can pharmacy teams advise customers to manage their symptoms effectively?
3 Min Module
Tackling oral care
Pharmacy teams are often the first point of call for customers suffering from oral problems. Sink your teeth into this roundup of common conditions and the advice you can provide.
5 Min Module
Scar management
Prompt attention to wounds and injuries can mitigate the effects of scars. Here's what pharmacy teams can do to help, as well as how to advise customers on creating their own essential first aid kit.
1 Min Module
Treating hayfever
Discover how pharmacy teams can support patients suffering from hayfever with this learning module.
15 Min Module
Facing skin management for all ages
From childhood to old age, there are various dermatological conditions to be expected during each stage of life.
5 Min Module
Tackling long term pain relief
How can pharmacy teams help those suffering from long-term chronic pain conditions?
1 Min Module