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Weight Management Toolkit 5

Enhancing consultation skills for effective patient management

20 Aug 2026

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Weight Management Toolkit 4

Designing and implementing a weight loss service

19 Aug 2026

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Weight Management Toolkit 3

Pharmacological interventions

18 Aug 2026

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Weight Management Toolkit 2

Evidence-based approaches to diet and physical activity

17 Aug 2026

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Weight Management Toolkit 1

Pharmacy’s evolving role in weight management.

16 Aug 2026

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GLP-1s: Weight loss and beyond

Aside from their usefulness in managing type 2 diabetes and weight loss, where might GLP-1 drugs fit into the treatment landscape for a range of other health conditions? Rod Tucker reports

23 Feb 2026

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What happens when GLP-1 treatment stops?

GLP-1s have been hailed as a revolutionary medical breakthrough in the fight against obesity. But what happens when the drug stops? A recent analysis provides an interesting but somewhat disturbing finding. Rod Tucker takes a closer look…

20 Feb 2026

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NICE says patients on weight loss drugs need follow-up support

Healthcare providers will be expected to monitor people for at least a year after they come off obesity medication, according to new guidance.

05 Aug 2025

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Long read: Are GLP-1RAs the answer to the obesity crisis?

What exactly are GLP-1RAs, how do they work and – perhaps most importantly – will they provide a solution to the obesity crisis? Plus the furore over the availability of weight loss medicines via online pharmacies hits the headlines. Rod Tucker reports.

18 Apr 2025

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Clinical briefing: the rise of weight loss drugs

As weight loss drugs become more popular, our clinical editor, Mark Greener, examines their place in fighting the UK’s obesity epidemic

06 Mar 2025

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A gut feeling

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

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Weight loss drugs: should we believe the hype?

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

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Teenage diet concerns

Are teenagers' diets sufficiently balanced to ensure they grow into healthy adults? Evidence suggests they're not

18 Dec 2020

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Older people's health

Older people may have been seen less often in pharmacies because of Covid – but out of sight shouldn’t mean out of mind. 

18 Dec 2020

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The obesity agenda

The Welsh Government has published a new strategy to help people manage their weight and pharmacy teams can help.

17 Dec 2019

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