Self care

Promoting self-care for acute pain

This learning resource outlines evidence-based best practice for pharmacy consultations focusing on acute pain, including appropriate selection of over-the-counter analgesics to enable effective self-care.…

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Differential diagnosis: cold, flu or COVID-19?

An overview of the main differences between the symptoms for colds, flu and COVID-19, to enable pharmacy teams to advise patients effectively on their management, including treatment and/or referral.…

Managing dental emergencies in response to COVID-19

This learning resource provides a summary of self-care advice and important considerations that pharmacists and their teams can use to counsel patients on interim management for common dental emergencies during the COVID-19 pandemic.…

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Five ways to promote self-care for you and your team during COVID-19

It is more important than ever to ensure the wellbeing of the frontline pharmacy workforce; here are some tips on how this can be done.…

Cold and flu: we need a sector-wide standard for helping patients to self care

Setting a high quality standard for helping patients to self manage their cold and flu symptoms benefits everyone working in the healthcare sector.…

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Reconsidering community pharmacy’s role in cold and flu

Outlining the vital role of each member of the pharmacy team and highlighting best practice when patients present with cold and flu ensures a consistent, high standard of care is available across pharmacy.…

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Providing self-care advice for cold and flu keeps antibiotics working

Antimicrobial stewardship is not just the remit of selected healthcare professionals — everyone in society has a role to play in protecting our supply of antimicrobial products.…

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How pharmacists can lead the self-care revolution

As healthcare literacy increases, patients are taking more control over their treatment — it is important for these patients to know how community pharmacies can help them take action, ensuring access to the right care at the right time.…

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Pharmacists have critical role in protecting antibiotics by encouraging self-care, GRIP symposium says

Community pharmacists are central to reducing the inappropriate use of antibiotics in upper respiratory tract infections, according to Martin Duerden, a GP and honorary senior research fellow at Bangor University, Wales.…

Pharmacy minor ailment scheme discontinued after NHS England OTC guidance

Four Derbyshire clinical commissioning groups will no longer commission Pharmacy First, a minor ailments service, in response to NHS England guidance to restrict prescribing of over-the-counter medicines for minor, self-limiting or short-term conditions.…