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Travel health

Advocate for sun safety and provide information on travel vaccines.

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Travel health

Travel health: Travellers checks

Travellers can suffer from a range of health ailments. Here we consider some typical scenarios pharmacists might encounter

23 May 2017 , 5 Min Article

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Cancer & palliative care

Sun safety: Rays awareness

Melanoma skin cancer rates are increasing fast. Pharmacy teams need to hammer home the sun safety message

15 May 2017 , 4 Min Article

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First aid

OTC Casebook: Insect bites and stings

Alan Nathan outlines how to help customers deal with insect bites and stings, and offers important advice for handling anaphylactic shock

08 May 2017 , 3 Min Article

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Travel health

Essential messages for summer travel

Patients may have misconceptions about the availability of medicines abroad – what people need to know before they travel

05 May 2017 , 4 Min Article

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Vaccinations

Holiday health: check

Whatever their destination, pharmacy staff can help customers keep their holiday health in check with advice and product recommendations for each stage of their journey.

20 Apr 2017 , 5 Min Article

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Travel health

Five cases of malaria a day in the UK

Travellers import one case of malaria into the UK every five hours, according to new research

24 Nov 2016 , 1 Min Article

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Clinical services

Travel health advice in the winter

Running a travel health clinic is becoming an attractive proposition for many pharmacies and the benefits are obvious all year round

01 Nov 2016 , 4 Min Article

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Travel health

Zika virus alert

The Olympics in Brazil are in full swing, but the media spotlight hasn’t just be on sport – it’s also been on the Zika virus sweeping the country.

18 Aug 2016 , 4 Min Article

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Travel health

Stocking up for summer 2016

A round up of the latest product and marketing news in the holiday health category

10 Jun 2016 , 3 Min Article

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Travel health

Travel health: Just the ticket?

A travel clinic can add significant value to the service pharmacists offer and be a regular source of additional income

20 May 2016 , 4 Min Article

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Travel health

Scenario: Pulmonary tuberculosis

Pharmacist Parveen is taking in a prescription from Rahana Begum, who is talking to her husband Mo about his cough.

19 May 2016 , 1 Min Article

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Travel health

Travel health tips for this summer

Dawn Gay rounds up the latest travel health news

09 May 2016 , 3 Min Article

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Travel health

Here comes summer

Help your customers to enjoy healthy summer holidays by suggesting a pre-travel consultation at their local pharmacy.

05 May 2016 , 4 Min Article

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Travel health

Travel health

This team training learning module focuses on travel health.

22 Apr 2016 , 900 Min Module

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Travel health

Here comes the sun

The risk of ill health ruining a holiday can be concerning, but planning ahead can be all it takes for a happy holiday.

21 Apr 2016 , 4 Min Article

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Travel health

Holiday health: travellers' checks

Your customers need to be prepared for all manner of accidents and illnesses while on holiday...

13 Apr 2016 , 6 Min Article

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