2. Weight management

• Losing weight tends to be a common New Year’s resolution but customers may need a little more support and encouragement to help them on their weight loss journey.
• You may already sell weight loss products, which you can signpost to; most products are designed to limit the number of calories consumed so ensure you are aware of the features and benefits of different brands.
• Customers may prefer to access the weight management service so it's important to promote the benefits of the service if it is available in your pharmacy. 
• If you do not offer a weight management services in your pharmacy, ensure you have the details available to signpost to other providers nearby.
• Interested in providing a weight management service in your pharmacy? Take a look at our Weight Management hub page.

3. Alcohol Reduction

• For those customers looking to cut down their alcohol intake, making small and simple changes is likely to help them realise the benefits.
• For example, if a person was to replace any alcoholic drink they normally have later in the evening, with a hot milky one, it may help them get to sleep easier and the absence of alcohol will improve the quality of sleep.
• Use the opportunity to highlight the low risk drinking guidelines. Don’t forget to signpost to an alcohol intervention service provided in or outside of the pharmacy.  Interested in providing an alcohol intervention service in your pharmacy? Access our hub page on Numarket.

4. Stop smoking

• Want to support your customers to quit smoking in the New Year? It will be of course, challenging, but you are in an ideal position to promote OTC products to support their journey.
• In addition, offering a stop smoking clinic in your pharmacy will enable customers to access tailored advice and support. Want to find out more on setting up a stop smoking service in your pharmacy? Take a look at our Smoking hub page on Numarknet.

5. Offering a private ‘Healthy Living Clinic’?

• If your pharmacy currently don’t offer any healthy lifestyle services to support stopping smoking, reducing alcohol or weight management, speak to your pharmacist about the opportunity to offer all three services via a private healthy living clinic.
• We work in partnership with Pharmadoctor, to offer easy access to a range of Private Patient Group Directions (PGDs) at discounted prices. 

6. Mental health

• The excitement associated with the festive season is a time filled with joy and spending time with loved ones, but for some, it can be the most stressful and lonely periods of the year.
• Even though December is seen as a frantic time of year with organising both Christmas and New year, it quickly turns to a sudden ‘lull’ in January so it’s important to think about ways to support your customers to take control of their mental health and wellbeing.
• Ensure you can signpost to where customers can find the help they need, take a look at our mental health hub to access a wide range of support from training to health promotion support.
• As coronavirus regulations are changing frequently and there are various conflicting stories and discussions taking place in the media, it's important to consider how this may affect individual's mental health. The Mental Health Foundation have some fantastic resources guides on looking after mental health during the outbreah.

7. Signposting

Ensure you keep your signposting folder up to date as this is a mechanism for you to direct customers to get the right help and support to make a change.