Pharmacy First can help families with minor illnesses and seven common conditions. If appropriate, treatment can be offered without a prescription for seven common conditions, and it can be quicker to see a pharmacist than a GP.
Normal prescription charges and exemptions (those who do not have to pay, including children) will apply.
Pharmacists can help if you have:
- Sinusitis – sinus infection which can be a blocked or bunged-up nose as well as pain/pressure around the eyes, cheeks and forehead (aged 12 years and over)
- A dry, scratchy, or sore throat which can also include pus-filled spots or white patches on your tonsils (aged 5 and older)
- Earache, which may feel sore, itchy and blocked, and you may also have a high temperature (aged 1 to 17 years)
- Infected insect bites which can include redness, weepiness, swelling and is hot to touch the skin (aged 1 year and older)
- Impetigo, which can give you itchy, weeping sores that become crusty, commonly around the nose, lips and chin (aged 1 year and older)
- Shingles, which can give you a painful rash and make you feel unwell (aged 18 years and over).
- A urinary tract infection which can feel like a burning or a pain when you pee (women aged 16 to 64 years)
Advice is free and confidential, and the pharmacy will send your GP an electronic update so that this can be recorded on your health record.