NHS priorities

Whether it’s to prepare for the next Pharmacy Quality Scheme deadline, or to increase your confidence in helping people with a learning disability, this section provides topic-specific pages that link to current NHS priorities. This section will support you in keeping your knowledge and skills up to date in order to provide high-quality pharmacy services and be service-ready.

Clinical pharmacy

Our clinical portfolio is expanding on a frequent basis, helping you to advance your knowledge and skills and deliver medicines optimisation in practice for all sectors of pharmacy. From two new focal points a year to our small group learning for hospital pharmacists – Optimise – this section focuses on clinical pharmacy, diseases and therapeutics.

Public health

The public health agenda is embedded in pharmacy, yet topics such as emergency contraception or stop smoking support are as prevalent as ever. As well as our public health workshops, use this section to access a wide range of resources to assure and maintain your competence, all underpinned by the Declaration of Competence system.

Gout

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This NICE Clinic knowledge summary (CKS) offers background information on gout and provides details on diagnosis and management.

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This information page from Versus Arthritis outlines the symptoms, causes and treatments of gout. It can be used as a useful resource for patients.

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The Diagnosis and management of gout module is part of the General Practice 2012 Curriculum (e-GP) and can be accessed when you are logged in to e-LfH via the CPPE website under e-Learning for Healthcare learning modules.

This session covers the diagnosis and management of gout, and how to differentiate gout from other conditions, including septic arthritis. It also covers treatments for both acute and chronic gout.

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An OpenAthens account is required to access this learning. Consultant rheumatologist, Dr Edward Roddy, offers expert answers to questions from GPs on common challenges with gout, including treating acute attacks and initiating urate lowering therapy in patients with comorbidities.

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Session 2 of this e-learning is Gout and Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR).

This session aims to cover the diagnosis and treatment of two common conditions, gout and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), both of which can often be managed in primary care.

Please note that access requires registration.

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Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis worldwide and can be linked to other serious health conditions.

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Gout causes attacks of pain and swelling in one or more joints. An anti-inflammatory painkiller usually eases an attack quickly. Lifestyle factors may reduce the risk of having gout attacks. These include losing weight (if overweight), eating a healthy diet and not drinking much alcohol or sugar-sweetened soft drinks. If gout attacks come back then taking certain medicines such as allopurinol each day can prevent them.

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