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Tetanus and Travel: What Pharmacists Should Advise

Tetanus and Travel: What Pharmacists Should Advise

11 Aug 2025

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Understanding Hepatitis B: A Clinical Overview for UK Pharmacists

Understanding Hepatitis B: A Clinical Overview for UK Pharmacists

11 Aug 2025

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Hepatitis B Vaccination: Guidance for UK Community Pharmacy Teams

Hepatitis B Vaccination: Guidance for UK Community Pharmacy Teams

11 Aug 2025

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Hepatitis B in Practice: Supporting At-Risk and Diagnosed Patients

Hepatitis B in Practice: Supporting At-Risk and Diagnosed Patients

11 Aug 2025

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Eliminating Hepatitis B by 2030: The Pharmacy Contribution

Eliminating Hepatitis B by 2030: The Pharmacy Contribution

11 Aug 2025

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Profile: A new prescription for community healthcare

Set within the iconic Battersea Power Station, LIPS Pharmacy is redefining what a modern community pharmacy can be – without an NHS service in sight.

11 Aug 2025

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Prescribing pathfinder update: Showing the path ahead

The prescribing pathfinders, set up to test and support different models of delivery from community pharmacies, are starting to go live across England. Saša Janković reports.

27 Mar 2025

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Pharmacy hypertension referral: positive for patients and primary care

During an EMIS-based pilot scheme, a GP practice referred patients to the community pharmacy hypertension case-finding service. Pharmacist Gurvinder Najran, who led the pilot, describes its promising results.

07 Jan 2025

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Improving the quality of your Pharmacy First consultations

A successful pilot of software designed to enhance the quality, safety and efficiency of Pharmacy First consultations is looking for more participants. Saša Janković reports.

16 Dec 2024

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Mpox: what you need to know

The first UK cases of the mpox variant clade Ib have been detected. Here’s what you need to know about what could be the largest global outbreak so far. By Saša Janković.

20 Nov 2024

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Be PrEPared: Pharmacy missing a trick with pre-exposure prophylaxis?

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a key tool in meeting the Government’s aim of eliminating new cases of HIV by 2030 – so why isn’t it available via community pharmacy?

18 Jan 2024

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Avoiding the FtP bear traps

With the GPhC reporting its highest ever backlog of fitness to practise cases, it is important pharmacists ensure they are adequately covered for any professional indemnity issues.

04 Oct 2023

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Ethical dilemmas: How should I... deal with trolling and online abuse?

Online reviews of your community pharmacy act as digital word-of-mouth – but they can quickly become damaging if they are untrue or if negative feedback and abuse isn’t dealt with correctly.

16 Aug 2023

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Purchasing your own pharmacy (for the very first time)

Being a first-time pharmacy buyer can be life-changing. Here four brand new owners tell us about their experiences.

16 Aug 2023

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Ethical dilemmas: How should I... support staff with long covid?

Data from the ONS estimate that long Covid symptoms are adversely affecting the day-to-day activities of around 1.5 million people in the UK. What do you do if one of your team is affected?

17 Jul 2023

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