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 and free prescription for any of the below mentioned conditions.

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:

Acute sore throat
Sinusitis
Uncomplicated urinary tract infection
Infected insect bites
Ear ache
Shingles
Impetigo

Pharmacy First Plus service Offer of free medicine is only for adults on low income, NHS low-income scheme and in possession of HC2 certificate, Income support or income related employment allowance, Income based job seeker’s allowance, Tax credit exemption certificate, Pension credit guarantee credit, Universal Credit and meets certain criteria, Homeless and in possession of ‘Letter of Homelessness’, Young people aged 16,17 or 18 years and in full time education, part-time education, or undertaking an accredited level 1 apprenticeship, Patients aged under 16 years who have at least one parent who would be eligible as per above.

Professional health care advice, treatments, and medicines for common illnesses from your local pharmacy, without the need for an appointment or complete a self referral here: Click on this link to complete self-referral for minor illness consultation with local pharmacy

Map of Greenwich Pharmacies participating in Pharmacy First Plus Service –

Allergies
Athlete’s foot
Cold sores
Conjunctivitis
Constipation
Contact Dermatitis
Diarrhoea
Dry/sore eyes
Dyspepsia
Ear wax
Fever
Haemorrhoids
Headache
Head lice
Insect bites and stings
Itching due to chicken pox
Minor burns and scalds
Mouth ulcers
Nappy rash
Scabies
Soft tissue injury/musculoskeletal joint injury
Sore throat
Teething
Threadworm
Viral upper respiratory tract infection
Vaginal thrush
At risk of vitamin D deficiency

Find a local participating pharmacy here: Think Pharmacy First – South East London ICS