Pharmacy Services

For minor illness or concerns there is a service that allows you to walk into a pharmacy and see a pharmacist who can offer appropriate advice, treatment and support for the following range of minor illnesses and health concerns:

  • Earache (aged 1 to 17 years) – not available if you are pregnant
  • Impetigo (aged 1 year and over)  – not available if you are pregnant
  • Infected insect bites (aged 1 year and over)  – not available if you are pregnant
  • Sore throats / tonsillitis (aged 5 years and over)  – not available if you are pregnant
  • Shingles (aged 18 years and over)  – not available if you are pregnant or severely immunocompromised
  • Sinusitis (aged 12 years and over)  – not available if you are pregnant or immunocompromised
  • Urinary tract infections (UTIs) in women (aged 16 to 64 years)  – not available if you are pregnant or breast feeding, a MAN, immunocompromised or have had treatment in the last 3 months

Where the pharmacist is unable to help or any symptoms warrant further investigation, the pharmacist can direct the individual to their GP surgery or another health care professional as appropriate. Find a pharmacy open near you on the NHS website.