News & Events : ND Pharmacy

Gluten-free staples are to remain on prescription

April 17, 2018

The department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) announced recently that gluten-free breads and flour mixes will remain on prescription in England. This is following a public consultation that garnered almost 8,000 responses; including 1,150 from healthcare professionals. Participants in the consultation were given 3 options: make no changes stop prescription of all gluten-free foods […]

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Vaping: harmless trend or toxic habit?

April 5, 2018

The vaping phenomenon has increased over recent years; you don’t seem to be able to walk down a street without being in cased in a cloud of flavoured smoke, although this is preferred to inhaling second-hand cigarette smoke. We have to ask ourselves are we just swapping one harmful toxin for another? With some many […]

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Antidepressants vs Placebos

March 9, 2018

An estimated 350 million people worldwide have depression. There has been great debate over the years of how best to treat depression, are non-medication based therapies best? Or do antidepressants actually work? The meta-analysis published recently in The Lancet, looked at over 500 trials including over 116,000 patients with major depressive disorder. This analysis included […]

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GPhC to Introduce Revalidation for Pharmacists from March 2018

February 27, 2018

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) will introduce annual revalidation for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians from March 2018. In a move to help reduce education errors and improve patient safety a new revalidation agenda brought in by the GPhC; all pharmacists will now have to submit to four clinical professional developments (CPD) records every year, along […]

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World Cancer Day 4th February 2018

February 13, 2018

Most of us at one time or other has been deeply affected by cancer. It is an aggressive disease that tears families and loved ones apart. Here at New Directions Pharmacy we are raising awareness of World Cancer Day in the hope that we can combat this disease. What is World Cancer Day? On 4 […]

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New Directions Pharmacy Gather Record Gifts for Children in South Wales

December 7, 2017

New Directions Pharmacy have worked around the clock once again to help provide over 250 gifts for children in South Wales this coming Christmas. The team has worked to support the Mr X Appeal Swansea charity initiative since 2013. The festive drive encourages individuals to donate a gift for a child who may be in […]

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New Directions Chairman Highly Commended at Cardiff Business Awards

June 26, 2017

On Friday 23rd June 2017, New Directions Chairman Jeff Tune was highly commended at an awards ceremony held in Cardiff. The Cardiff Business Awards recognise outstanding achievement in business and celebrate talent, ambition and innovation from across Wales’ capital city. This is the third year the awards have celebrated the best of Cardiff business. The […]

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New Directions Announced as Cardiff Life Finalist for a Second Year

February 7, 2017

Leading business services organisation New Directions have been announced as ‘finalists’ in the ‘Best Company’ category at the Cardiff Life Awards. This is a second successive year of shortlisting for the organisation who had a 2016 in which they won a flurry of awards and became Wales’ first supply agency to be announced ‘Gold Status […]

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ND Pharmacy Support Christmas Jumper Day for ‘Save the Children’

December 16, 2016

We are getting in the festive spirit in the office today for a very good cause. We have all paid money to the ‘Save the Children’ charity to be able to wear our lovely Christmas jumpers (and hats in Ade’s case)! Find out more about #Christmasjumperday and this wonderful charity at https://christmasjumperday.org/