This resource focuses on smoking among people living with a broad range of mental health conditions, ranging from low mood and common conditions such as depression and anxiety, to more severe conditions such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
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Royal Pharmaceutical Society, February 2019
This guidance is for pharmacists and all healthcare organisations involved with medicine and provides a summary of the scale and complexity of the issue of polypharmacy. The guidance outlines how healthcare professionals, patients and carers can find solutions when polypharmacy causes problems for patients and points to useful resources that can help. The guidance recommends that all healthcare organisations have systems in place to ensure people taking 10 or more medicines can be identified and highlighted as requiring a comprehensive medication review with a pharmacist.
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Department for Education, Department of Health and Social Care and Home Office, October 2018
This amended guidance on female genital mutilation (FGM) is for all persons and bodies in England and Wales. This guidance is a must read if you are under statutory duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.
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