Think Pharmacy First

ππ€ Need healthcare advice? Thinking βPharmacy Firstβ makes it easier to get help.
Skip the morning rush to see a GP by visiting your pharmacy for consultation on minor illnesses.Β π€π©Ή
The Pharmacy First service builds on the NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation Service which has run since October 2019. The consultation service enables patients to be referred into community pharmacy for a minor illness.
Pharmacists are qualified healthcare professionals and can offer clinical advice and medicines for all sorts of minor ailments, with a same day consultation at a time that suits you.
Click on this link to complete self-referral for minor illness consultation with local pharmacy
Patients are now able to refer themselves to a Pharmacy for minor illnesses, such as:
- Acne, spots and pimples
- Ankle or foot pain
- Athleteβs foot
- Back or neck pain
- Blister
- Blood pressure check
- Cold sore
- Cold symptoms (without cough or fever)
- Conjunctivitis or sticky eyes (adult and children over 2 years old)
- Constipation
- Corns or calluses on your foot
- Contraception referral
- Cough (adults and children over 5 years old)
- Cystitis/urinary Tract Infection (women 16-64 years old only)
- Diarrhoea or tummy bug
- Dry, sore or watery eyes (adult and children over 2 years)
- Earache
- Ear wax or blocked ear (adult and children over 5 years)
- Eczema/dry skin
- Eyelid problems (adult and children over 2 years)
- Failed contraception (over 16 years only)
- Flu symptoms
- Hair loss (men)
- Headache or migraine
- Headlice
- Heartburn
- Hip pain
- Indigestion
- Infant colic
- Insect bite or stings
- Itch
- Knee or calf (lower leg) pain
- Mouth ulcers
- Muscle pains
- Nappy rash
- Piles
- Scabies
- Scratch or graze
- Shoulder pain or stiffness
- Sinusitis (acute β lasting less than 12 weeks)
- Skin rash including shingles and impetigo
- Sleep problems
- Sore throat
- Sprains and strains
- Teething in babies and children
- Threadworm
- Thrush affection your mouth (oral thrush)
- Toothache
- Vaginal discharge or itch/vaginal thrush
- Warts or verrucas
- Wound care and dressings
- Wrist, hand or finger pain