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Healthy living

Focus on mental and physical health and improving wellbeing.

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Time for action on fitness

As lockdown eases, how can pharmacy teams encourage customers to get back on track with their fitness goals?

16 May 2021

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Calorie labelling to be introduced on restaurant menus

Large restaurant businesses with over 250 employees in England to display the calorie information of non-prepacked food and soft drinks.

13 May 2021

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Vitamin D

Improve your understanding of the benefits of vitamin D, especially for older people, with this pharmacy scenario.

27 Apr 2021

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Nutrition and pregnancy

Would you know how to give advice about nutrition in pregnancy?

26 Apr 2021

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Iron deficiency anaemia

Update your learning on iron deficiency anaemia, consider what the condition is and treatment side effects.

26 Apr 2021

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Smoking and vaping

Build on your learning and consider how vaping can be a factor in encouraging smoking habits in later life.

23 Apr 2021

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NICE Quality Standard 196

Improve your understanding of the NICE Quality Standard 196 that promotes health and wellbeing.

23 Apr 2021

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Pandemic sees dramatic rise in stress-related smoking

Half of smokers are stress-smoking more since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest research from Mintel.

15 Apr 2021

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70 per cent of people unaware of ultra-processed foods

Some 70 per cent of people have not heard of the term 'ultra-processed foods' despite many trying to cut back on processed foods. 

15 Apr 2021

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Eight per cent of non-communicable diseases attributed to inactivity

Physical inactivity is found to be responsible for up to eight per cent of non-communicable disease and deaths worldwide.

31 Mar 2021

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Quit smoking to improve mental health, urges charity

Smokers who quit for six weeks or more are happier and have better mental health than those who carry on smoking, new research shows. 

09 Mar 2021

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Smoking cessation more than doubles with pharmacist support

More than half (55 per cent) of smokers say they want to be both tobacco and nicotine free and four in 10 (43 per cent) are looking to pharmacists for advice.

04 Mar 2021

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Endometriosis Awareness Month and more

March is a big month for raising awareness of women’s health issues, with both endometriosis and ovarian cancer awareness campaigns underway.

01 Mar 2021

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Campaign launched to address dangers of air pollution

The British Lung Foundation and Perrigo have launched a campaign to address air pollution.

17 Feb 2021

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Supporting smoking cessation

With smoking rates continuing to decline, the outlook is positive, but there's still work to be done to protect the nation's health.

08 Feb 2021

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Smoking cessation transfer of care pilot underway in Oldham

An Oldham pilot is allowing hospitals to test the referral of patients to community pharmacies to continue stop smoking treatment begun in hospital.

19 Jan 2021

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