Update Module 1484: CVD Guide - Part 1  

Heart healthC+D's Heart Health Month kicks off with a look at the factors that can lead to cardiovascular disease to help you explain to patients the damage caused by an unhealthy lifestyle.


Practical Approach: 'Hypos' in diabetes  

A professional driver is exasperated at his diabetes medication as he is still suffering 'hypos' after four years. How might the pharmacist help?


Job of the week

Pharmacist - Brighton


Brighton - this isn't just a change in career this is a change in lifestyle.

 

Hot jobs

Pharmacist - Peckham

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Pre-registration Position - Belfast

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Opinion Poll

Have your patients been suffering in the summer heatwave?

The American dream? Pharmacy in the USA
With Independence Day on the horizon, Zoe Smeaton and Sheena Kanabar find out what lessons UK pharmacists can learn from their counterparts across the pond.

NPA Summit: The great health divide
Tower Hamlets hosted a discussion on pharmacy's crucial role in helping to reduce health inequalities. Read the article and watch the NPA video report.


Category M Barometer
Generic Eric is back with analysis of the latest tariff price changes for drugs in category M. Find out how this quarter's changes will affect your business.

The rise of social enterprises
The government is pinning its hopes on the third sector to stimulate competition in the NHS in England. But how will social enterprise impact on pharmacy, asks Georgina Craig.
 

Training

New training courses from C+D

Two training courses for pharmacy support staff have been unveiled by C+D — both of which are accredited by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Find out more by clicking on the logos.

BenchmarkCounterpart
A brand new course for
dispensing assistants
An update of the popular course for
medicines counter assistants


McNeil Products training for support staff

Download the new module on dry skin care from the McNeil Products training package for pharmacy support staff, along with the existing modules on key OTC areas such as allergy, smoking and digestive health.
Click here >>

 

The Big Picture

 

Damien Hirst has installed the apparatus of pharmacy at the Tate Britain in London for his latest exhibition, appropriately entitled Pharmacy. Mr Hirst has said: "I noticed that [people] were believing in medicine in exactly the same way that I wanted them to believe in art." The exhibition is open daily from 10am to 5.50pm until August 23 and entry is free.

CPD articles on suncare, antioxidants and constipation as well as news, the Counter Culture scenario and a Vaseline reader giveaway. Get reading!

 

The pharmacy teams endured thousands of festival-goers and bucket-loads of mud. Find out what it was like in this year's blog.

 

The C+D Awards 2009 went off with a bang at the Grosvenor House Hotel on June 17. See for yourself by watching the video of the event.

 

C+D has launched a campaign to decriminalise dispensing errors. We will be channelling support for the Pharmacist's Defence Association's bid to overturn Elizabeth Lee's conviction and amend the Medicines Act.

 

Three more readers' questions have been added to the responsible pharmacist web pages along with the first three SOPs and the first part in C+D's quick reference guide, which covers the key facts about the responsible pharmacist changes.

 


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