Community pharmacies: promoting health and wellbeing

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2018)

NICE - N/A

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Evidence Categories

• Care setting: Healthcare Setting
• Care setting: Community setting
• Population group: General Population
• Intervention: Universal Smoking Cessation Interventions
• Intervention: Behaviour Support
• Outcome: Smoking cessation
• Outcome: Changes to smoking rates

Type of Evidence

Guidance

Overview

This guideline covers how community pharmacies can help maintain and improve people’s physical and mental health and wellbeing, including people with a long-term condition. It aims to encourage more people to use community pharmacies by integrating them within existing health and care pathways and ensuring they offer standard services and a consistent approach. It requires a collaborative approach from individual pharmacies and their representatives, local authorities and other commissioners. 

Recommendations

This guideline includes recommendations on:

• health and wellbeing hubs
• overarching principles of good practice
• awareness raising and providing information
• advice and education
• behavioural support
• referrals and signposting