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Sleep & insomnia

Help customers rest easy with tips on sleep hygiene and information about insomnia.

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Sleep & insomnia

Sleep & stress: A pharmacists guide

Support your pharmacy team and customers with sleep and stress conversations and recommendations

01 Oct 2024 , 15 Min Module

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Sleep & insomnia

Sleep and stress: know when to refer

Understand how to advise on OTC medicated sleep aids and recognise when to refer customers to the pharmacist

10 Jun 2024 , 2 Min Module

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Sleep & insomnia

Open your eyes to sleep and stress

Continue our Sleep & Stress series and discover how non-medicated products can help with sleep and stress issues

16 Apr 2024 , 5 Min Module

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Sleep & insomnia

Wake up to sleep and stress

Explore the sleep and stress connection and learn how good sleep hygiene and lifestyle changes can help your customers.

07 Mar 2024 , 5 Min Module

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Sleep & insomnia

Ring the alarm

With insomnia still being an under-recognised condition, here's how pharmacy teams can be the first to spot the signs that customers are struggling with sleep issues

11 Aug 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Sleep & insomnia

Help customers get a better night's sleep

Understand how to make effective interventions to support customers with short-term sleep problems

13 Mar 2023 , 10 Min Module

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Sleep & insomnia

MHRA approves new insomnia drug

Quviviq expected to be available on the NHS from mid-2023, says manufacturer

28 Sep 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Sleep & insomnia

Sweet dreams are made of this

Nearly one-third of adults in the UK experience insomnia symptoms each week. Here's how this can affect an individual’s day-to-day life and what pharmacy teams can do to help

13 Aug 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Sleep & insomnia

Insomnia and sleep apnoea: a deadly combination?

Co-morbid insomnia and OSA associated with a 47 per cent increase in mortality.

14 Jan 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Mental health

Coronosomnia: the pandemic effect on sleep

The pandemic has caused disturbed sleep for many customers, but a new pharmacy service can help

26 Sep 2021 , 4 Min Article

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Mental health

Post-lockdown sleep worries: time to step up

Farah Ali says pharmacists can help the nation by providing more information on the effects of lack of sleep and guidance on what might help

10 Jun 2021 , 2 Min Article

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Sleep & insomnia

Lack of sleep increases dementia risk by 30 per cent

People who continuously sleep for six hours or less a night are roughly 30 per cent more likely to develop dementia.

28 Apr 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Mental health

Fight or flight

Stress and anxiety are closely linked to insomnia. Unsurprisingly, the events of 2020 have heightened demand for services and treatments to ease all three.

21 Oct 2020 , 3 Min Article

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Sleep & insomnia

Make sleep a priority

Sleep expert Dr Neil Stanley says sleep should not be seen as a luxury

17 Nov 2019 , 2 Min Article

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Healthy living

Wake up to sleep matters

A third struggle with sleep and more than 80 per cent of us experienced stress last year

16 Oct 2019 , 5 Min Article

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Child & teen health

Support parents to care for children

How community pharmacy can help and support worried parents and their children

20 Jun 2017 , 5 Min Article