
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)


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Patient requests an OTC medicine
Delivering the right advice about over-the-counter (OTC) medicines is an important part of community pharmacy practice and applies to the whole pharmacy team. Working through this challenge will help you to reflect on your current practice and support you in making appropriate OTC medicines choices for patients and providing the right advice.Click here for your next step.

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Patient presents with a new prescription
Working through this challenge will help you to support patients in managing their newly prescribed medicines by providing advice and information to engage patients in shared decision-making with the aim of improving adherence.Click here for your next step.

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Communication with the GP or other Healthcare professional
Working through this challenge will help you to establish and build effective working relationships with GPs and other healthcare professionals by acting on and responding to queries appropriately, communicating effectively to promote services and work in collaboration.Click here for your next step.

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Responding to patients' queries about long term conditions or medicines
The pharmacy is the most accessible source of medicines information on the highstreet. Working through this challenge will help you respond appropriately to patient queries about their long term conditions and the medicines they take to manage these.Click here for your next step.

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Professional development for the pharmacy team
Working effectively as a team in delivering a quality pharmaceutical service is important in achieving better outcomes for patients. This challenge will help identify the learning and development needs of the team in order to promote a professional image for pharmacy, develop the pharmacy business and deliver a quality service to the public.Click here for your next step.

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Delivering a pharmacy service
Delivering pharmacy services is now a key role for both pharmacists and other members of the pharmacy team whether it is in advising patients on new medicines, help to stop smoking or providing contraception. This learning challenge will help you to identify and meet the learning needs of the pharmacy team in order to deliver quality pharmacy services.Click here for your next step.