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November 6th 2025

DDA updates URTI dispenser education

Respiratory tract infections are a huge health issue – accounting for six per cent of the world’s global disease burden. They can affect either the upper respiratory tract (mouth, nose, nasal cavity, sinuses and throat) or the lower respi

October 27th 2025

DDA publishes thyroid disorders dispenser education

For a little butterfly-shaped gland less than 5cm wide and weighing 10-20g, the thyroid gland plays an outsize role in the body. This training, available free and exclusively to DDA members, is designed to provide practice dispensary staff with back

August 26th 2025

DDA dispenser training looks at learning disabilities and autism

Around 2.5 per cent of people in England have a learning disability, with autism alone affecting 1-1.7 per cent of the population. Yet these patients are likely to die earlier than those without learning disabilities: 19 years earlier for men versus

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June 30th 2025

DDA updates excess weight training

This training, available free and exclusively to DDA members, is designed to provide practice dispensary staff with background information on excess weight, and the support you can offer patients to help them reduce their weight and improve their hea

April 2nd 2025

DDA publishes acne dispenser education module

The skin is both the body’s largest organ, and its most visible. As such, conditions of the skin are obvious to others. In the age of social media and beauty filters, which present perfect skin as the norm, this makes living with acne particul

January 30th 2025

GnRH prescribing safeguards proposed

Prescribers of GnRH agonists to people aged under18 may need to comply with additional safeguards, under recommendations from the Commission on Human Medicines. Recommendations for additional safeguards to facilitate safe UK prescribing of 

January 13th 2025

DDA publishes dispenser training on osteoarthritis

Arthritis is a term used to describe the musculoskeletal symptoms of pain, stiffness and swelling around a joint/joints. However, it’s important to know that arthritis is not a single condition but is a general term for a number of different mu

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