Your Local Pharmacy

Pharmacists can provide advice and treatment for a wide range of health conditions.

Pharmacy First Service

• Earache (aged 1 to 17 years)
• Impetigo (aged 1 year and over)
• Infected insect bites (aged 1 year and over)
• Shingles (aged 18 years and over)
• Sinusitis (aged 12 years and over)
• Sore throat (aged 5 years and over)
• Coughs and Colds (5 aged 5 years and over)
• Urine infections or UTIs (women aged 16 to 64 years)

Routine Pharmacy Services

• dispensing
• repeat dispensing
• disposal of unwanted or out-of-date medicines
• advice on treatment of minor health concerns and healthy living

Other Services That May Be Available

• Advice on alcohol consumption
• Blood pressure check
• Chlamydia screening and treatment service
• Cholesterol and blood sugar testing
• Condom supply service
• Emergency hormonal contraception service
• Emergency supply of prescription medicines
• Independent prescribing by Pharmacists – some Pharmacists can now prescribe prescription-only medicines for certain medical conditions
• Medicines use reviews
• New Medicine Service
• NHS Health Check – blood pressure, cholesterol or blood glucose testing
• Pregnancy testing
• Stop smoking services
• Substance misuse service including needle and syringe exchange
• Weight management service

View this NHS section about how pharmacists can help and finding one near to you.