Think Pharmacy First

Did you know your pharmacist can now provide treatment or some prescription medicine, if needed, for seven common conditions, without you seeing a GP?

Think pharmacy first and get seen by your local community pharmacy team.

Your pharmacist can provide treatment or some prescription medicine, if needed, for seven common conditions, without you seeing a GP.

Highly trained pharmacists can assess, treat, and if needed, provide some prescription medicine for the following without needing to see a GP:

• sinusitis (aged 12 years and over)
• sore throat (aged 5 years and over)
• earache (aged 1 to 17 years)
• infected insect bites (aged 1 year and over)
• impetigo (aged 1 year and over)
• shingles (aged 18 years and over) and urinary tract infections (UTIs) (women aged 16 to 64 years)

Your pharmacist can also provide you with oral contraception, without a prescription or the need to see a GP.