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NHS Local

App of the week
NHS Local enables users to track down the NHS services closest to them, wherever they are in England. Start the app and it reveals the nearest pharmacies, GPs, surgeries, dentists and hospitals on a map, including their phone numbers
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CLINICAL DEBATE

C+D How a decade has changed the world of pharmacy

It's official: your workload shot up 70 per cent in the past decade. In actual fact, says Chris Chapman, it's probably more than that, with MURs, enhanced services and the endless reams of paperwork that plague pharmacists' daily lives
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THIS WEEK'S CPD

C+D Sexual health part 1: STIs

Update Module 1580
There were 418,598 diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in England last year. Young people and men who have sex with men are at higher risk, and rates of infection are increasing among the over 50s
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C+D Sound advice for tackling deafness

Practical Approach
David Spencer, pharmacist at the Update Pharmacy, receives a phone call from his friend Barry who has just returned from a holiday in Sharm-el-Sheikh on the Red Sea
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Can you treat tinea incognito?

Clinical Quiz
A woman walks in to the pharmacy complaining of an itchy, affected area of skin. The woman previously thought she was suffering from eczema and borrowed her friend's steroid cream, but found it did not go away
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VIDEO

C+D Prescription costs, sexual health and tinea incognito

Clincal Blog
CPD Editor Chris Chapman takes a look at the latest clinical stories in C+D, including his analysis of how prescriptions have changed in the past ten years and the latest CPD articles on sexual health and ENT
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  Sponsored information:

The cost per stroke due to atrial fibrillation is estimated to be £11,900 in the first year.

For a new resource on stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation - in the pharmacy funded by an educational grant from Boehringer Ingelheim
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C+D Job of the Week
Avicenna Head of Retail Operations – South London
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Skills for Murs

Under pressure to deliver MURs?

C+D’s Skills for MURs programme ensures you have the competencies to provide Medicines Use Reviews and can achieve your potential of 400 MURs a year.

Skills for MURs gives you:

Bullet A distance learning programme linked to assessment that will provide the skills and knowledge to deliver MURs under the pharmacy contract for England and Wales
Bullet Successful completion of Skills for MURs programme will give you accreditation to provide an MUR service
Bullet Course content that is updated for new targeted MURs service
Bullet As an additional benefit you will gain a Practice Certificate from the Medway School of Pharmacy worth five academic credits. This can be used towards a Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacotherapy and Service Development as part of Medway's Short Course Pathway.

Find out more:
E: pharmacytraining@cmpmedica.com
T: 0207 921 8425
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In partnership with the Medway school of Pharmacy
C+D Training For your pharmacy training needs

Management in Care Homes

Protect your care home business

As a pharmacist you have the knowledge to help care home staff manage medicines safely and effectively.

Medicines Management in Care Homes is a simple, cost-effective, interactive training course YOU can offer your valuable care home customers and use to generate new customers.

For the cost effective way to protect and build your business visit:
C+D Training Medicines Management in Care Homes programme.


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