Public Health
Pharmacists and their staff have an important role in public health. These resources will help you advise your patients on different areas of public health.
Our resources
Alcohol use disorders
This guidance provides information on how you can offer advice and support to your patients at risk of alcohol abuse.
Mental health
Covers how to raise awareness of good mental health, how to promote healthy lifestyles and pharmaceutical care in mental illness.
Obesity and weight management
Provides guidance on weight loss strategies and to present the evidence for the efficacy of orlistat and herbal and food supplements.
View our quick reference guide on obesity and weight management »
Seasonal influenza
This is a platform to keep you up-to-date with the latest developments, and also to act as a hub of information for the range of influenza related resources produced by government and other bodies.
Sexual health
A toolkit to support the intergration of pharmacy into care pathways for sexual reproductive health.
Smoking cessation
This guidance covers smoking cessation drug therapies, support and advice that can be offered to patients
and how to treat pregnant women or those trying to conceive.




